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duel fuel heating

  • April 24, 2026
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Hi all this is my first post,

I want to add dual fuel heating  elements to 3 designer rads and 3 towel rails in my house.

looking to fit more designer rads to the house over time.

I am by trade a plumber but not a heating engineer, not gas safe I mean.

I can see that you can get heating elements with built-in thermostats and Wi-Fi. Is there a way of linking  all these, using  the same heating type of course to a specific room stat that is just for these elements, when on electric. 
the reason is I am planning to fit 14 solar panels a sun sink 5KW inverter and 16.1 Fogstar battery. 
I would like the option of using electric heating sometimes but when it gets really cold, December January still using MY gas central heating.

thanks in advance

 

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Abby_OVO
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  • Abby_OVO
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  • April 27, 2026

Hey ​@Mick l 

 

Welcome to the Forum, thank you for a great first post.

 

I’m not too sure myself, though I wonder if ​@Peter E might be able to share any opinions or insights?

 

We don’t have too many topics about set ups with solar and gas mixed but we do have the following topic which may be of interest to you:

 

 

Do also keep us updated on how you get on with this.

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    Peter E
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    • April 27, 2026

    Hi ​@Mick l, welcome to the forum as Abby said. 

     

    I haven't got any linked systems or solar but as you have mentioned it solar is not going to be a large contributor to heating in the winter and you don't need it in the summer. That leaves spring and autumn where solar will help out to some extent.

     

    I use cheap electric with an air to air heat pump for most of my heating and supplement that with gas on the very coldest days.

     

    I'll have a look around for solar/heating combinations and get back to you. I will probably ask ChatGPT and follow up leads that are promising. I'll probably get back to you this afternoon. What make are your designer rads?

     

    Peter 

     

    Reducing my yearly fossil fuel usage with currently two EVs (-900 litres petrol), A2AHP (-8,700 kWh gas) and Timed Immersion heater (-1,500 kWh gas)
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