Would I get away with this?

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sharpener
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Would I get away with this?

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Am now planning a different installation. Smaller house and roof unsuitable for panels so am thinking of a bog-standard 16A battery/inverter system.

Water is heated by gas so immersion is for emergencies only.
Cooker and washer/dryer are on separate circtuits anyway.

I think everything else would run OK off a 16A supply (lights, TV, computers, alarms etc)
Limitation: cannot run kettle, microwave and toaster all at the same time!

Would fit a changeover relay so all the above would switch automatically to grid if inverter fails, or manually if required.

So I know I could do this with a Victron MultiPlus 3000 (and this has a 32A passthrough rating which is certainly adequate).
Can any of the cheaper Chinese hybrid inverters be operated like this i.e. using the EPS/UPS output all the time?

And which of them did we decide was fully compliant with UK earthing requirements in island mode?

TIA
16 x 230W Upsolar panels S Devon, 4kW Steca, 3.9 MWh FITs/yr
8 x 405W Longi panels, 250/60 MPPT, 3.3 MWh/yr
Victron MultiPlus II-GX 48/5000/70-50
10.65 kWh Pylontec Force-L2
zappi 7kW EVCS
Villavent whole-house MVHR
5000l rainwater system
Vaillant 12kW HP
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