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Power monitor £9.99 at maplin
Folks, Spotted this on maplin. Very handy in this day and age for finding out what is running up your leccy bills. Reduced from £27.99. BARGAIN! http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=38343
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Electric Heater
Rather than turning the central heating on this year we have relied on a small electric heater to take the chill out of the air that we are in (along with dressing more appropriately for the colder whether). This only takes about 20-30 minutes and I'm thinking that surely this has got to cost less than firing up the…
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Useless energy saving light bulbs!
Does anybody else find these "free " energy bulbs a waste of time? I have recently received 2 boxes (8 bulbs) from n power, but try as I might I just can't get them to fit!! They are either too tall and won't fit the lamp housings, fit but look stupid , or fit and give out poor light!!! No wonder they're free!!
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Increase in my gas direct debt.
hi Anyone tell me I have just spent 30 mins on the phone about my gas and elec at present as far as they can see i be in credit for my elec i will know in nov when i get my next bill. My gas it different they didn't take a reading since last nov since then there has been two raises so now I owe £94.09. and now there have…
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Help Npower have us where they want us!
Please take time to read this it may happen to you or if it has please get in touch IT'S JUST NOT FAIR. We are having trouble with Npower even though we are totally in the right and they admit to problems being their fault. This is a brief breakdown of our troubles.We want to move to another supplier but with this over our…
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Any heating experts around please..Heatings gone off again !!
Hi, My gas boiler keeps breaking down , stating error message F72. Its a Vaillant , and less than a year old. Im being told there is nothing wrong with it, but this is the 4th time in 11 months, and I dont have any heating or hot water right now. Does anyone have any advice before we all freeze !! Thank you Mandi
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Can I calculate cost of electricity?
I currently share business premises with someone else and we have to calculate our separate elctricity consumption in order to split the bill fairly. Is there a web site that can do this for us? We only use lights and computers and small electrical appliances.
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High Level Complaint
Hello I want to make a complaint about British Gas Homecare & want to take it to the highest level. Does anybody know who the Chairman/Chief Exec is & where to write or e-mail to. Thanks
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Worth changing to Eon?
I am currently with BG and they have put my bills up by £100 for gas & elec to cover the winter???? I see E.on look cheaper on Uswitch, anyone changed to them?
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Question about daily rate and night rates
Hi all, my electricity meter shows two rates: Rate 1 and Rate 2 which I'm assuming is day/night rate. Obviously I'd like to take advantage of the cheaper rate, but how do I find out which rate is cheaper and when the start times are? I'm with Scottish Power if that's of any relevance.
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UnknownGas Suppiler
Hi, I am new to this so I may miss a few things out. Basically I moved in to a new rented property in April and I have been trying to find out who provides my Gas. British Gas supplys the Electric but they have told me they can not switch me over to them for the Gas as they can not see who supplies me. I have called…
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Estimated Bills at highest rate HELP
Can anyone advise.. I joined British gas for electric only as we are unfortuante enough to have oil only in our village in Jun06 paying 8.99p per kwh. They estimated my bills right up until april 08 (thats 7 bills!) and estimated I was using approx 1000 kwh per quarter and the price has risen to 12.4p per kwh. On the 9th…
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Question about gas rises
Hi Can anyone help me I have just been told of a second raise in my gas and electricity. The problem is that my gas meter was read in APR with the first raise, but the company never confirmed reading and it was estimated bill. So when i called last week regarding it the said they would backdated it to Nov 2007. But what I…
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N Power
At present I am a n power sol 10 customer and have noticed that the comparison websites say tha the n power sol 13 is cheaper. Does anybody know what the price difference is? I had to battle with them back in February to change my account from a previous rate. I can't understand why customers are not automatically put on…
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Buying and installing Gas & Electricity meters?
Can I buy and install my own gas & electricity meters? Is this allowed under the revisions to the Gas Act 1986 for doemstic users? Thanks Joe
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Fridge/Freezer KWH
So I've been goin around the house armed with my new Current Cost meter and reduced my electricity consumption by over 3 quarters! (down from ~900w to ~200w). The main switch was getting rid of the old incandescent light bulbs and replacing them with energy savings ones; The only thing I'm left with is some an old fridge…
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SSE stop pre-pay standing charge
Just received notification that Scottish Hydro are increasing elec charges by 19.2% but doin away with pre-pay meter standin charge. Are they admittin standin charge should never have been levied and are we allowed to claim all previous standing charges paid???
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Gas prices to fall by 15%
Guy on BBC Watchdog is predicting cost of gas to fall by 15% by spring at the latest. (Also mentioned that there should be no further increase in electricity for the time being) Whatever happened to that predicted 70% price increase everyone was talking about by the end of this year (prior to last price rise of about…
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Strange letter from Swalec
I just got an interesting letter from Swalec today... Bear in mind that this is dated at the top of the letter as being sent in October 2008 There's an awful lot that doesn't add up about that letter - not least the fact that the price of oil has fallen dramatically and is continuing to fall now, but that the dates don't…
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average energy use
Hi Looking for an bit of advice I recently moved into a one bedroom flat myself being the sole occupier. My first months usage of Electricity was 424 kwh from 16/09 - 19/10 is this high? Cheers
