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Where to buy GU10 (halogen fit) energy saving bulbs?
Where is the best place to get energy saving bulbs to replace all the 50w halogen bulbs i have? I am looking for bulbs that are the same size, so i am not sure i can get 50w equivilant ones, but that's not a major issue. If i can go out to a shop and buy them today that would be even better! :) I just dont want to go to…
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First time buyer.. any advice please?
Basically we are moving into a new house. at the moment LL pays all utility bills, so basically I have no/little knowledge of how they work. Moving into a repo, so all services are disconnected/cut off. How do I get them connected? and when do i do it? do i arrange for it now, or wait till we have actually moved in? Don't…
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who to choose
Hello I am a new tennant just moved into a new new three bedroom house with my girlfriend. One box room will only be used for storage. I will be using one room as an office and will be home most of each day. I've read about the arugment of constant low heat against just using it when you need. I believe the cheapest way…
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Ignorant guy with big first electricity bill
My first bill in a 2 bedroom flat which is empty in the day on weekdays was £240ish for just over 2 months sounds awfully big to me any idea why?
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High electric bill
Hi Guys I was wondering if anyone can offer any pointers for a query, my boyfriends parents have just received a bill for the past quarter for £350 which is a lot more than they usually pay they have checked the meter reading and it appears correct the house is empty during the day usually as they both work so there is…
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paying to much gas
at this present time i am on a pre-pay meter they are good as you just put money on when you wantto or when you run out and they even give you an emergency omunt of money that can be used any time for eg, if the weather is bad or if you can not be bothered my only consern is that we are paying a little more that direct…
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do bills die with the deceased?
hi all, my grandad died last year with an enormous leccy bill (£1500). My dad inherited the property and has basically left it emptyu until rcently and just accepted the estimated bills. We have just read the meter and came up with this huge bill. who is liable - i.e. does my dad also inherit the leccy debt along with the…
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Thumbs Up for Scottish Power/Manweb
Noticed my Main Electric Box (not fuse box) sparking this afternoon and smoking... During heavy load with Electric shower on,,, One call to the Emergency Helpline and within 1 Hour had someone replacing the Unit with a new 100amp CH Main Box... And Cost nothing as it's their responsibility upto to the Meter... Very fast…
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Central Heating Settings & Timings ??
Being at home most days, i'm starting to feel the full force of the price increases in gas. I've just had a new central heating temperature timer fitted & curious what others have found the most economic way of running central heating. What temperature setting do you find is comfortable during the winter ?? Do you run…
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Incorrect meter readings
I hope you knowledgeable people can offer me some advice regarding a problem I’m having with my electricity provider. I also hope that this may serve as an alert to other, too trusting souls, to carefully check their bills. To explain: Around the middle of 2006 I have changed my electricity provider from Powergen to EBICo.…
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EDF PP Gas Meter
Yesterday at midday I added £10 to my PP EDF Gas meter, I had used the emergency so had to pay back the £6 I owed it, which leaved me with £4 credit, now the heating was on 20degrees yesterday evening (switched off over night), I had a bath when I got in from work last night, the heating was on low this morning and my son…
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Combi boilers inefficient?
In many circumstances i feel that combi boilers are inefficient and that many people have had them fitted either because the options were not discussed with them at the time,or thats what the installer recommended/sold to them. I'd be interested to know the thought of others who are in the business?
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Central Heating Cover, recommendations please?
Hi, having had ny boiler fixed for the umpteenth time I have decided to take out a Central Heating Cover policy (horse/stable door etc etc!) Please can anyone recommend a decent policy for a 6 year old piece of junk.(boiler not me!!!) Thanks
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Ebico - anyone with them?
Have just come across this company and wondered if any mse peeps are customers of theirs? ARE they cheaper? We are currently on Npower for both G+E and pay by DD. TIA
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Npower total crapp, don't go there....
Hi, I have just had a nightmare with Npower, it has taken me a whole year to switch from them (they kept rejecting my requests for no reason), during which time I was on a very high tariff. I have now finally managed to get rid of them, but I have ended up owing them £150, when, if I had switched first time when I asked, I…
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Should I switch...
Trying to decide whether to switch over the NPower Web v14 tariff. We've been offered the internet saver with EON but not sure which is better. EON have offered: Electric - 35.13p/day standing charge, then 10.658p/kwh Gas - 21.83p/day standing charge, then 3.557p/kwh this is a £207.90/annum standing charge...they also…
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Please help, calculating gas bill...
Hi there, shows as a first post, but been on the forums a while back, the guys over in the BR forum helped me out a lot but have lost all login and email info from then so re-registered. Anyways, moved house a little while back, saw the supplier was eon, provided details and they got back to me. Saw the tariff was a little…
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Npower bill - confused - anyone help??
Just had our latest Npower bill after giving meter readings last week. This is what is says: Spent on electricity between 19/06 and 09/12 - £328.33 debit Your electric balance is: £308.43 debit Spent on Gas between 12/06 and 09/12 - £256.95 debit Your gas balance is: £340.99 debit Total cost: £525.28 debit Your account…
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Switching from PP meter to Direct Debit
My parents currently have pre-payment meters for gas & electric from Southern Electric. I am in the process of putting them through a 'Moneysaving workout' to try to cut their monthly costs. I have had no experience with PP meters but I know that they will be paying over the odds. Can they switch suppliers and ditch the…
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n power estimated bill: we have used less, but the bill is higher
Got our amended gas bill and even though we used substantially LESS gas (about 700kWh less than the estimate) they are charging us about 14 pounds MORE than the estimated bill. So I phoned them up last night to find out how they can charge us more for using less and they went on about how the bill is correct and that is…
