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Help info needed :) cheap prepayment suppliers??
My wife and i have recently moved into a flat. We are renting privately through an estate agent. Gas is through b/gas using a card and elec is through s/power ON A KEY. Both are proving to be expensive. What i want to know is can we change suppliers without much cost but still using prepayment meters if we can, and who are…
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Moving House
Hi, Hoping for some advice here, please. I've recently moved to a new property, and contacted British Gas to move my service to the new address. Following some confused emails, the final status is that they tell me they can provide my gas at the new property, but it will take 6-8 weeks and they don't want the meter reading…
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N Power bill
Hi, I recently got my N-Power bill and we were paying £80 a month by DD and recieved the bill and it say we owed £1000 on our bill, so i rang them and they said that they would advise us to put our bill up to £210. I am wanting to switch suppliers as I have checked and seen that N-power is very high and going with another…
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Information overload -Homeserve v British Gas
Hi, I am looking at trying to save money on my Boiler/Drainage Insurance but getting to frustrated with all the info and T & C's I have got British Gas Homecare 200 paying £16.99 per month and it's up for renewal now. Having looked at the website and choosing the same Homecare 200 deal it should only be £13 per month so…
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Locked in with British Gas
Hi All A while back now we locked our Gas and Electricity price in British Gas after reading Martins article as at the time prices were on the up. Well now we're being told prices are lower and that staying locked in with British gas could be costing us a lot more. We know there's a fee for cancelling with British Gas but…
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Power Overload?
I have a single socket and wondered how many electrical things I can safely plug in at the same time? At present I have a single socket with a power protection 6 socket extension. Into that I have 1. A computer 2. A printer 3. A monitor 4. Speakers 5. Another short extension lead with a lamp attached. Therefore I have one…
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Switched from Economy 7 to Standard rate do i need a new meter?
I am with Eon and after having central heating fitted, i decided i no longer need to use my economy 7 tariff and switched to a standard tariff. It never occured to me at the time, but should i be getting a new meter installed? Eon never mentioned it to me, but would that be better or should i just add my two readings…
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SUM like it 'ot
I red the gas Metre. 9680 On larst bill it woz 9636 Sow it 'ad gon up ........44 I did a some 44 imperial units hour much dus it corst. Yew av to times it by the metrick conversion factor witch is 2.83. I make the arnser 124.52 Butt then yew av to times it by the kalorifick value witch is 39.1481 I make the new aunt-sir…
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Switching with existing debts
e.on in their wisdom have decided to put up our gas tarrif from £30 a month to £146 per month! :eek:. Since we get our gas and electricity from different companies now anyway, e.on and npower. We figure it's time to switch. uSwitch reckons we should be paying about £950/year with our current usage. The only slight issue is…
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Eon are RIPPING me off!!??
In January of this year (2009) I recieved a letter from Eon warning that I should contact them immediately as I possibly had a very high Gas bill. Having paid £64 per month, every month, for atleast 3 years, I was sceptical. Upon contact, it transpired that when Eon took over from Powergen who were my original supplier…
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Working from home, trying to save of electricty bill, economical room heater?
I work from home and have a room dedicated as an office. During last years cold winter i attempted to be quite stingy with daytime heating, but at times i just simply couldnt work without it being on as it just got far too cold to be comfortable. We are in a 2 bed bungalow, all electric (British Gas, standard rate-which…
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Gas boiler and gas fire service.
Hello, We are having our 1 year old gas boiler and 1 year old gas fire serviced for the first time this week. Can someone tell me how long this takes.?Will all the radiators need to be checked and will I need to clear out the airing cupboard for access to hot water tank and timers.? Does the gas fire need to be checked…
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Problems with npower-electric bill seems very high
Am living in a small studio flat, with all electric. Electricity wise, i use the oven to cook daily, washing machine twice a week, tumble dryer twice a week, vey minimal hot water which comes from the shower to save me putting the bolier on whenever possible. I use mostly engery saving bulbs etc. Oh and i have night…
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Mains optimiser - Saves you £££??
From the Website - whadda you reckon? CUT ENERGY COSTS WITHOUT CHANGING YOUR LIFESTYLE There’s a new energy saving product, VPhase, available to householders and small businesses in the UK right now! Large businesses have been benefiting from voltage optimisation for years, saving huge sums of money by reducing their…
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lights bulb usage
How much does it cost to leave a 60watt light on for one hour? How do you work it out please? Thank you.
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Changing from Npower E7 tariff
We have just doscovered we are being utterly fleeced by Npower as we seem to be on their Juice Economy 7 tariff which charges 23.5p per day rate unit for the first 728 or so, the 15p for all others. The night time rate is 4.3p, but to be honest, we can't really take having to put on the washing machine and slow cooker late…
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help estimating gas costs?
i live in a two bedroom semi detatched house, its quite small, has a combi boiler. it has 6 radiators (one is perminently off,) im also on a prepay meter with british gas, my house has a master bedroom, small bathroom and a small box room. downstairs a lounge, smallish kitchen and a hallway is there anyway of calculating…
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Gas cut off by national grid...
This is a long story, I'm posting the history for fullness but you can skip to the end ;) I've had national grid outside my house replacing pipes for 2 1/2 weeks now, I had a card through the night before they were first starting to do work and called to say that I couldn't be here and needed more notice due to working (as…
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switching gas and elec I'm so confused
Hi I'm new to this we are currentley with atlantic gas for both gas and electricity last year we owed atlantic gas for both and so our direct debits where increased to £82 for gas and £71 for electicity, we have now paid all what we owe and they have reduced the gas to £55 per month and elec to £62. I was looking on…
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Cost for elec/gas 2 bed apartment, 2 adults.
Me and my partner are wanting to move out (still live at home). We are trying to get a general idea of costs. How much for both elec and gas on a new 2 bed apartment? We both work during the day mon-fri, and go to the gym alot so shower there. We will probably get away with 2 loads of washing every 1-2 weeks and no tumble…
