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Noisy electricity meter
I've been tracking down the source of a very low-pitch hum that I can hear in my living room, and it turns out it's coming from the electricity meter. I have one of those standard rotor wheel electricity meters in a cupboard on my porch, and it's makes a fairly quiet but nonetheless audible low-pitch hum as the wheel…
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Comparison Sites are they accurate?
Yet again I am going down the tortuous route of price comparison! I have visited 4 sites and used my annual KWh for both Gas and Electric. Confused.com is very different and not recommended by MSE but USwitch and EnergyHelpline/Moneysaving vary by £62 saving! So why such a discrepancy? EnergyHelpline and Moneysaving gave…
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Changing Supplier, is this normaL
I am in the process of changing energy supplier, I filled in the relevant details i.e. address and former company, for the new company. I received an email confirming my details, but I noticed that they KNEW my bank! I most DEFINATELY did NOT give them these details, so the only other thing I can think of is that my…
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Beware Homeserve Insurance
HOMESERVE are a nightmare, stay clear, They will say you are not covered even when you are, If you call them have your policy handy and check ALL what they say, Their conractors are useless and how the electricians ever got their qualifaction is beyond me.... MY STORY:mad: Called Homeseve because consumer unit crackling…
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Scottish Power (Cheeky beggars)
My Scottish Power fixed rate recently ended, I was emailed saying do nothing and they would fix me again or opt out for standard tariff. I opted out but received a letter an email a month later thanking me for capping again. A quick (say no 0845) phone call later and I'm told I'll be on the standard rate. Today I receive a…
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NPower are distressing me with their gratuitously high bills
OK here's the thing...I was with Swalec, in the same property for 8 years on a token meter. I was paying 15-20 pounds a fortnight in summer and 30-35 pounds a fortnigth in winter. On avergae that's £150 a quarter. Then last March I switched to a normal meter then a few weeks later switched to Npower after being stopped in…
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Changing supplier - a checklist
Hi I've looked in the FAQ but this specific issue wasn't covered? I'm helping my folks change their energy supplier (changing from Scottish Power to E On) I'll be using quidco to sign up to the E On specific tarrif (so as to get them £62 cashback) Other than removing quidco and E On cookies form my PC, I persume that I…
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Oil lamps, are they safe?
I am keen to reduce my electricity bill this winter, yet I dont fancy sitting in the dark, and although candles are lovely, they make a right mess when they melt and aren't that cheap really. So, I was cosidering an oil lamp in the lounge, like the old fashioned victorian ones, as they give out a heck of a lot of light,…
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npower TOOK £5 OF MY CREDIT ???
I topped up my prepayment key today by £20 and when i put it in it only registered £15 i called them up and after alot of umming they decided it was because i am in "protected supply" i have no idea what it is and didnt say i wanted it so im £5 down on my elec credit, and still dont know why ? i have never used emergency…
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how many hours a day is your heating on?
just trying to work out how best to set my boiler timer up its a modern condenser boiler i think how many hours a day is your heating on?
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Boiler Advice Needed
My 2 year old Ideal condensor combi boiler stopped working on Friday so have no heating or water at the moment. The boiler engineer was supposed to come after 10am on Saturday but didnt turn up or respond to calls. A second engineer was supposed to come today, but again has failed to show. The boiler, which is situated on…
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EON - Signing up on a Sunday
Is the EON website often partially down on a Sunday. Been unavailable to signup all morning. Keep getting "Our website is currently having problems" when trying to apply. I seem to remember similar issues last time I switched to EON, but would have thought Sunday is a prime day for people sorting out their household…
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need economical electric heaters
Have moved into a flat with white meter heating but some rooms need a heater, what are the most economical ones?
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Help with Eon
Hi, I posted this in another part of the forum and have been advised to post it here. Ive never posted here before but can anyone help? Im on benefits of £77 a week, I pay Eon £206 a month, Ive never missed a direct debit payment. I got a letter yesterday saying they want to put it up to £594 a month because of arrears…
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Storage heater/ electric question
I'm on storage heating and a prepayment meter (which i love), also on the social tarif. I am currently on a single rate, despite having storage heaters, but as it's been summer the man at British Gas said it was ok to stay on it as it turned out to be cheaper than the two tier rate. I'm just wondering if it's worth staying…
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Any Help in Replacing a 15 yr old Tank/Boiler
Hi Our system is 15 yr old: We have a weird combination of Heating/Boiler/Tank. The Boiler is in the kitchen, and the tank (huge) is in airing cupboard,no held water in loft, the tank its got like a coil inside dual tank in cupboard. Problem is : the tank has started to exude some sticky oily substance from round one of…
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Swopping query
Ive worked really hard to get my bill down (by £100 per month!) and now im only paying £53 for a 4 bed house with 4 people - im delighted. Im with NPower and about £300 in credit (think my actual payments should be around £70) Ive found i can save a bit more by going to EDF - question is - is there a way of getting my…
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Atlantic Electric & Gas
I get electricity from Ecotricity (doing me bit and all that), but I get gas from Atlantic. I've had a couple of niggles last year - they didn't send me a bill since last summer and increased my direct debits without telling me as a result - but I had my latest bill this morning. Instead of owing them the £55 they reckoned…
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Scottish power! GOING BACK 11YRS
OKay this will be a long one.....We have been with scottish power now for 12 years now, 15yrs going back over different address. Every address has been on a pre-payment meter. Anyway a couple of years ago about 3 not completely sure a rep from EON turned up on the door step and my wife signed up for them. A couple of days…
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Scottish power! GOING BACK 11YRS
OKay this will be a long one.....We have been with scottish power now for 12 years now, 15yrs going back over different address. Every address has been on a pre-payment meter. Anyway a couple of years ago about 3 not completely sure a rep from EON turned up on the door step and my wife signed up for them. A couple of days…
