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EON doubling monthly DD - but just till March??
I've been paying £100 a month for gas and electricity for 16 months now and got a letter saying I owe £190 and they are increasing my DD to £190 a month. But I read on another thread that this is just till zero month of March/April. Is that correct? It's not £190 for the next 12 months?
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EDF - totally confused!
2 years ago I got a massive (£400) gas bill as although I was assured (yet again) that I was paying enough the sums just didn't add up. Consequently, I had to have a stupid prepayment meter fitted. I've just checked and there is £13 odd left to pay. I rang EDF to check this and was told that a bill was due to be printed…
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Room temperatures
Every winter on MSE we get post after post from people stating that they have the temperature in their rooms at unbelievably low levels. In the last couple of days, we have had posts claiming 10C, 13C, and 15C. Frequently 17C is quoted as the ‘norm’ – well it ain’t! I suspect many of these posters have faulty thermostats,…
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Who is the best supplier/tariff?
I'm in the process of buying my first house, I have never owned a house before or paid utilities. From looking at the hips etc the current owner is with Scottish Power for gas and electric, and United Utilities for water. The house I am buying is a 3 bed terrace. I am single and will be in work during the weekdays. I can't…
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NPower tariff query
I'm currently on economy 7 with N Power and supposed to be on their 'Standard economy 7 electricity' tariff, the letter I recieved when I joined said "Tariff NEEB STD". I rang up and queried this and the girl on the phone said they were the same thing. The tariff charges are as follows ex VAT: First 728kWh per year 23.200p…
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Frost Stat
My boiler is in my attached garage and over the last few very cold nights, the heating has been on virtually constantly. I have no room thermostat just individual radiator thermo valves. Before I have gone to bed, I have turned each radiator down to 1. Am I using tons of gas and is the frost stat set correctly as it is…
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EON - Annual "averaging"
When I moved to EON in September they set my DD at a figure which I agreed with and will , by my calculations, result in a zero balance next September. I will however have a debit figure when I receive my next bill in January. Will this result in a ridiculous hike in my DD for the rest of the "winter" period to acheive a…
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Keeping heating on..
Hi does anyone have central heating they leave on all the time on a low setting in this freezing weather? I have suffered from burst pipes in the past so am keeping the heating on to a very low under 10 on thermostat over night and just touching it up to 13 during the day. I know it will cost more but I do this for a only…
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Deemed TAriff N Power
Hi again! Recently moved home and switched utilities to Ovo. We have been given a date of 28/12. Fingers crossed !! In the meantime we are on a standard NPower contract that is extortionate! A gas unit kWH is around 8.7p.. This is primary usage, but with it being winter the first 900kwH in Dec are charged at this. I am…
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Lining behind rads
Recently saw this in B&Q. Big roll of what looks like aluminium foil which you cut and stick behind the radiator. It reflects heat. Wondering if anyone had this and if it's effective. Very cheap but curious as to how effective it is.. Any experience? Thx
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Average use??
hiya im on economy 7 on the websaver 5 tariff. ive used 134 normal units in a week and 101 low units? the water is heated up over night, and one storage heater, and ive also been doing the washing and drying overnight. we have nowhere to dry the washing so most of it apart from towels go in the tumble dyer we use a fan…
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Metric Conversion Factor
Trying to get my head around the 'Metric Conversion Factor' on the gas meter. Our meter measures in 'cuft' and on the bills it says to convert to 'm3' you have to multiply by 2.83. So 1 cuft x 2.83 = 2.83cubic metres ??? Thought a foot was smaller than a metre - or am I missing the point ?? Should it not be:- 1m3 = 2.83…
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homecare 200
2 days ago i took out homecare 200 with british gas. i was told someone will come and visit to inspect the radiator and the boiler. do they tell you if your radiators are good and boiler. how we can use the boiler more efficient
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NPower contacts
Hi Has anyone got email addresses etc of the CEO of NPower? They are such a bunch of useless muppets. Changed to them awhile back when we were on E10 told they supported it no problem, no end of billing problems and oh we don't support E10 sir, arrrrrgh!! Ok swapped to E7 to try and save some money as E10 was killing us so…
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Thermostat Settings (what's your minimum?)
Hi, we have a 3 bedroom semi-detached house with a Gas central heating system. At the moment we have the heating come on an hour or so before we get up (20 celcius), on for 2 hours ish and then off again until about an hour before we get home from work? I have set the timer and thermostat so that the off temperature is 13c…
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Trying to work out my electric bill from reading
Hi, I am on Fix Online 3 with Eon. I last had metres read on 1st Oct. Electric read 48972, Gas 2935 I have looked today and it says Electric 50897, Gas 3032 This is a usage of Electric 1925, Gas 497 I have switched to the Fix Online 3 around the October time but am not sure how much I pay for both gas and electricity -…
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tariff wid
hi i recently moved to southern from n power for my electric and gas supplies tempted by the carrot of reducing my gas unit rates to 4.93 & 3.41 from the previous unit rates of 8.34 & 3.4 however it seems to be costing me more. i was told no standing charge but i have noticed something called tariff wid on the meter…
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Boiler, central heating cover
Hi I need some help I have recently just forked out to dyno rod to clear a blockage i had manfully tried to find but alas failed. I have decided i need cover that includes: boiler service central healting and controls drains (loos etc) I don't just want emergency cover, eg a blocked drain is not an emergency unless your…
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To switch or not to switch???????
Currently on E7 sh with npower juice tarriff. Day--first 728 @ 23.26p thereafter 16.05 Night--5.21p Uswitch found EDF std rate of 8.5p all day 24/7 £55 standing charge. It would appear I could be better off switching to EDF,as I only use SH inwinter for4/5 months and getting other form of electric heaters. House is all…
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Scottish Power Online Saver 8
I see they have just brought this out, both gas unit prices are cheaper than my fixed price Feb NSC 2011. Electric is slightly less for 1st lot of units but the second rate is higher.They want to tie you in though.
