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Energy
Archives for December 2012
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Electric Heating, any good?
Hi all, just viewed a property to rent which my other half is very keen on, but it has electric heating. I asked the agent if it's like storage heaters and he said that no it can be on all the time and the owners have had it updated, I took from that it's newish. I am a gas central heating person, and I am worried that A.…
Smart Meter? No thanks I'll keep my dumb one.
I will state my own position from the outset - Smart Meter? No thanks I'll keep my dumb one. With the roll-out of smart meters ever closer, those who are undecided of the 'benefits' may care to take a look at the following article. www. lightbluetouchpaper.org/2012/09/17/the-perils-of-smart-metering/ "Light Blue…
Gas
Hi All Just had piped propane gas fitted to our estate and central heating installed by the housing association. Had my first bill from British Gas yesterday. Seems a bit high to me. £42 for 8 days. The cost is 8.301p per Kwh for the first 683 and then 3.807p per Kwh thereafter. I haven't had gas before. Do these prices…
Lights blown.. lost power :(
Not sure if this is the correct forum but i have a problem. I switched on a light and i heard it go pop, it tripped all upstairs lights, everything else works fine just not the lights.. i think this is standard procedure? I removed the broken bulb. I have an old fuse box with no switches you need to replace the fuse, which…
Pre-Payment Meters - Negative Balance when moving in?
Both Gas & Elec Meters have a negative balance when moving into the property. Both are -£20+ as the house has been empty for 2 months. How do you go about having this reset, as being new tenants or do we just top them up until we have can normal meters fitted? If we were to have them reset, what sort of time scale are we…
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