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British Gas Electric Meter Nearly Burns Down House But They Won't Pay For Damage
My friend had a problem at her home for 6 years with electrical items breaking for no obvious reason. Eg. 2 Boilers, 4 Washing machines, 3 Microwaves, etc, the list is huge, approx £8000 worth. Successive electricians could not pinpoint the cause until, after 6 years one found the Live wire to the back of the meter had…
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Green deal
Has anyone got an opinion of the governments green deal promotion? I have an assessor coming next week but keep hearing mixed reports!
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Should I report this to British Gas?
I've just had my boiler serviced - took out cover for first time with British Gas at end of last year and they sent someone to service today. My partner was dealing though I was in and out. I checked out the Which website for a list of guidelines on what should be covered in a basic service and after the engineer had…
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money going out the window
I need some help regarding double glazing schemes, i currently have single glazed windows which have been here since the property was built in the 60s, my windows are in a terrible state with most of them having large cracks,i even had one window blow in last year which i have had to replace with a perspex panel, the…
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New Gas Connection
Hi We have just purchase a property in Wales and wanted to get mains gas connected. All the surrounding properties are already on Gas apart from our house. I initially contacted Wales West and was advised that if the property was within 23 metres of a main then the cost would be £730. It later transpired that they do not…
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Scottish Power help?
Hi new to the board so bear with me :money: I bought my first home in June and when I bought it there was a prepaid electricity meter with between £150-£200 credit on it. I didnt think to phone up and register myself as the new account holder because its a key meter, but regardless, in October - Scottish Power (the elec.…
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TV & Laptop Screen Settings For Energy Saving
Hi fellow money Savers! I lost my job :( and have been going around the house making changes to save money. I now want to alter the screen setttings on my TV & Laptop in order to reduce energy consumption. I'm clueless on the settings and looked in the manual and did a google but have not been able to work out what I…
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nPower taking ages to switch to
Just a warning really.. I switched from British Gas to nPower on Dec 8th, and we are looking at 2 months now with no switch. I received a confirmation letter last week, but it is clear nPower are so large and bureaucratic (formerly one of the state monopolies weren't they?) that you won't be off that expensive plan or see…
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Energy used by my lights
I have a number of lights in my house that have three bulbs in them rather than a traditional one bulb light. Does this means that it is costing me three times as much to turn each of these lights on than it would for a traditional single light? Also, what's the average cost per hour of having a light on? Thanks in advance.
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Boiler advice
Hi, Hoping someone can advise. I have a condensing boiler which heats a water tank, question I am asking is it best to heat the hot water whilst the central heating is on, or heat it once heating goes off. For example at present time heating goes off at 1900hrs then boiler is set to heat hot water at 1930hrs. Thanks Dave
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Advice on electricity costs
hi folks i hope im not being thick here or missing something but could some of you confirm my electricity workings i am on economy 10 with Scottish hydro 16.49 pence per kw peak rate 9.13 pence per Kw off peak i have just moved into a house with the new electric wet system i have set my heating to come on only during off…
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Please someone help me. Need to make a big complaint to Eon.
Hi. This is going to be long, I apologise, but I really need some advice. I have been living in my current house, a 2 bed rented council house for nearly 3 years. The heating is run on a Amptec 12kw boiler, which is run straight off the mains electric. When I first moved in through the winter period I was paying £120 per…
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Eon rep change bank account for DD
Hi Eon rep, how easy is it to change the direct debit bank account and is there a best time of the month to do it if my DD presently comes out on the 15th of the month? I do have an online account set up. All this for £5 a month:rotfl:
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Old gas supply pipe update
Ok, here's the problem. About 10 months ago my wife and I bought our first house, got it for a good price but it needed work doing to it and didn't have an active gas supply. All the other houses on the street have gas but ours does not as the previous owner (now deceased) never used gas and as such the old lead pipe that…
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Gas reading way out
Hi, I've just switched providers. It took me 6 weeks to get my act together and take readings for accurate bills. My gas reading is 3500, however on the bills it is being charged at an estimated 6500 figure . I rang my previous provider who said my new provider wouldn't charge until the figures matched up...... Which…
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gas prepayment meters
I have a gas prepay meter, I have arrears on it, it claims back £6 a week, anyone know if I don't top up for a couple of weeks does it take all the £6s I've not paid whilst I wasn't topping up or does it just take one £6 per week, even if I don't top up some weeks? Also the daily standing charge, how does that work if no…
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When day is night and night is day
HI, We moved into a bungalow about 5 months ago which has a day / night E7 meter. We've just had our first bill from NPower which appears to have the day night readings the wrong way round. From our meter: Rate 1 is approx 5000 (DAY) Rate 2 is approx 11000 (NIGHT) I have registered regular meter readings online but this…
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Mark Group/Goverment funded loft insulation
Official Insert If you've landed here because you're looking for loft insulation deals head over to our Loft Insulation guide. Back to samtaylor1986's original post... ---- Hi There, just had a caller at the house reporting to be a surveyor checking on loft insulation, and the government funded free loft insulation. He…
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British gas credit file
Good evening, About a year ago I switched my gas & electricity from British gas to a new supplier. When I received my final bill I got a bit of a shock, so I arranged to pay it off the bill in instalments. The electricity account was paid off, but due to a misunderstanding some money was left outstanding on the gas…
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Trying to understand utility switch results
I currently use roughly 12000 kwh for elec and about 2400 for gas a year. I put my details into the comparison sites for the first time and the best offer I was given was co-op pioneer which can save me £165 over BG standard tariff that I'm on. What I wanted to know was, when looking at the co-op tariff, it shows a…
