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On & Off.... Or On All the Time
Hi Its that question again, i did do a seach but couldnt see anything so apologies for any repetitiveness. New boiler fitted this year its not a combi boiler. I heat with gas and thats it, I would have to have the immersion heater on for water but maybe do that once a week for an hour when im washing floors etc as we have…
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Why should it be cheaper to pay by Direct Debit?
Why should it be cheaper to pay Fuel bills by Direct debit? Is this not discriminatory - there are quite a lot of people especially 'Pensioners' out there who cannot adopt this system. I think this has been outlawed in the USA - I am sure someone will be able to correct me if I am wrong! I think it should be outlawed here…
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1st utility & Energy club
Are 1st utility & The Energy club the same company ?:)
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Advice badly needed regarding fuel plan in new flat...
Hi all Myself and my OH just moved into a flat in West London. We were given a letter by the lettings agent saying we can use uswitch to change providers if we so wish. We do not know what the previous tenants bills were like. On uswitch it says with one provider we could save up to 170 pounds a year with a Duel Fuel plan.…
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Is there a problem in the forum today?
It is happening all across the forum for me today. Jumbled posts and lots of threads that just say 'Money Saving Expert'. Must be gremlins in the forum!
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Eon 9V vs 10V refund
hi,am adding this just in case anybody else had the situation i was coming to the end of a fixed rate duel fuel with Eon,the lady on the phone found me a better deal with the V10 a saving of £100 all good and excepted it,3days later i had a letter of Eon saying i could save £170 duel fuel on the V9 had a look into this and…
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Is there a 'smart thermostat' that I can use with my wet central heating system?
A friend mentioned the nest to me this morning and I decided to start looking into these new thermostats. Our current thermostat is just a bog standard programable and is broken so we can only turn the hearing on or off. Does anyone know if there's any I could use with wet central heating? Thanks
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npower first bill? new account
moved into rented flat on 14th july, phoned npower im new tenant here. said they would have me all set up in a few weeks. not had one bill or letter through the door. i have to idea how much they charge or standing charges. any one here with npower know the costs per kwh thanks.:)
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Really need some help....
We have recently had a bathroom ripped out and replaced. We have gone for an Aqualisa shower and when our builder/plumber installed the shower it was really powerful even on the hot setting. The pressure was excellent and I was over the moon. However over the last few days, the pressure on the hot water has decreased…
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Npower price rise freeze?
hi all as Npower promised a price freeze in prices like SSE have until 2016? just wondering if to come off npowers fixed march 2017 deal or just leave it run incase they do raise prices in jan-feb like they normally do each year
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Kettle or urn
We have a weekly gathering at our house of at least 18 people, sometimes more. I boil 6 - 8 x 1.5ltr kettles each time. I was thinking of getting a 12 - 16 ltr urn , but can't find any info as to whether they would use more electric. Any ideas?
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Oil combi boiler finally died
After 14 years of hell with the boiler, it has finally died, I did expect it to last longer :( It's a Worcester oil combi boiler and now we are going to have to replace it, we are not on mains gas so can't go down that route, also, having the three grand it looks like its going to cost to replace is also an issue We can…
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long or short term fixes?
We are on edf blue price fix March 2017, shorter fixes are of course cheaper. Is there any merit on staying on a longer fix..feeling very confused with this most basic of questions.
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Help us to reduce our energy costs
Hi We were having a discussion with friends last night about energy bills and ours are a lot higher than most. One family who live near us, with a similar sized house and the same number of occupants, pays £35 a month for electric and £65 for gas. We spend £120 on electric plus £40 on heating oil and £40-£60 a month on…
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My Planet Solar Panels - Any experience?
I got a cold call this week offering me Solar Panels through the Government scheme 'Green Deal'. I researched the scheme and it seemed promising so agreed for an assessor to come round. A man from MyPlanet came round this morning and didn't 'know' anything about the Green deal!! This raised my suspicions immediately but as…
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British Gas prepayment meter
Hi I have a elec and gas prepayment meter I have ran up debt and agreed to pay it back at £5 a week at 1st seemed ok but now I seem to be topping up my elec by £10 every other day which I can't afford .......can I ask for some advice as to whether its best to top up £10 a time or say £20 do you get charged a percentage of…
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Average running costs of 3 bed house
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Eon 1 year fix V10 tariff
I ve just had a look at ukpower.co.uk today and was very surprised to see Eon at the top of the table in front of Extra Energy,First Utility etc with excellent rates, so I m ditching one German supplier, (Npower ) for another. Maybe its got something to do with the top boss of EDF s comments (Henri Proglio ) about the two…
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collective energy switching
Does anyone know anything about collective energy switching where a large number of people sign up to a website which then applies to energy companies for a cheaper tariff as so many are switching - sort of like bulk buying.
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re claim of old gas account money
Thanks to Martin , I got a refund from N Power of £789.70 from my old address. the account was closed in November 2007. I rang them and got them to ring me back I was on the phone for almost 1 hour after being passed around 4 different people I got a lady who said it was an old account ( at last someone who new how to use…
