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Bungalow refurb - which green energy for heating?
We are completely refurbing a 1930s bungalow and want to save some cash (in the long run) on our heating, but just don't know what sort of heating system to go for. I know there is ground source, air source, solar or conventional heating, but which would be the best value for money and give the best heating/hot water. This…
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No standing charge suppliers
I am a low very fuel user and just been shocked into sorting my dual fuel account out AGAIN. I change about every year to 18 months and my recent bill shows that although I have used no gas all summer I have a standing charge of 43p a day... the deal I am on came via Money Saving Experts Enegy Club. I have decided I would…
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Solar panels help?
Hi I have been contacted to look at solar panels that work on daylight, apparently a high street company is lending money which will be paid back out of the energy they produce, once the debt is paid off, then we would receive any money that we earn but don't use. is this a genuine scheme or a scam please? We have someone…
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Does anybody on Good Energy want to refer me?
Hi, Good Energy are doing a promotion during October (so only a couple of days left!) where referring a friend gets both the referer and the referee £50 off their next electric bill. I'd like to switch to them, and so I was wondering if there are any customers here who'd like to refer me so that we both get the bonus? I…
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Solar PV insurance Q
So last night's storm reminded me that I probably should inform my insurance company about my panels. So, who has done this, with whom, and what was their response? i.e. are there any limitations on the cover, extra premiums etc? Also, has anyone had problems with panels detaching or causing damage to the roof in high…
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Solar pv
I'm just having a3.7kwh solar pv put in and I'm wondering if it would make sense for me to change from my current mains gas combi boiler to an electric boiler ...
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What to do with empty toner cartridges
Anyone got any ideas what I can do with a couple of empty toner cartridges. I have 2 empty HP ones, and was going to donate them to charity, but its seems like they want at least 25 is one go. seeing as I've had my printer for a year and just used 2 I think that might be too long to wait before I have enough. I'm not too…
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Aga - upping efficiency.
We have a 4 oven mains-gas balanced flue aga. I could bore you to death singing it's praises, but it does burn an unfriendly amount of gas. We use less than average electricity and water, but about twice the average gas consumption (according to e-on and southern water). The aga is a big heavy storage heater. The gas is…
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green deal and solar panels
Hi, i am looking for a green deal assessor/provider who covers the merseyside area which does solar panels. I have contacted a few on the list provided form government website and they all appear to have stopped. Has anyone recently found one who is still fitting.
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electricity fixed rates and solar panels.
Hi, i have just moved into a house. My intention is to have solar panels installed. I have previously had a duel fuel fixed rate with EOn which ended last month. with electricity prices and gas prices going up i feel the need to tie in again to a good fixed rate. However I can't work out how this would be effected if i get…
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Finding OWL wildly inaccurate
I had solar panels installed at the end of May and I'm really happy with them, but I'm not so happy with the OWL monitoring system that came with them. I expect some inaccuracy, and it wasn't too bad in the summer when the daily totals were quite large, but now its getting ridiculous. For example today my generation meter…
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Which type of solar PV panel did you install? People in the UK
Hello all, The results from this poll are to clarify the results for a single question from the survey I have posted earlier in this forum, ‘Researching the decision process behind the adoption and non-adoption of solar PV panels in the UK’. (in the forum post - Have you installed or considered installing solar PV…
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What's in your baseload?
Since getting an energy monitor I've become increasingly aware of my daily electric usage and more to the point...where it's being used. I actually presumed my baseload was about 300Wh, how wrong was I, I'm actually eating through 425Wh...a massive 10.2kWh a day. Included in that figure are:- Freezer Fridge freezer House…
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Do I need to have my solar panels serviced or maintained?
Hi, This is probably a daft question but I thought I'd ask it anyway.... We have had solar panels for two years. We've saved some money and we've made even more thanks to the FIT tariff. We've become aware of our energy consumption like never before and try to time our use of appliances to make the most of the sunshine. In…
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Help on choosing a system !!
Hi, new to adding to posts so please bear with me. We're about to have an air source heat pump installed to replace our old oil boiler (no gas) and I'm now I'm looking at getting solar PV installed, but I've seen so many people and read so many things that I've got brain fog and still no nearer to working out if it's the…
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Have you installed or considered installing solar PV panels? Need help with a project
Hello all, I am a third year student at the University of East Anglia researching the decision process behind why people choose to install or not install solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on their homes in the UK for my dissertation. Also to save any confusion the survey focuses on solar photovoltaic (PV) panels which produce…
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A question about hot water tanks
I have recently switched from warming my hot water by oil to electtricity because of the hugh hike in the price of oil. Anyway I was talking to a friend the other day and he was telling me that he has hot water from his tank within five to ten minutes. I have to leave mine on for a good 40 minuites to get any amount of…
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Eon - Fit meter reading:
A couple of weeks ago Eon attended to read my FIT meter. seemed strange to me - they hadn't in the year before. Have they read anyone elses? Not that it matters you understand, I have been submitting exact readings on the right dates (give or take) - but I found it strange he came out - do they think I haven't been do you…
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Good Energy bonds - 7.5% pa return
See: http://www.goodenergy.co.uk/bond Got a letter from Good Energy about this the other day. Your investment pays for windfarms. 4 year fixed term, 7.25% pa, 0.25% bonus for Good Energy customers. An attractive return, but given Good Energy's ethical credentials, I'm a little disappointed that the treatment of…
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Burnt his hair/scalp - What can he use as alternative?
hi guys, my friend, whom in his mid 30's, put on hair dye about a year ago due to some grey hair showing. First it started becoming itchy, but within a couple of hours, his scalp was burning and eventually he had to goto A&E. They said he possibly had an allergic reaction to something in the hair dye (peroxide?) One year…