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Energy supplier type for student accomodation
Hello forum experts. My son lives in a accommodation on his own. I am looking for cheaper energy supplier for my son in Uni. Since he is not in flat for most of the day arriving to flat only late evenings, essentially using it like B&B ....will it be cheaper to use pre-paid meter where there is no standing charge for Gas…
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RTS going, but what comes next?
Hi Folks, We have two electricity meters feeding different parts of our house. One is the traditional black meter (not a smart one) which supplies our general lighting and other electricity. The other is a white meter which is controlled via an RTS switch and supplies off peak power to our night storage heaters. Our…
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Electricians: On/off switch with live/dead indicator
I hope the subject is clear enough. We frequently see consumers with multi-rate metering arrangements advised to make sure that the switch that controls, say, the charging power to a storage heater has a neon that lights up when the power is on. As far as I can see, this sort of switch only lights up if it's both on and…
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Smart meter with Octopus Home Mini
I’ve recently had a SMETS2 smart meter installed, replacing an old SMETS1 with British Gas. My old SMETS1 meter was communicating with the IHD but not Octopus itself after switching providers. After the install, the engineer gave me an Octopus Home Mini. It’s setup and working but I liked having the IHD to have a glance at…
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Octopus want 80.00 to check 'their' smart meter?
I've had a hobby for many year - tropical fish keeping. I've had 10 tanks going, pumps, heat air etc. I know its probably cost me a lot on electricity to run them which I've felt guilty about it and struggled to pay since electric has gone up so much. Due to ill health, I've recently had no choice but to re-home the fish…
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Please help figure out how much i should be spending all electric 1 bed flat
Hi all, I am on a prepayment meter with utilita. I have all electric. 1 person until rcently where there is regularly two of us. Shower washer dryer induction hub and fan oven hot water heater (very very small under kitchen sink) Computer, always on Fish tank, medium sized with water pump, no heater A few lamps and the big…
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Phantom Energy Usage by Solar
Hello. I've moved into a new house that has PV system (solar panels with inverter and generator). Recently I noticed on usage that during the day (when we aren't around) there are hourly periods where 1-2kW are being used. I understand that all devices are using a small amount but I would expect those to be fairly…
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British gas can't install a smart meter due to haveing storage heaters and economy 7.
Anyone else had this issue? I've also just signed up for a new tarrif and past the cooling off period and of course there's a charge to change providers, think it would be possible to say they can't provide a service and if I switch, tell them to sod off?
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Smart Gas Meter Readings more than actual usage
Hi all, I was wondering if anyone else has had the same issue with smart gas meters that I am experiencing. I have searched this and it appears there have been numerous issues with gas meters reading no usage but none that I have found saying they are overcharging. We use E-On next as our gas and electricity supplier and…
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British Gas have trashed my credit rating - what can I do?
Hello, I’m after some advice if possible
please as to whether I have a leg to stand on with regards to a complaint I’ve
made to British Gas, and they’ve seemingly rejected. In a nutshell, I changed my
energy provider a few months ago and was issued with a final bill. Went online
to pay it, but the balance on my online…
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government grants
is it posable to clam on a grant retrospectively?2019 we had our boiler replaced and all our windows double glazed. I was stupid that i did not check then if there were any grants happening. Can i contact someone and claim any support?
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Edf economy meter change
They are pushing to change my meter at the moment I get 5 hours at night and 2 hours afternoon boost which I need my meter is a very old horseman with a digital display they are saying I won’t have heating without getting it changed asap Any help please
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What are these switches?
Hello, I’ve moved into a new flat and have these two switches under the stairs. Does anyone have any idea what they are? We have a ZIP RCH water heater that is on the other side of the wall to one of the switches and an electric shower so wondered if they could be for them (our electric shower doesn’t have a pulley to turn…
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Quidco energy cashback
Anybody waiting for Quidco energy cashback for over 12 months? After contact Quidco say still waiting for retailer, EDF.
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Cheap Energy Club - pausing their alert service.
Why? I've just seen the email from the Cheap Energy Club, saying they are pausing the alert service as per Martin's request. I know the email was sent 2 days ago, but it ended up in my spam folder - haha! Anyway, the question is: Why? According to the email, it says: "You chose for us to tell you via email when there are…
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Gas - getting the volume right!
First post here so forgive me if already raised. I had my gas and electricity meters changed over to smart meters last week and I also received an handy app from my utility provider. As good as it was to see my usage it was a bit of a surprise to see how much gas I was burning. It was a cold start to the week but over six…
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British Gas Homecare
Ok .. bear with me … just need to see what others think of my problem. I’m thinking of signing up to BGs Homecare Plan, one that covers repairs to my plumbing, heating and hot water .. Reading the T & C’s there is a 14 day period, where no claims can be made - fair enough. This is obviously to stop people signing up, and…
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Double Electricity Standing Charge
Hi all, I'm looking for some advice on my energy bill. I'm with Octopus Energy and have an old meter that was converted from a british gas 4 season meter into a dual economy 7 / economy 10 meter. They are charging a standing charge for both tariffs even though I only have one electricity meter and no gas. I'm a tenant so…
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can i sue british gas
I have been a customer of British gas England for over 30 years just over 12 months ago British Gas txt me to say i have outstanding bills, i contacted them and asked where my bill was as nothing has been posted to me. I was told that for some reason there had been a mistake on their end and my account had been altered to…
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Octopus Budget Forecast
Does anyone else who is with Octopus energy for dual fuel keep track of their energy usage versus the Octopus Budget Forecast tool? I have been looking and I believe their budget forecast tool is predicting 30% higher than my actual usage and their Direct Debit changing option will not let me reduce the direct debit to my…
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