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Dimplex quantum help - how hot?
I had 2 quantums installed last winter. One, brand new, seemed to be overheating. I raised a ticket with Dimplex but then the weather turned milder, I turned the heater off and it didn’t get sorted. Can anyone help with the following: how hot does the outside get, especially if it’s still charging? I have it set to home…
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Dimplex Quantum Storage Heater Troubles
We brought x2 dimplex quantum storage heaters which are now encountering issues it seems. Bedroom: Qm100 g6 series. We were finding difficulty heating the room at night and charging the unit without the unit overheating. It seems the brains of the unit gets overwhelmed by usage and charging together. Has anyone encountered…
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Eon Winter affordability scheme
Last winter I saved a lot with this scheme - 25% of my bills. But can't find any mention of them doing it again. What do you think the chances are?
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Real time energy monitoring
I am with Octopus and noticed that the Smart Meter Display is usually inaccurate - it is a few hours behind and the amounts shown are wrong - it generally corrects itself by the next day.Is there an app that I can use to show accurate REAL TIME usage ?
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OVO are creating fictitious accounts
I recently had a dispute with OVO and successfully took the to the ombudsman for them creating a fake account for my new house. The process of getting any sense out of their woeful customer service and their aggressive legal letters was quite traumatic. My daughter has now got a similar problem. This can't be an isolated…
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Octopus Tracker Dec23
I have decided to stay with Tracker Gas and Electric until around March/April 2025. Like most things in life, it is a gamble, but of course, I do have the option to change for free at any time. It has been good so far, but I expected it to increase during winter. I believe I was probably one of the last to join before it…
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MSE Cheap Energy Club shows conflicting savings
Done a comparison using the Cheap Energy Club but the results are all over the place, or my head is. Below are the exact results shown for the top 1yr fixed tariffs- Supplier Reduction Mthly DD EDF Simply Fixed 1Yr Jan26 = £116 -6% less than current -/- Est £117 E.ON Next- Next Fixed 12m v35 = £105 -6% less than current…
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Is this noise level normal from a heat pump (NIBE VVM 300)
Hi I just bought a house with a heat pump (NIBE Fighter 2005) and a boiler NIBE VVM 300, and I don't know what's normal and what isn't. When the compressor is on, it makes a loud noise, is this normal? From googling, it doesn't seem possible to configure a time for the compressor (it comes on around a similar time between…
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Eon.Next statements
I seem to have endless trouble trying to get Eon.next to give me any statements. It took months for them to generate a statement earlier this year. I finally got a statement in September. When October came I had to ring up and ask for them to generate a statement. Now my November statement is due and I have had to contact…
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Free electricity??
Over 3 months ago I switched gas and electricity supplier having been with separate companies before. My new supplier seems to have messed up the switch and is only billing me for gas. I’ve had final closing bills from both previous suppliers and received credit refunds. When I called to check why no electricity bill they…
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EDF energy - Fancy free electricity? SCAM!
Not sure if anyone else has had this.... We'll give you a target to shift some of your electricity usage away from weekday peak hours (4pm-7pm1). When you hit your target, you’ll earn free electricity the following Sunday! The more you shift, the more you earn — reduce your weekly peak usage by 40% and you could earn up to…
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Moving house advice.
Hi all. I wonder if anyone can advise me. Moving in a few weeks to a house with a different energy provider from my current one. I am British Gas credit and the new property is octopus prepaid. I think the tenant I am swapping with may have arrears on their keycard meter. What is the process please. I wouldn't mind going…
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octopus nov fix
i see octopus have pushed there fix up in the North East gas has been 5.79 now its 6p and electric was 21.79 now 22.19p 12 mth contract i fixed gas at 5.52 end of sept 15 mths and agile for electric
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Price cap January 2025
https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/information-consumers/energy-advice-households/get-energy-price-cap-standing-charges-and-unit-rates-region Scroll down the link for price tables. No rise to standing charges it seems.
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Backdated bill from 2022
Good morning all I just wanted to make you all aware of something. I got an e-mail from Octopus energy a few days ago, making me aware that they hadn't charged me for some energy I had used in April 2022. The bill was for £36 which they debited from my balance. I e-mailed them immediately asking them why it had taken them…
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dehumidifier
is it worth hving 1 as winter is here, drying my clothes in the house if i cant outside reading that this could bring mold to the house done this for 30 odd years no problems yet
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How much Gas have I actually used in the last 12 months?
Hello everyone, We (Family of 2 adults, 2 children) live in a 2 bed downstairs flat, when looking at tariffs I am getting very confused with why they think we will be using so much gas. I have copied and pasted their prediction, and then our readings for the last year. || || |09/11/23|Estimate|14388| || ||…
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E.On say my DD needs to change to help me stay free from debt
My account is in credit after the summer. E.On recommended an account balance of £455.71. E.On say ' Any difference between your actual balance compared to your recommended balance will be factored into a new Direct Debit amount following on from a payment review. This would either be an increase to your predicted usage…
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Smart Meter, Economy 7 and changing to Dimplex Quantums
I've a question for the clever E7/Dimplex Quantum bods here :smile: We have a smart meter, see photo and Economy 7 with mostly older Dimplex storage heaters. We have one Quantum storage heater in the kitchen, bought as an experiment to see how we got on with it. We like it and are thinking about replacing the other 4…
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Join the club and pay less when switching
Just spotted this on my local council website What do you think ? https://www.nwleics.gov.uk/pages/switch
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