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Problems with HHR storage heaters
Hi I have recently had my meter changed to economy 7 tariff and had high heat retention storage heaters (Elnur) installed. The digital display only comes on during off peak house (after midnight) and during the day this is off so the thermostat and setting controls cannot be used. I have tried to charge the heat up when it…
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Ovo Energy Homeplan
Has anyone got recent experiences with Ovo Energy's CORGI HomePlan? On the face of it, it beats British Gas Homecare products by a country mile for very much the same service. Is it too good to be true.
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Lounge radiator won't come on unless I turn on the hall radiator - why?
Edit: Hoping this is the right forum, wasn't really sure. Just started using central heating again since the weekend. I only ever heat the lounge and bathroom but neither of them want to come on unless I turn on the one in the hall. I never needed to do that last winter or the one before that. If I do leave the hall…
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dowling stoves
Hi, I've read that Dowling all steel stoves are extremely durable and simple. Anyone on this forum used one?
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Ongoing problem with British Gas Invoice
I have had an issue with a British Gas invoice that has rumbled on since July and I'd really appreciate some advice on what more I can do. Sorry this is long... I have HomeCare 200 with British Gas to cover heating and plumbing, for which I pay a £50 excess for each problem. I called them out in July to fix an issue with a…
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Consistently underquoted energy costs
I use the MSE energy quote system each year and each year it consistently and massively under quotes my dual fuel cost for the year. I pay by direct debit and the company I move to get the amount of the direct debit wrong too and always on a 12 month fix. Both my predicted gas and electric consumption figures proved to be…
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Can I leave an energy contract early?
Hi all, My energy bills have just rocketed and I have done a comparison and there are cheaper. However it says my contract is until September 2019 (started in May 18). I know there is an early exit fee of £72 but am I able to leave or will they sting me for the remainder of contract until sept 2019?
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Baxi boiler with salus remote control
Hi, Does anyone have any ideas? I have a boiler and it is coming on by itself. This is very annoying and very expensive at this time of the year. I have replaced the batteries in the remote, and checked the settings, does anyone have any other suggestions please? cheers
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Economy Energy - Shortfall Payment Demand
I received this e-mail from Economy Energy early this afternoon. Has anybody else received something like this? I don't understand why there is a shortfall when I'm paying by direct debit? Hi BradE, At Economy Energy as part of our service to you, we regularly review your account to make sure you're paying the right amount…
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NPower Have increased my bill by 300 a month
I moved home in June last year and I started paying £114 a month for dual fuel, I gave them regular readings but they kept rejecting my Gas readings, they then decreased my payments to £94 and then further reduced them to £54. I was then contacted by NPower to check the serial number of the gas meter and it turned out that…
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smart meter
a couple of years ago i was offered to have a smart meter installed and someone came down from i think it was EON even though my energy was provided by EDF,, the chap came down to inspect my meter and for some inexplicable reason (it has always been here since we bought the house 30 years ago) my elec meter is positioned…
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£400 quarterly electricity bill for 1 bedroom flat
Me and my partner moved in to our 1 bedroom flat on the 24th September this year to find a letter saying Eon was our electricity provider. Seeing as neither of us had payed seperate bills before (it had always been included in rent in previous flats) we simply made an online an account and assumed all would be fine. Today,…
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Engie
Anyone using this company as a supplier?
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Ground Source Heat Pump - anyone got one?
Hello Hope this is the right board for this question: I have cross posted it on the various "green" boards, before I found this one! I am currently refurbishing a victorian farmhouse and 3 cottages. We intend to let out the cottages, and live in the main farmhouse. No current "proper" heating systems in any of them, only…
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Myths of gas central heating
I designed and installed my gas central heating with hot water storage cylinder 40 years ago. For the average home, advice said fit a 60,000 BTU gas boiler (about 11kW) this was based upon the 'recovery' time of approximately 1 hour from cold. I read a trade magazine which had a story from a retired gas engineer. He had…
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Myths of gas central heating
40 years ago I designed and installed my gas central heating with hot water cylinder The boiler was a balanced flue type. It consisted of a gas regulator operated by a simple closed/open electromagnetic solenoid valve and a safety thermocouple. No parts needed changing in those 40 years. A friend had a similar boiler but…
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Annual electricity usage 25000 kWh
Hello Need some expert advice please. We have electric heating (around 13 radiators). Most we replaced last year to Fischer modern ones to reduce our bills but our annual electricity usage is working out about 25,000 kWh p.a. which is just crippling us financially. The house is ca. 1900 square feet but we don’t have them…
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supplemental heating for LPG system
Following my earlier post: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5921503/keep-change-the-heating I'm still exploring options. I'm coming to the following conclusions: * conversion to oil would be costly (boiler, pipework, tank) so... * keep the existing LPG system as the boiler is new and the pipework/rads seem…
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Pellet is the way forwards!
We are going to move into a new house and have done a lot of research regarding how we wish to heat up the place. There is an old coal Rayburn, which we would like to replace. The house is heated with an oil boiler, and has a hot water tank. We are thinking of installing the Klover Smart 120 BT instead of the Rayburn. It…
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Failed Payment Promise
Hi, Our energy provider went bust so we were contacted by a company dealing with that companies credits and debits. We were told we owed £182 as our monthly payments did not cover the energy usage which was fine and I asked if I could pay later in the month when I got paid, they said this was fine also. I then forgot all…
