Economy 10??

jd0000

Thanks, Terry! Yes, right now I have a white meter, but am considering switching to an E10 meter (or an E7, or just a single-rate one).

Friendly1, Southern Electric offered to fit my E10 meter.

Richie-from-the-Boro

jd0000 wrote: »

Thanks so much! I guess you're right that I will have to work it out over the winter.

Can I just clarify one more thing? My understanding then is that the hot water from the Albion cylinder is not used to heat up the radiators. It's just hot water for the taps and has nothing to do with the CH. So, I can store hot water during cheap hours for the taps but not for the CH (I would need a "thermal store" to store hot water for the CH system). Is that right?

Anyway, this has been very helpful and I am extremely grateful. Thanks again!

- its either way, the Albion / Amptec can be a dedicated radiator only in your system
- with the domestic hot water cylinder [direct] system is hot water only

and

- or, the Albion / Amptec can be both radiator and domestic hot water cylinder system [Indirect] is hot water

- both are fed from the same E10 / E2000 tariff

This system tends to have been used in rural / multi floor flats / no mains gas / fluing restrictions / garage & attic conversions or underfloor / where space is a premium premium or where landlords want no naked flames and no annual ges cert etc. When the old 9kW units go south they are usually replaced with 11kW spec. Heatrae Sadia Amptec are all the same thing.

Terrylw1

friendly1 wrote: »

Hi There,

I've found this thread very interesting as I have considered Economy 10 myself for a heat pump system I have as the house only needs heat input from time to time (as it holds the heat) but economy 10 is too long a day time gap. I am 1 step back

I am frustrated as I don't currently have a meter and want one fitted and then to obtain the best price for E10 - so

How do you get an E10 meter fitted
How do you get quotes to find best prices

County Durham is part of the old NE board.

Their E10 equivalent is called Supertariff.

They will also offer a standard E10 with 1 MPAN a my previous post mentioned. If you go that route, as long as you are wired to a Day/Night set up, they just need to fit the meter.

If you go for Superdeal, you need another MPAN to cover the Heat register. This can take a few weeks and beyond. Once sorted, they just change your meter but you must be set up for Day/Night/Heat.

Not all suppliers take this tariff due to the issues mentioned earlier, but since Npower merged with the old NE supplier, they inherited every customer already on that meter and must be able to support it.

Just weigh up your options.

Check the switching times for each to see which is best as well as the prices.

Switching to E10 can exclude you from various benefits as they are classed as non standard.

Terrylw1

jd0000 wrote: »

Thanks, Terry! Yes, right now I have a white meter, but am considering switching to an E10 meter (or an E7, or just a single-rate one).

Friendly1, Southern Electric offered to fit my E10 meter.

Then your supplier is incorrect. White meters, off peak meters, etc are still available to the industry so can be registered in a switch and billed. It just requires the supply to have an available tariff.

Switching to E10 won't change the issue of switching, unless you opted for a single MPAN type as these are common in all regions. Doing this would mean removing the white meter, disconnecting your secondary MPAN and you would need to be sure your tails for the white meter would be long enough to reach where the E10 meter will be fitted (it will also connect in place on your current standard meter)

Having 2 MPAN's on your bill means you could opt for a dual MPAN E10 but this requires a seperate Heat tail so you would need to rewire first.