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MultiFuelBurner

Chrysalis said:

My October wheel of fortune update.

First 2 spins had £0 before £64, £512, 3rd and 4th spins had £1 there.

However all 4 spins lost, the wheel no longer lands before the two big prizes for me.

So I guess my luck evening out now.

How do you get so many spins, new to tracker and rarely get a spin?

Chrysalis

Dolor said:

So rather than the constant posts about ‘should I fix’, can we expect pages of posts about future Tracker prices? When I last polished my crystal ball, it was still rather misty. FWiW, I take a long term view on price swings. If Tracker goes up and stays up, then Capped prices will also rise - albeit, with a few months delay.

There does seem to be panic mode setting in, I just take it as it comes and havent even been checking tracker prices for a while.

As I said in previous posts I think there is no assurance a cold spell means crazy prices as colder weather usually also brings more wind, and last winter was cheaper then last summer.

If it does get rough, I have my electric blanket as well, which is far more efficient than sticking on central heating.  The old saying still applies, just turn things off if you cant afford it.

I did look at my usage data as was working out fridge consumption and comparing, I happened to check gas as well.  As probably noted in earlier posts of mine my typical gas usage in winter is not much higher than warmer months (likely primarily due to my constraint, put on more layers, use cheaper forms of heating if I do need heating) and my electric usage is barely any different at all.

Recently discovered from when I have been heating my water using my boiler, my boiler uses almost 1 KwH of electric when heating (would never figure that out without a smart meter).  So with gas central heating it isnt just a gas cost, it can also on top still consume half the energy of a 2000 watt device to pump it around.

Chrysalis

MultiFuelBurner said:

Chrysalis said:

My October wheel of fortune update.

First 2 spins had £0 before £64, £512, 3rd and 4th spins had £1 there.

However all 4 spins lost, the wheel no longer lands before the two big prizes for me.

So I guess my luck evening out now.

How do you get so many spins, new to tracker and rarely get a spin?

You get one a month for electric, another for gas, and its doubled if using smart meters, so I get four a month.

masonic

Chrysalis said:

MultiFuelBurner said:

Chrysalis said:

My October wheel of fortune update.

First 2 spins had £0 before £64, £512, 3rd and 4th spins had £1 there.

However all 4 spins lost, the wheel no longer lands before the two big prizes for me.

So I guess my luck evening out now.

How do you get so many spins, new to tracker and rarely get a spin?

You get one a month for electric, another for gas, and its doubled if using smart meters, so I get four a month.

Hmm, some months I don't get a second spin for having a smart meter.

MultiFuelBurner

Chrysalis said:

MultiFuelBurner said:

Chrysalis said:

My October wheel of fortune update.

First 2 spins had £0 before £64, £512, 3rd and 4th spins had £1 there.

However all 4 spins lost, the wheel no longer lands before the two big prizes for me.

So I guess my luck evening out now.

How do you get so many spins, new to tracker and rarely get a spin?

You get one a month for electric, another for gas, and its doubled if using smart meters, so I get four a month.

Thanks I don't seem to be getting the double spin even though we have smart meter reporting correctly on electricity usage ever 30 mins

Cheers for the info 

MultiFuelBurner

Anyone used greener days forecasting by Octopus and does.it give us an insight into.uocoming cheap tracker days?



Sign up is her for any interested

https://octopus.typeform.com/to/bhA1D3SJ?typeform-source=t.co#account_nr=A-3185C60D&preference=biweekly

Spoonie_Turtle

MultiFuelBurner said:

Anyone used greener days forecasting by Octopus and does.it give us an insight into.uocoming cheap tracker days?



Sign up is her for any interested

https://octopus.typeform.com/to/bhA1D3SJ?typeform-source=t.co#account_nr=A-xxxxxxxxx&preference=biweekly

That's got your account number in it.  
When I went to https://octopus.typeform.com/to/bhA1D3SJ It came up with 'great, we'll send you a forecast twice a week, what e-mail address?' then question 3 was 'great, we'll send you weekly, what e-mail address?' - huh?

Telegraph_Sam

As I understand it Tracker gas and electric charges me the average of the past month's spot prices. Is there any way of looking up / checking externally what these were?

MultiFuelBurner

Spoonie_Turtle said:

MultiFuelBurner said:

Anyone used greener days forecasting by Octopus and does.it give us an insight into.uocoming cheap tracker days?



Sign up is her for any interested

https://octopus.typeform.com/to/bhA1D3SJ?typeform-source=t.co#account_nr=A-xxxxxxxxx&preference=biweekly

That's got your account number in it.  
When I went to https://octopus.typeform.com/to/bhA1D3SJ It came up with 'great, we'll send you a forecast twice a week, what e-mail address?' then question 3 was 'great, we'll send you weekly, what e-mail address?' - huh?

Actually the link sent to me so not my account👍

QrizB

Telegraph_Sam said:

As I understand it Tracker gas and electric charges me the average of the past month's spot prices. Is there any way of looking up / checking externally what these were?

That's not how it works - and you've been a Tracker user for ages, joined before me!

Every day, you're charged for your use on that day based on the day-ahead spot price for that day.

Electricity prices are from Nordpool (or are very similar to). Gas prices are from Marex.