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My only issue with heating the bathroom overnight is that it leaves our bedroom slightly warmer than ideal, too!🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
£100k barrier broken 1/4/25SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her0 -
EssexHebridean said:My only issue with heating the bathroom overnight is that it leaves our bedroom slightly warmer than ideal, too!
The bathroom in our case is a downstairs shower room. OH sleeps in the spare room when he has to get up early. Thinking about it I should have put the towel rail on in the ensuite but the lights on the timer disturb my sleep. Should have sorted it and closed the door. Will remember for next time.
Make £2025 in 2025
Prolific £229.82, Octopoints £4.27, Topcashback £290.85, Tesco Clubcard challenges £60, Misc Sales £321, Airtime £10.
Total £915.94/£2025 45.2%
Make £2024 in 2024
Prolific £907.37, Chase Intt £59.97, Chase roundup int £3.55, Chase CB £122.88, Roadkill £1.30, Octopus referral reward £50, Octopoints £70.46, Topcashback £112.03, Shopmium referral £3, Iceland bonus £4, Ipsos survey £20, Misc Sales £55.44Total £1410/£2024 70%Make £2023 in 2023 Total: £2606.33/£2023 128.8%1 -
Keeping my eye out for an oil filled radiator bargain, one with an integral timer ideal I think, will try to get some survey points accumulating to pay for it. I've not got the figures from yesterday yet because I got rid of our inhome display not long after having the smart meters installed - it was making me not want to use the oven or kettle when on Eon's fix! Only gas used was for hot water and electricity will be interesting, definitely warmed the walls up with the overnight heating which has been good.0
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I recommend a Tapo smart plug. Easy to schedule on their app. Usually on offer on Amazon2
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I've got heatmiser smart plugs but only because they help with the mesh network that my thermostats need. It does mean they are all in one app and I can create a single profile for Agile which I can then apply to the towel rails, portable rads and immersion. I've had others in the past (Eufy and Meross according to my phone) but they've been unreliable in terms of connecting to wifi as they both appear to need a dedicated 2.5ghz connection. In fact, I should probably check them all and get rid of any that are unreliable. It's complicated having to go into 3 different apps.0
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Just got my figures through for yesterday, I used 38kwh electric for 16p plus standing charge, and exported 13.5kwh earning £2.03.Today's usage so far is 14.5kwh earning 17p plus 15p export. and I've got 93% charge in the 9.6kw batteries.Make £2025 in 2025
Prolific £229.82, Octopoints £4.27, Topcashback £290.85, Tesco Clubcard challenges £60, Misc Sales £321, Airtime £10.
Total £915.94/£2025 45.2%
Make £2024 in 2024
Prolific £907.37, Chase Intt £59.97, Chase roundup int £3.55, Chase CB £122.88, Roadkill £1.30, Octopus referral reward £50, Octopoints £70.46, Topcashback £112.03, Shopmium referral £3, Iceland bonus £4, Ipsos survey £20, Misc Sales £55.44Total £1410/£2024 70%Make £2023 in 2023 Total: £2606.33/£2023 128.8%0 -
I was going to say the same - you then have a smart plug to use for other things when needed, too. We have several around the house running things which I routinely want to come on and off overnight when prices are generally lower.RavingMad said:I recommend a Tapo smart plug. Easy to schedule on their app. Usually on offer on Amazon
If buying, there are two different sort - I think it's the Tapo P110 which also has energy monitoring built in which is useful.
Not sure what's going on today mind - no prices for tomorrow available as yet?🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
£100k barrier broken 1/4/25SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her0 -
The reason I would prefer an inbuilt timer was because it'd be a relatively high current draw, which I'd not have trusted with previous timer plugs I've had, but looking at Tapo they do go up to a high enough current. When we move I'm planning to have a lot more automation going on (currently have a 20 year old boiler in a rented house) and so they're worth investing in when i can.
Electricity use yesterday 39 kilowatts, that's more than 10 days of my normal use! cost me 36p including the 60 pence standing charge.
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Oh that's cracking tM - my 36p was sadly excluding the SC.
Tomorrow's prices are now up - a bit of a disappointment after the last couple of nights!
🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
£100k barrier broken 1/4/25SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her0
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