Just got an email through from EDF estimating my total usage (people often focus on their direct debits) will be around £1.4k more over the next year. And this is just the April price rises, imagine what it will be like later in the year (October is it?)
Turned the flow temperature of my boiler down from 75c to 60c (actually preferring the radiators like that), apparently makes a pretty big difference (6-8%), just means your heating will be on for longer (whilst using less energy) and take a bit more time to heat up, but more useful than telling you to just turn the thermostat down and wear 4 jumpers.
There really is going to be a huge cost of living crisis, which will become so much deeper when the next tier of increases comes in.
Just got an email through from EDF estimating my total usage (people often focus on their direct debits) will be around £1.4k more over the next year. And this is just the April price rises, imagine what it will be like later in the year (October is it?)
Turned the flow temperature of my boiler down from 75c to 60c (actually preferring the radiators like that), apparently makes a pretty big difference (6-8%), just means your heating will be on for longer (whilst using less energy) and take a bit more time to heat up, but more useful than telling you to just turn the thermostat down and wear 4 jumpers.
There really is going to be a huge cost of living crisis, which will become so much deeper when the next tier of increases comes in.
If you've turned the flow down just watch the hot water, if your stat is above 60 on the tank it'll be burning gas like there's no tomorrow. Most advise to have the flow at 65 to keep the hot water at the right temp.
Don't forget to take a meter reading just before/after the prices go up on 1 April.
I'm sure the energy companies will have some sooper dooper algorithms in place developed by some sooper dooper techy nerds to work out how much energy we used before and after the price hikes so they can split their bills accordingly - but personally I wouldn't trust them with a barge pole!
Only problem is, these pesky meters are so tricky to read sometimes, particularly in the dark, that I think I may have inadvertently given them a higher reading than it actually is .......
Bump. If you're on a variable deal, take a meter reading this evening and enter it online. The price cap goes up 54% tomorrow and so will your bill.
So what benefit is doing the reading today?
I can't get on the EDF website "essential maintenance work" allegedly!
a meter reading today will mean that usage from the previous reading up to 31/3 will be charged at the 'old rate' .. it seems that if you don't let the company have a 31/3 reading, the usage from the previous reading, i.e. the last one before 31/3 up to the next reading whenever that may be, all that usage will be charged at the new rate .. advice is to take a photo of the readings as 'proof' and most suppliers will take readings taken on 31/3 for about the next five days .. 'about' is the operative word though
also, a tip .. boiling a kettle on gas works out cheaper than using an electric kettle .. so says the bloke from BBCs 'Money Box' radio prog .. I have just bought a gas stove kettle
Boiling an average electric kettle costs about 50p an hour. Better advice would be to only boil the water you need and no more. Not entirely sure what boiling a gas top kettle would cost per hour but I’m guessing it might take a while to recover your investment 🤷🏻♂️
Boiling an average electric kettle costs about 50p an hour. Better advice would be to only boil the water you need and no more. Not entirely sure what boiling a gas top kettle would cost per hour but I’m guessing it might take a while to recover your investment 🤷🏻♂️
100%, I don't drink tea however our kettle is never more than 1/3 full and boils in less than a minute with that amount of water in it when the wife wants a cuppa. Gas would take a lot longer and I would have thought be more expensive.
Boiling an average electric kettle costs about 50p an hour. Better advice would be to only boil the water you need and no more. Not entirely sure what boiling a gas top kettle would cost per hour but I’m guessing it might take a while to recover your investment 🤷🏻♂️
100%, I don't drink tea however our kettle is never more than 1/3 full and boils in less than a minute with that amount of water in it when the wife wants a cuppa. Gas would take a lot longer and I would have thought be more expensive.
Only problem is, these pesky meters are so tricky to read sometimes, particularly in the dark, that I think I may have inadvertently given them a higher reading than it actually is .......
Oh well, it will all catch up eventually. ;-)
My meter reading will also be taken in the dark tonight, hopefully I don't make the same mistake.
Only problem is, these pesky meters are so tricky to read sometimes, particularly in the dark, that I think I may have inadvertently given them a higher reading than it actually is .......
Oh well, it will all catch up eventually. ;-)
My meter reading will also be taken in the dark tonight, hopefully I don't make the same mistake.
don't you have a torch, or a candle/box of matches ?
Only problem is, these pesky meters are so tricky to read sometimes, particularly in the dark, that I think I may have inadvertently given them a higher reading than it actually is .......
Oh well, it will all catch up eventually. ;-)
My meter reading will also be taken in the dark tonight, hopefully I don't make the same mistake.
don't you have a torch, or a candle/box of matches ?
Naked flames are very dangerous in an understairs cupboard and i didn't want to run down the battery on my torch.
Only problem is, these pesky meters are so tricky to read sometimes, particularly in the dark, that I think I may have inadvertently given them a higher reading than it actually is .......
Oh well, it will all catch up eventually. ;-)
My meter reading will also be taken in the dark tonight, hopefully I don't make the same mistake.
don't you have a torch, or a candle/box of matches ?
Naked flames are very dangerous in an understairs cupboard and i didn't want to run down the battery on my torch.
Boiling an average electric kettle costs about 50p an hour. Better advice would be to only boil the water you need and no more. Not entirely sure what boiling a gas top kettle would cost per hour but I’m guessing it might take a while to recover your investment 🤷🏻♂️
Quooker tap is the answer. Should save money on electric for a cup of tea but not sure I’ll still be alive when it pays for itself!
Boiling an average electric kettle costs about 50p an hour. Better advice would be to only boil the water you need and no more. Not entirely sure what boiling a gas top kettle would cost per hour but I’m guessing it might take a while to recover your investment 🤷🏻♂️
Quooker tap is the answer. Should save money on electric for a cup of tea but not sure I’ll still be alive when it pays for itself!
I've got one of them. I'm in a hard water area and about every 9 months I have to have all the filters replaced, which is not a DIY job. It's a £350 callout charge plus parts - I ain't never getting my money back... unless I fit a water softener - another £1,500 down the drain (literally).
I tried to get on the Octopus energy website to give a meter reading, it’s been down all day, sent them an email with my meter readings, and got a nice email back saying they had received my meter reassigns , when there I’m going to be charged new or old prices, we’ll have to wait and see, I asked for the old prices…
Boiling an average electric kettle costs about 50p an hour. Better advice would be to only boil the water you need and no more. Not entirely sure what boiling a gas top kettle would cost per hour but I’m guessing it might take a while to recover your investment 🤷🏻♂️
Quooker tap is the answer. Should save money on electric for a cup of tea but not sure I’ll still be alive when it pays for itself!
I've got one of them. I'm in a hard water area and about every 9 months I have to have all the filters replaced, which is not a DIY job. It's a £350 callout charge plus parts - I ain't never getting my money back... unless I fit a water softener - another £1,500 down the drain (literally).
Fit an aquabion, we've got one. About £500 but fit and forget (for ten years).
Boiling an average electric kettle costs about 50p an hour. Better advice would be to only boil the water you need and no more. Not entirely sure what boiling a gas top kettle would cost per hour but I’m guessing it might take a while to recover your investment 🤷🏻♂️
Quooker tap is the answer. Should save money on electric for a cup of tea but not sure I’ll still be alive when it pays for itself!
I've got one of them. I'm in a hard water area and about every 9 months I have to have all the filters replaced, which is not a DIY job. It's a £350 callout charge plus parts - I ain't never getting my money back... unless I fit a water softener - another £1,500 down the drain (literally).
We are in a soft to moderate water area. We are having one fitted with a new kitchen going in over the next few weeks and I was advised that it should be fine.
What’s going completely under the radar it seems to me is the fact that standing charges are going up across the country by an average of around 81%. Why ? The inability to supply gas and electricity cheaply is understandable but what’s changed in standing charges which pay for the cables and pipes etc that warrants such a massive increase and at a time when the uncontrollable aspects of energy are causing people to not heat their homes. What the fuck are Offgem or whatever the regulator is called these days doing ? Eff all is the answer.
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Turned the flow temperature of my boiler down from 75c to 60c (actually preferring the radiators like that), apparently makes a pretty big difference (6-8%), just means your heating will be on for longer (whilst using less energy) and take a bit more time to heat up, but more useful than telling you to just turn the thermostat down and wear 4 jumpers.
There really is going to be a huge cost of living crisis, which will become so much deeper when the next tier of increases comes in.
I'm sure the energy companies will have some sooper dooper algorithms in place developed by some sooper dooper techy nerds to work out how much energy we used before and after the price hikes so they can split their bills accordingly - but personally I wouldn't trust them with a barge pole!
Oh well, it will all catch up eventually.
;-)
If you're on a variable deal, take a meter reading this evening and enter it online.
The price cap goes up 54% tomorrow and so will your bill.
I can't get on the EDF website "essential maintenance work" allegedly!
Take a dated picture of the readings anyway.
also, a tip .. boiling a kettle on gas works out cheaper than using an electric kettle .. so says the bloke from BBCs 'Money Box' radio prog .. I have just bought a gas stove kettle