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Post by Dougs on Oct 5, 2023 11:10:43 GMT
I'm on the flexible one that follows wholesale prices and I can do it! Ah, so am I but it told me i couldn't do it. I'll take another look. Might have been the app or something. |
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Post by Gruf on Oct 5, 2023 11:26:48 GMT
Octopus sent me an email saying they are lowering costs and as a result my bill will be £211 per month as opposed to the £182 I was paying before. Oh and I'm currently about 361 in credit. Thanks cunts. I have fixed my rate with Octopus now, rather know what I'm paying. Live on my own so it's not hideous amount thankfully. The daily rate went down, but Ofgem raised the standing charge. It is an organized crime shakedown at this point. |
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Post by dfunked on Oct 5, 2023 11:34:37 GMT
Isn't the leccy standing charge the same and gas 1p more?
Agree it's a bit cunty and they shouldn't be allowed to keep hiking standing charges, but it's not really going to make a dent compared to 1p less per unit of gas.
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Post by grey_matters on Oct 5, 2023 14:33:32 GMT
Does anyone have any fancy electrical heating equipment in their house? Soon. Heat pump and underfloor heating is installed. Will report on it if we ever move in and switch it on. Been in a caravan for 18 months of a 12 month build, but it's getting close now. 19 months now. Turned up the heat inside to dry out some things, start temp 19.2⁰C, target 24⁰C (outside temp mild, maybe 15⁰C). 40 hours later it still hadn't reached 23⁰C. Technician coming out next week to have a look. It's better to have found out now rather than months later I guess. Outdoor fan unit is super anyway, blast of cold air coming out of it. |
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Post by dfunked on Oct 5, 2023 14:37:22 GMT
At least the fan is doing its bit to reverse global warming.
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Post by grey_matters on Oct 5, 2023 14:39:02 GMT
At least the fan is doing its bit to reverse global warming. Definitely pissed away a lot of our ecohouse credentials by having that thing run for so long. Hopefully easily remedied. |
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Post by askew on Oct 12, 2023 8:32:55 GMT
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Post by zagibu on Oct 12, 2023 9:02:27 GMT
Raising prices because people can't pay their bills. The lions sing and the hills take flight.
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Post by geefe on Oct 12, 2023 10:41:46 GMT
I asked for a refund from Octopus. Should appear in a few days. Somehow got £80 credit in gas appear on my account. Fuck knows about that so I'll ask.
Checked and they haven't taken more out of my bank.
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Post by rajin on Oct 12, 2023 12:07:00 GMT
Poor energy suppliers, I guess they did not keep a fund for a rainy day and gave all to their shareholders.
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Post by Vortex on Oct 12, 2023 13:04:29 GMT
Funny that. It seems to be a real pattern. yours, the taxpayers  |
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Post by Nitrous on Oct 15, 2023 8:08:14 GMT
Well that's the heating on. Woke up to ice on the cars and a temperature of 16. It's been on for two hours and is now a nice 21c.
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Post by Dougs on Oct 15, 2023 8:16:24 GMT
21?! Luxury! Stat set to 18 here. I sometimes acquiesce to 19.
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Post by geefe on Oct 15, 2023 8:22:07 GMT
Yeah 18 if I'm putting it on. Had it for about an hour last night just to take the edge of but this morning I'm in shorts and t shirt. I'm very warm in the mornings.
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Post by dfunked on Oct 16, 2023 10:13:03 GMT
I'm starting to get squeaky cheeks about the Octopus tracker tariff now. Gas is almost at the 7p cap, and leccy is having a few scary lurches (17p yesterday, 24p today) I don't really want to lock myself out of it for a year, but might have to shift to a variable tarrif soon. It was good while it lasted |
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Post by technoish on Oct 16, 2023 10:16:11 GMT
I got the winter coat out today! Kids in thermal vests.
Heating definitely on now. I had it off again last week. We're a 21 degrees household.
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Post by dfunked on Oct 16, 2023 10:21:15 GMT
Heating still off during the day at least here. It's 19 degrees in the bizarro spare room/office that doesn't seem to share cold air with the rest of the house despite being the only room still with single glazing. Almost 15 degrees downstairs so heating will click on shortly regardless.
I got a fairly thin autumn jacket recently and haven't had a chance to wear it. It's either been walking about in a t-shirt, or get the winter jacket on weather. No in-between.
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Post by lordofthedunce on Oct 16, 2023 10:25:00 GMT
I had it off again last week. That'll certainly keep you warm. |
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Post by Dougs on Oct 16, 2023 10:27:14 GMT
I'm starting to get squeaky cheeks about the Octopus tracker tariff now. Gas is almost at the 7p cap, and leccy is having a few scary lurches (17p yesterday, 24p today) I don't really want to lock myself out of it for a year, but might have to shift to a variable tarrif soon. It was good while it lasted Yeah. Just thought the same after checking! I don't have a smart meter so it's averaged out so OK at the moment. Colder weather was always going to drive prices higher but didn't expect it to be so soon. |
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Post by mrpon on Oct 16, 2023 10:27:34 GMT
Has anyone worked out the benefits over higher boiler temp = faster room temp over lower boiler temp = slower room temp from a cost perspective? I know 60 is the sweet spot, but toying with 80 or 40.
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Post by zagibu on Oct 16, 2023 10:48:38 GMT
Has anyone worked out the benefits over higher boiler temp = faster room temp over lower boiler temp = slower room temp from a cost perspective? I know 60 is the sweet spot, but toying with 80 or 40. There is no general rule of thumb, as it mainly depends on your heated area and the insulation level you have, among other lesser factors. |
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Post by Gruf on Oct 16, 2023 12:12:43 GMT
I'm starting to get squeaky cheeks about the Octopus tracker tariff now. Gas is almost at the 7p cap, and leccy is having a few scary lurches (17p yesterday, 24p today) I don't really want to lock myself out of it for a year, but might have to shift to a variable tarrif soon. It was good while it lasted Yeah, I was dithering about it last week, went with the fixed for a year, rather than tracker. My reasoning being I don't trust that the Tory wankers or Ofgem will not fuck something up...they have form after all Rather just have it set in stone so I can budget for it. |
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Post by snackplissken on Oct 16, 2023 12:14:09 GMT
I locked in with Octopus the other day, as I assumed with the Middle East going on.. prices are going to go up. They'll certainly not go down imo.
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Post by geefe on Oct 16, 2023 12:20:17 GMT
Eurgh. I hadn't thought of that.
It's basically either the big prompt for the west to go renewable or end times.
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Post by Dougs on Oct 16, 2023 12:20:21 GMT
I'm going to hang fire for a bit longer, will probably change next month when the proper cold weather sets in.
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Post by kingbambino on Oct 16, 2023 13:23:12 GMT
Has anyone worked out the benefits over higher boiler temp = faster room temp over lower boiler temp = slower room temp from a cost perspective? I know 60 is the sweet spot, but toying with 80 or 40. I would advise to put the boiler between 60-70 degrees . If your boiler supports opentherm then it’s good to get your room stats like Nest wired to that and it will modulate the temperature of the boiler automatically |
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Post by technoish on Oct 16, 2023 13:34:28 GMT
The lower the return temperature of the water to your boiler, the more efficient it will run. There's also a big jump at 54 degrees I think. This assumes a condensing boiler. It's only in single digit percentages mind, but it is a thing. Lower temp on for longer tends to feel better, and will also have those lower return temperatures. Running it in low twenties with under floor heatings can get you up to 98 efficiency! I can run it lower for the heating, but my boiler setup sucks as there isn't a separate temp for the hot water cylinder, so I'm usually around 55-60 (I turn it up a little when it is colder). Chart added: www.urbanplumbers.co.uk/wp-content/webp-express/webp-images/uploads/2021/09/efficiency-graph-1-1024x576.jpg.webp |
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Post by kingbambino on Oct 16, 2023 14:14:06 GMT
Yeah if you haven’t got underfloor heating and just radiators I wouldn’t put it too low though as your radiators wouldn’t get hot enough to reach the target temperature of your roomstat . As stated above somewhere it really varies from system to system and how it’s set up, rad sizes and insulation .
If you have a cylinder it needs to be heated to at least 60 to kill legionella
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Post by Psiloc on Oct 16, 2023 15:36:03 GMT
I'm starting to get squeaky cheeks about the Octopus tracker tariff now. Gas is almost at the 7p cap, and leccy is having a few scary lurches (17p yesterday, 24p today) You think those are lurches. I'm on Agile and over the past two days there's been a scale of -5p (meaning being paid to use it) to 66p |
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Post by jono62 on Oct 16, 2023 15:43:18 GMT
I had it off again last week. That'll certainly keep you warm. but what to do for the remaining 23 hours and 58 minutes of the day. |
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