You mean they are giving forecast balances - rather than balances based on actual bills?OVO's website is not installing any confidence in their ability to come up with accurate figures, my balance yesterday is shown as -£136.12 and today as -£194.89, an increase of £58.77 in just 24 hours, they seem to just pluck random figures out of thin air, the useless fuckers.
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You mean they are giving forecast balances - rather than balances based on actual bills?
My mother got one like that, turned out to be a fault with the newly installed smart meter, surprisingly I found it very easy to resolve with Southern Water.Never had to much problems with electricity and gas but I know the water company once tried to say I had used enough water for a sports centre based on estimates when I lived in a flat.
Probably depends on what the daily update from their finance team is on how much they need to rake in from the customers to avoid going bust in the coming days. I think a lot of these energy companies are in such a bad position they are just trying everything to get money in and avoid going to the wall before the wholesale energy prices come down again.OVO's website is not installing any confidence in their ability to come up with accurate figures, my balance yesterday is shown as -£136.12 and today as -£194.89, an increase of £58.77 in just 24 hours, they seem to just pluck random figures out of thin air, the useless fuckers.
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Probably depends on what the daily update from their finance team is on how much they need to rake in from the customers to avoid going bust in the coming days. I think a lot of these energy companies are in such a bad position they are just trying everything to get money in and avoid going to the wall before the wholesale energy prices come down again.
Definitely a climate in which it pays individual customers to argue the toss so you’re not over paying in the short term and over exposed if the company does go into administration.
If you actually have the cash flow to run a balance, I find (for Ovo, at least) they pay a better interest rate on it than any savings account you can get.Probably depends on what the daily update from their finance team is on how much they need to rake in from the customers to avoid going bust in the coming days. I think a lot of these energy companies are in such a bad position they are just trying everything to get money in and avoid going to the wall before the wholesale energy prices come down again.
Definitely a climate in which it pays individual customers to argue the toss so you’re not over paying in the short term and over exposed if the company does go into administration.
but the plus is that I may have tracked down the ghost electricity consumption, or at least the lions share of it
When bulb went bust I was stuck on a ridiculous rate at Scottish Power. I couldn't get out of the contract until they 'sorted' out my account. Not only did they double my DD, by the time I was released, they had wiped out my £200 balance on top of that (and a bit more). This is all before the price hikes.Luckily if any company goes bust, your balance is protected.
but the plus is that I may have tracked down the ghost electricity consumption, or at least the lions share of it
He’s discovered a lion in his house which has been leaving the bathroom underfloor heating on.You can't leave it like that, FFS tell us what you think it is.
I "think" that the OWL meter is over reading by . . . about 90 KWh over an 8 week's period, which would account for the unaccounted for usage. What I'm doing now is I'm going to super carefully monitor, like daily, both readings and submit the consumer unit reading to Bulb, I won't need to do this for very long, maybe a month, before I can see what's going on. Part of me really wants it to be the OWL meter being "out" but then part of me likes having an easy to read unit on the mantlepieceYou can't leave it like that, FFS tell us what you think it is.
I was thinking about changing TO Shell broadband to consolidate my utilities under one roof. But.Yes I moved away from Post Office broadband then, too.
8 days in running hot water (50C) and underfloor heating (this still getting to temperature, been on for 3 days - at 19C, target 35C):
29.1kWh in, 145.3kWh out, COP/SPF 5.0
when i was involved with the working group seeking green accreditation for my employers i was told 60c was the minimum water temperature to prevent legionaires running through the pipesthree and a half units a day is bloody good for that. 50C sounds hot enough, although I read that it should reach 60C occasionally to kill off any legionnaires who may be lurking
three and a half units a day is bloody good for that. 50C sounds hot enough, although I read that it should reach 60C occasionally to kill off any legionnaires who may be lurking
when i was involved with the working group seeking green accreditation for my employers i was told 60c was the minimum water temperature to prevent legionaires running through the pipes
aha perfect then
I'm still looking for an air-to-air heat pump, although I do still have a winter's worth of wood left for the rayburn. Not using the rayburn for cooking has really reduced the amount I burn.
There's supposed to be a grant up to £5000 for air-air heat pumps (£6000 for ground source) as I recall, runs out March 2024. Drilling holes through the 3-foot thick stone/clay/stone walls could be the problem. A neighbour told me that you start with a 6-inch hole on the one side and end up with a 2-foot hole on the other side. I've got a small window that doesn't do a lot that I could put the heat pump in but haven't really found one that will fit yet. And as has been said on here, noise can be a problem.
Tradesmen generally seem to be backed up for months these days.I got in touch with a couple of fairly local companies about getting a rooffull of solar electric. Unsurprisingly, they're backed up and wouldn't even be able to book a site survey and quote until end-July.
A rush of renewables installations can't be a bad thing, right?