“Essentially, you should consider your electricity to have the same carbon footprint as everyone else’s no matter what tariff you are on,” says Josie Wexler, a researcher at Ethical Consumer. “Ofgem [the energy regulator] should be forcing companies to be much more honest about what ‘100% renewable’ really means.”
If it looks like a scam and smells like a scam, it’s probably a scam.
Is that on a fixed or variable tariff?
dutchy101 Variable - at the moment they have no fixed tariffs (or rather, the tariff they would like to apply is capped, and therefore “fixed”…)
I could have fixed for 2 years last October with Eon - I would be paying £115 a month as opposed to £280 a month now had I have done so. But I thought I’d go renewable to do my bit. Completely shafted. The excuses given for why they can’t differentiate between the supply of your energy in the article I posted above are embarrassing.
The Grid is unable to confirm whether the energy they supply me with is renewable or not, but they can provide a certificate to my provider to confirm they have bought only renewable energy from them? Jesus wept.
dutchy101 But I thought I’d go renewable to do my bit. Completely shafted.
I have always tried to be “green” always been shafted with a Bezos rocket as a result. Whilst the actors, politicians, privileged, super wealthy and a child tell the rest of us how to live. All before private jetting back to one of their super yachts, many homes, private islands and large cars.
Now I just try to do my bit only when it costs me nothing, or saves me money whilst ignoring the green twaddle being spouted.
For me (and I did the numbers) Solar PV limited and where I can put them on an ESE garage roof, 20 year payback. Heat pump, absolute madness Vs my gas boiler Electric car, good job I don’t do many miles
Why does the boiler switches itself on burning gas and electricity?
Yet, this damn boiler’s temp went up from 30C (at this time of the year) to 65C as I write! Some of the radiators are hotter, while it shouldn’t come up, given the settings! This happens several times a day! I have switched off the damn thing now! 😀
Another issue, which we don’t understand is whatever we do, the power consumption is 330-360 kWh (at least) a month. Every unused outlet is off. We switch off all non-critical standbys - except Hob, Fridge, Router, etc. I need to get a power usuage monitor!
LMSC https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144669194524?hash=item21aef4b91c:g:NqYAAOSwvQ5iJbhE&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAABIFk0A4eQ4rXsr2aB60R4zlH1ex4yh9VqvL3tpmVcc%2BzqJXOmlTL09bT1JmXjnSF5KIZUp6zVVpEM6YgEjNWR67xUW%2BABQivH2jUwwn2hhskvwQcADra%2F8VriIs1fVc7uXzhpXDtRSdniKUweBCFzaJXTo9zzChKZfUBueDhXXE0FThHibwauF2GZeZnecfwZD2jEB5pKJ6rWA9NxJe98kko9dDlR8xdULAij24AFuP2HBpH8DdTtFA9kPkZQhjQDLzJVawsBE79gA1gEMx7mA7%2FHi5SX%2B8kpmHN%2FpzAnm29QFKBebVxPspf16tiaOPYL9lxGpp3s19aOKi3fdjG3v55ttJzEcq5vXqwmHDwperL0jUZyIosH%2Fw4zcllY6zA67Q%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR7rFnqDoYA
Nothing fancy but does the useful stuff. I bought one a while ago and have found it very helpful.
LMSC Why does the boiler switches itself on burning gas and electricity?
Without knowing how your CH/HW system is configured, difficult to do anything more than guess, but this suggests that a (three-way?) valve (or more than one) may be faulty or leaky… of course now you’ll tell me that there are no valves in your setup. 😁
CoyoteOldMan of course now you’ll tell me that there are no valves in your setup.
How did you get to this ? 🤣
Jokes apart, I have no clue, tbh! 😃
I will call a gas engineer tomorrow for a service, which is due ahead of winter anyway.
Jeez, things are breaking one by one! Can’t afford a replacement under current circumstances! 😊
LMSC - they do say things come in threes! 🤣
LMSC or the room stat is faulty and firing up the boiler. Your engineer will sort it out. If it’s a simple room stat won’t be very expensive.
I keep meaning to change my Drayton controller for a smarter version and pop in a new stat. Just haven’t got round to it. Will do it next spring now…just in case 😁
DavecUK It’s been on an extended life since 2014. We were told the boiler was almost new after a lightning strike in 2014 took out a few. Since then, we replaced the expansion valve in 2019, Hive Smart Stat (new version) in 2018 after a neural fault on our development and Drayton Zone Valve actuator last year. Let’s see what the issue is this year! 😃
Can recommend Tado, but Christ it’s got expensive since I got mine. There was a blonding deal I got on mine in January 21. I paid £379 for the pack with 8 thermostats - now £600!
https://www.costco.co.uk/search?searchOption=uk-search-all&text=Tado
LMSC How did you get to this ?
My friend Murphy told me
LMSC I just want a controller for the boiler that I can connect my phone to as well as a simple room stat that I can also connect to. Not a behive or a wasps nest or anything like that.
LMSC
I had to replace a Y plan zone valve on my hot water this week as it was constantly demanding hot water from the boiler, but the boiler wasn’t asking for hot water.. Essentially the relay in the valve had died so the switch out (orange cable) had failed closed so was outputting 230v to the water request part of the circuit.
This made the boiler run 24/7 but with no water flow going out it was not using much gas.
