CoyoteOldMan Someone - like the average premier league footballer - making £3.5 million is going to be £210k better off. Neither of them needed the money.
This of course assumes they are paying tax through a system like PAYE, which none of them will be. The liklihood is they won’t ne any better off as they’re avoiding the tax through clever accountingin the first place
So logged on to octopus energy and they had lowered my DD
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Ovo is a bit checky here!
The DD remains unchanged. Once the DD payments are cleared, the monthly discount will be refunded shortly after that. This is done over 6 months.
Yeah, I’ve put mine back up to £180, and I’m £300 in credit atm
But heating was on last night at the house was 16.5degrees
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Cuprajake I don’t understand the in credit business. It never earns any interest; it’s a free run for these super rich companies in the name of building up for winter. It’s another rip off, IMO. Our account is in credit by about £635.
Our house temp is about 17.5C. My 83 MIL feeling very cold. Think the heater will have to come up tomorrow, which is at least 5-6 weeks sooner. It is only Sep!
LMSC it never earns any interest; it’s a free run for these super rich companies in the name of building up for winter
If you want to bother to change DD payments twice a year or even more often, there is nothing to stop you doing it - or at least, I can change my DD whenever I want. When I was with PurePlanet (until it went belly up), they automatically set the payments to be 25% lower than average during the 6 “summer months”, and 25% higher during winter - this meant I was closer to zero net balance through the year.
However, considering the best savings account are around 4% AER (but overdrafts are usually >35% APR), running an average credit of say £500 (+1000 in summer, 0 in winter) doesn’t lose me much in terms of interest, and it may just save me some overdraft charges (all I’d need is 11 days of overdraft on my monthly £500 energy bill, and I’m ‘net zero’ against the lost interest).
As usual in these things, YMMV…
CoyoteOldMan Of course, I am aware of those choices. It’s just the options the general pop may not be aware of. The natural or a logical thing, IMO, is charge for the actual. I am an Economist by training and understand risks and money by profession. One do not have to work like a credit card company, but they could charge the actuals. That’s my view anyway.
LMSC They definitely could, particularly since they “insist” that you install smart meters or provide them with very regular readings… 😁
It always irritates me they can’t render a bill and then take the correct amount by dd on payment day. What they euphemistically call direct debit, is what BT called in the olden days, a budget account. Usually enforced on customers who were bad payers.
I also find it odd that with all their modern computers they can’t work out the right amount. I am £760 in credit, I never heard of people even 100 in debit.
DavecUK FWIW, for my first 18 months with PurePlanet I was ‘under’ - at most by £1800. They also went bust… which may or may not be correlated.
CoyoteOldMan It was the shock of finding a customer in debit which probably sent them under.
Update re-boiler
The engineer dropped in last week and found the valve holding the zone-valve actuator was a little sticky. A bit of oil was all required. He said the boiler is ok and so are the settings. It no longer runs continuously.
But, the hot water is playing up for the last few days. My daughter said on the week end the water wasn’t hot enough, despite it ran for an hour. My MIL said the same yesterday and my wife this morning.
Any idea what the issue could be? I am thinking if the gas engineer did his job properly, though we ended up paying £70 for the call out/service.
It’s a medium-sized tank.
Thx
LMSC If the boiler is heating the supply water to the tank correctly then I would be looking at the thermostat on the tank. Is the thermostat switching off to early. If you check what temperature the tank thermostat is set at and you can adjust the thermostat a bit higher and see if that helps. It would help if you had a thermometer to check the actual water temperature coming out of the taps before and after adjusting the thermostat. Hope this helps
I agree with @ Meldrew, either the boiler DHW stat or the cylinder stat.
The boiler DHW stat is inside the boiler lower L/H side= cost about £12. I think the boiler needs to be partially drained.
Check the cylinder stat first as Meldrew said.
Thanks folks. I will check as advised starting with the thermostat of the tank. We never changed the setting. It’s set at 55C and the engineer said the other day this is perfect for hot water. It does heat the tank as the water is neither cold nor luke warm. Normally, the water from the tap is hot 15-20 mins after the boiler comes alive. After 30 mins, it is very hot and good for 3 × 4 mins shower.
I will do the before and after test as Meldrew advised and go from there. Will call out the engineer otherwise.
.LMSC it’s also worth checking timings, if you changed HW to come on with heating (more efficient, but will take a bit longer. Applies to heat only system or system boiler, with single flow temp for HW and CH. Not sure what you have from looking at boiler. Looks like a system boiler where you can set independent flow temps.
They are independent settings and as LMSC has them set they should be just right.
One other thing not connected.👍🏻 It is worth closing the two gate valves and then reopening, they are very prone to seizing which can cause a big problem if you do need to shut them off. Fully open then back ½ a turn👍🏻
Elcarajillo It is worth closing the two gate valves and then reopening, they are very prone to seizing which can cause a big problem if you do need to shut them off. Fully open then back ½ a turn
What’s this two-gate valve please? Where is it located? 🤔
LMSC These (the red-and-brass bits):
