No it was all legit dried logs brother in law was a tree surgeon, his since moved on to something else. I only burn the dried woodThat's cause to sell wood for fireplaces it needs to be a certain type now. Unless Ive misunderstood your comment
Energy Prices (Strictly NO referrals!)
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Soldato
This is an interesting point.
I swear the benefits of a higher rated dishwasher comes from insulation.
The quartz above ours gets hot to touch when on a 95 degree wash, and the better ones seem less noisy, well they would with more insulation wouldnt they!
I've been meaning to retrofit some more insulation to our dishwasher, just never got round to it.
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Mike, phone them and tell them you have a battery that you charge up on the go rate, and use that to offset the electric you pull from the grid during peak demand.
Its most things being claimed/marketed as being eco but there nothing eco about the price, £79.99 down from £130.
Its like when everyone was screaming about how heat pumps where going to save the world but dont realise that most heat pumps can be used as a air conditioner also so what do you think people are going to do with them during the summer months.
Officially GO is only for owners of EV cars - home battery systems alone aren't justifcation for the GO tariff (I contacted them and directly asked about it). Historically Octopus were happy to take your word on it if you said you owned an EV, but I've seen mention of them requesting evidence of ownership for new contracts / renewals.
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Its most things being claimed/marketed as being eco but there nothing eco about the price, £79.99 down from £130.
Its like when everyone was screaming about how heat pumps where going to save the world but dont realise that most heat pumps can be used as a air conditioner also so what do you think people are going to do with them during the summer months.
You realise the practicalities don't allow this right? Air conditioning requires you to get rid of condensate. I don't know about you, but people don't really like their radiators turning into waterfalls. Thats even if your sytem will allow it which almost all will not when they are tied into water based heating systems, ie radiators due to risk of freezing and breaking things.
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if they won't let me stay on it I will. my main issue at moment is getting in touch. they are snowed under I guess. but I was apparently meant to get a months notice that my go faster is coming to an end and to click on a link if I want to stay on it. if I don't click that link I move over to variable rate.... however I never got the email. I have sent 3 mails so far over the last 2 weeks and no response as yet.
I genuinely don't remember them ever asking me if I had an electric car. Not saying I would not have lied had they of asked me but I don't think they ever did. Honestly I think it is silly that home batteries don't count. if the point is they want to push energy use from peak to off peak then a home battery is just as good at that as charging a car off peak.
No, the only ‘reversible’ heat pumps are traditional air conditioners. Aka an air to air heat hump.
Air to water and ground to water heat pumps which replace traditional central heating are not reversible and can only heat.
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personally... and this is just me. I could be wrong... but if I didn't have a home battery to push my energy use To an off peak tarrif or an electric car to charge off peak .... I would stay on the variable stuck to the price cap . ultimately tho who knows for sure ?
don't forget when it comes to fixed. octopus don't lock you into a fixed contract. the fix ties them in but you are free to leave at any time. don't forget to get a referral that way you and the person who refers you get £50.
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So to help with the increase in energy cost I cancelled sky TV. It was costing me 60 quid a month and using that money for energy increases made up for it.
Sky was switched off yesterday so as a stop gap before I get a loft antenna in I thought I'd get an "indoor" antenna off the rain forest to see if that would tie me over. It cost 18 quid and I had reserved judgements.
It arrived today and I plugged it into my TV really not expecting a lot. Auto tune came up with 110 Freeview channels and 30 odd radio stations. RESULT!!
To top it all off I can plug a flash drive into a usb slot on the TV and it will record programmes to it. I must say, it's exceeded my expectations!
Sky was switched off yesterday so as a stop gap before I get a loft antenna in I thought I'd get an "indoor" antenna off the rain forest to see if that would tie me over. It cost 18 quid and I had reserved judgements.
It arrived today and I plugged it into my TV really not expecting a lot. Auto tune came up with 110 Freeview channels and 30 odd radio stations. RESULT!!
To top it all off I can plug a flash drive into a usb slot on the TV and it will record programmes to it. I must say, it's exceeded my expectations!
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I think a lot of people are moving back to freeview, and just getting netflix/disney/nowtv. You aren't locked into an 18 month contract either, which is great.
Yea i have disney +, netflix and prime.
Seriously are you not allowed to use wood burners in homes?! Most of my friends in the country have them.
I live in a town and have been burning wood for years
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Many local authorities have rules against their use. Probably not followed that much I expect especially with the current situation.
It isn't that stupid/simple - most authorities have a ban on smoke fuels because idiots would throw old pallets in there.
You can get smokeless fuel relatively cheap.
Burning seasoned wood is fine you get idiots burning all sorts of junk