Soldato
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Sorry to sound daft but surely the immersion makes sense if the electric costs less than gas? I'm thinking of using mine during the night when my gas goes up.
gas is still cheapest way to heat water.Sorry to sound daft but surely the immersion makes sense if the electric costs less than gas? I'm thinking of using mine during the night when my gas goes up.
But if its twice the cost of electric?gas is still cheapest way to heat water.
When there is no sun, I heat my water using offpeak electricity at 7.5p vs 7.7 for our gas currently.Sorry to sound daft but surely the immersion makes sense if the electric costs less than gas? I'm thinking of using mine during the night when my gas goes up.
That's what I'm thinking. It's going to cost about 600 a year to keep the tank warm at 16p/kwh, so I'm think it's better to use the immersion, unfortunately it needs changing as it's broken.When there is no sun, I heat my water using offpeak electricity at 7.5p vs 7.7 for our gas currently.
Come October our gas will be double that so the savings will larger.
it takes less to heat the water, I believe.But if its twice the cost of electric?
I put about a 0% chance on my employer giving me 10-15% increase this year, but perhaps I would put some odds on a smaller % payrise and then a "cost o livin" one off payment for now.
I’m away with work until November, and my wife’s always taken care of the utilities (we’re with British Gas), is there anything we can do to fix the rate now, or is this totally unavoidable at this point? Some of these numbers flying around are absolutely terrifying. How am I supposed to pay quadruple all of a sudden?
This is seriously stressing me out, made all the worse by being stuck on a ship, unable to do anything about this.![]()
All but useless for when you actually need it during winter.We currently use a MyEnergi Eddi to heat water from excess solar. Once our battery storage is fully charged, it automatically uses all excess generated solar (up to 3kwh) to heat the water.
It can also be programmed to heat water through 4 seperate timers for different days, and it support’s two water tanks for different timers & heat settings.
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We currently use a MyEnergi Eddi to heat water from excess solar. Once our battery storage is fully charged, it automatically uses all excess generated solar (up to 3kwh) to heat the water.
It can also be programmed to heat water through 4 seperate timers for different days, and it support’s two water tanks for different timers & heat settings.
Will mean we don’t need to use any gas to heat water.
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The more I hear from liz truss the more I hate it.
Anyone under average salary won't be able to buy stuff. It's going to favour the rich... Again!
All but useless for when you actually need it during winter.
I’m away with work until November, and my wife’s always taken care of the utilities (we’re with British Gas), is there anything we can do to fix the rate now, or is this totally unavoidable at this point? Some of these numbers flying around are absolutely terrifying. How am I supposed to pay quadruple all of a sudden?
This is seriously stressing me out, made all the worse by being stuck on a ship, unable to do anything about this.![]()
Unfortunately not. Fixed rates are a thing of the past.
I hope this is allowed, but I don't think I've seen anybody link to MSE's calculator. It's accurate enough to get my current prices to the nearest pound, although that doesn't mean it'll be as accurate forecasting the October to January costs.
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Which is why people need to plan. It's perfectly possible to do. You just need to be prepared.![]()
Almost one in four say they won’t turn heating on this winter
Pollsters ask more than 2,000 UK adults how they will respond to increasing energy prices over the winterwww.telegraph.co.uk
It is all too easy to say this when it's not -7c outside.
I looked into an iboost or equivalent but couldn’t really understand how I would benefit from it. We use either our battery or cheap off peak electric to heat our immersion. Even then the majority of it gets wasted due to lack of use. We barely use any hot water.For sure. when there is no sun it’s basically just a timer for immersion heating. We will set it to start heating at 3am and finish at 4:30am when our offpeak time finishes.
For 8 months of year though it helps save sending solar to the grid at 4p kWh [If we are not around to manually start the ‘boost’, when excess solar energy starts], and of course it can heat water from 0.1kwh up to 3kwh.
It isn'tBut if its twice the cost of electric?