PJ87
Journeyman Pro
Depends who you are with
Some are putting it in your bank accounts
Some are reducing direct debit
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Depends who you are with
Some are putting it in your bank accounts
Some are reducing direct debit
D-S
Well-known member
I was notified last week by Bulb that my account would be credited by 66 pounds in October and November then 67 pounds monthly December though March. The October payment has already registered. Seems like a clear and sensible way of paying it.
By the way i increased my DD by 100pounds a month 4 or 5 months ago in anticipation of the hikes and Bulb have now advised me that this was now 5 pounds too much. I am pleasantly surprised by this as was expecting that the 100 may have been on the low side..
Really can’t fault Bulb’s communications and actions thus far.
By the way i increased my DD by 100pounds a month 4 or 5 months ago in anticipation of the hikes and Bulb have now advised me that this was now 5 pounds too much. I am pleasantly surprised by this as was expecting that the 100 may have been on the low side..
Really can’t fault Bulb’s communications and actions thus far.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
My wife is rather freaking out at seeing our smart meter monitor/display showing over £8/day…so for starters ive reduced our central heating times and temps.
Though at 30mins past midnight with no heating on I am baffled why it’s showing charge today as £3.13…inc £2.57 of gas…anyone…?
Though at 30mins past midnight with no heating on I am baffled why it’s showing charge today as £3.13…inc £2.57 of gas…anyone…?
chellie
Tour Winner
Hot water if on a combi boiler. I'd recommend binning the monitor and downloading the free HUGO app. I was a recently told about it and it is very good.
larmen
Head Pro
great shout about the app.
Btw, what do people usually set their hot water at? I inherited settings from the former owners from 4 years ago and just used teh same on my smart thermostat. But I think I might be overdoing the heating there.
road2ruin
Q-School Graduate
Thank you for this, I've not heard of it however just downloaded it and it looks very useful.
chellie
Tour Winner
Any info in your boiler instructions? Our combi boiler is set to 55 for the water. It's what the installer did and we've never altered it. For our heating we have our thermostat set to frost protection setting and only turn it on and off as we want heat.
larmen
Head Pro
I watched plenty of youtube now to know not to change the temperatures without any proper measurements.
I am more concerned about the timing of hot water heating. We heat the water like 8 hours a day. 3 in the morning, 5 in the early evening. That seems like overkill to me.
dewsweeper
Tour Rookie
Do you need a smart meter to use this app?
chellie
Tour Winner
Assume you have a tank then. Does seem a lot.
chellie
Tour Winner
allenjohn
New member
This posting is marvelous and what a fantastic research that you have done.
jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
I have a combi boiler and for normal hot water usage it is set at 50deg (which is actually higher than most people can stand) so by the time I fill a bowl for washing up the water is actually less than 50 degree because it takes a while to heat up. The boiler has a preheat function and if it comes out at 50deg it is too hot for my hands.
The simple gude is if you adding cold to cool it down then kit too hot in the first place.
Back when I had a tank the thermostat was set to 70 degree because I only heated it once a day and once it stops heating it is, obviously, starting to cool so by the evening was probably down to around 50 degree.
My radiator temp is set at 65 degree.
The temp settings are as per the boiler manufacturers recommendations.
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dewsweeper
Tour Rookie
Thanks, as an official Dinosaur I am dropping further and further back in hight tech world??
chellie
Tour Winner
Off to turn boiler down. Although with the pipework we have in this house it's ages before it gets to either the kitchen sink or bath.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Downloaded and waiting for it to pull our account data.?
larmen
Head Pro
just got mine, took about 3 hours.
chellie
Tour Winner
Ours was there the next day I think.
SaintHacker
Journeyman Pro
British gas seem to be making it up as they go along. DD customers were told it would be paid back into their bank accounts but that hasnt happened in a lot of cases its just been cedited to their enery accounts. Doesn't bother me personally as i was just going to pay it back anyway but i can see how some people have gone with an inflated DD payment as they were told they would be getting it back. Very naughty.
nickjdavis
Head Pro
All Bulb have done is offset my monthly usage by £66. I'm still paying the same monthly DD...which is fine by me....I get the benefit of the £400 eventually either way. I guess folks who are perhaps struggling to pay their monthly bills might prefer to have their payments reduced.