I suspect I'll save very little, if anything, but the thought of saving something has given my wife a challenge where me bleating on about cooking earlier, when the sun is out and we're on solar, has fallen on deaf ears so far.
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I suspect I'll save very little, if anything, but the thought of saving something has given my wife a challenge where me bleating on about cooking earlier, when the sun is out and we're on solar, has fallen on deaf ears so far.
gbb
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- Location
- Peterborough
And as the morning rolls on, even im beginning to realise, 16c is just about the tipping point. I've put a dressing gown over my clothes, I'm not comfortable. I'm not doing anything, thats part of the problem, its wet and murky, don't want to go out, can't be bothered to do something indoors either
Scaleyback
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- Location
- North Yorkshire
And as the morning rolls on, even im beginning to realise, 16c is just about the tipping point. I've put a dressing gown over my clothes, I'm not comfortable. I'm not doing anything, thats part of the problem, its wet and murky, don't want to go out, can't be bothered to do something indoors either
I'm sure we could 'exist' at 16c if we had to but we don't so we cannot
I have tried running at 17c 
but frankly the house is not in the least 'welcoming and friendly' 
Don't know how else to describe it. So I have done all the cost calculations based on my dual fuel usage in 2020 & 2021 and 18c is my bottom limit. It's more than I want to pay ( but £2.50 for 6 eggs is 'more than i want to pay' ) but while I can afford the energy ( and the eggs) I refuse to feel miserable in a cold house. In fact, it's so wet and miserable today the stat is on 18.5c . . . that 0.5c makes all the difference. I am a recent convert to Hive heating and I have to say I appreciate the accuracy and rapid response of the thermostat.
cougie uk
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I'm sure we could 'exist' at 16c if we had to but we don't so we cannot
Love my Hive. We have ours set up to Alexa so if anyone is cold they can ask Alexa to boost the heating for an hour or so.
Currently its 17.1 in the living room and everyone is happy. Can't believe that a few years ago my wife would have hissy fits if it went below 20 or so !
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
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Get an overlay with 20.2 printed on it, and stick over thermostat display
cougie uk
Guru
Oh yes. Starting with us now. Let's see if we can save any power - we will have a quiet hour...
cougie uk
Guru
Genius !
Scaleyback
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- North Yorkshire
I have Alexa in various rooms but I only use it as a 'smart speaker' one day (if I live long enough) i may not want to move myself to :-
change the temp / put the lights on /off / close the curtains / until then I believe in the maxim ' keep moving '
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Oops I've made a Booboo, I had smart meters fitted in August when the Solar went in, I notice the other day that Octopus had stopped or rather unable to get the 1/2 hourly readings from the meter.
So being diligent (very unlike me) I took photos of each meter & entered them manually into their website, came back that we've only used £32 worth of electricity in the last month which I was overjoyed about but put it down to the amount of sun we'd had in October & early November. However looking at the smart display it claimed we'd used nearly £12 of electricity yesterday which seemed a bit strange, so thought I'd best read the meter again, but this time I realised that the display scrolls, from overall meter reading, export reading & cost, it's not easy to see it's right at the back of a cupboard (well that's my excuse)
The number I reported to them 2 days ago, 134 was actually our Export number & the Import number is 334, so it appears to the website we've used 200 units of electricity in 2 days, on the brightside it does mean we've only used 334 units since 22nd August
So being diligent (very unlike me) I took photos of each meter & entered them manually into their website, came back that we've only used £32 worth of electricity in the last month which I was overjoyed about but put it down to the amount of sun we'd had in October & early November. However looking at the smart display it claimed we'd used nearly £12 of electricity yesterday which seemed a bit strange, so thought I'd best read the meter again, but this time I realised that the display scrolls, from overall meter reading, export reading & cost, it's not easy to see it's right at the back of a cupboard (well that's my excuse)
The number I reported to them 2 days ago, 134 was actually our Export number & the Import number is 334, so it appears to the website we've used 200 units of electricity in 2 days, on the brightside it does mean we've only used 334 units since 22nd August
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
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I’m with Bulb taken over by Octopus 🐙. I have smart meters and you can see usage on the Bulb app. No need to use the crappy smart meter monitor. Now temp has finally dipped the heating kicks in a bit in morning and a bit in the evening.
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Not if they are not able to collect the data from your meter(s), for some as yet unknown reason ours have gone AWOL since the 6th.
Ming the Merciless
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- Inside my skull
Reset your meter to see if it fixes its network connection?
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How? Sorry to clarify, not the display the meter, Google is not being helpful
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Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
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On my smart meter there is an A and B button, you use them in combination to reset its connection. Pointed out by guy who installed it. There’s a leaflet somewhere with info on.
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Been down & had a play, there is a high level menu which you can scroll left & right using A or B, then once you see the option you want you hold B for 2 seconds, which takes you into the sub-menu, the using A & B to go left & right again & B to go into lower menu. Pressing A for 2 seconds brings you backup a level.
Under the Heading INFO there is an option to JOIN pressing it searched for a HAN which I think is their network for the meters, it then joined, so have to wait an hour or so to see it appears on their website.
