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My mum's just received a letter from EON saying they no longer support her tariff and she will be put on to a single rate for all 3 meters. This will result in her bill going from £1000 a year to nearly £3000 a year. We've tried ringing around and none of the energy suppliers seems to either know what i'm talking about or offer any support for 3 tariffs.
OFGEN and citizens advise have just told me to ring around for someone to support her setup but I've spent all day yesterday and 3 hours this morning and I've got nowhere
Can any electricians on her offer any advise?
Basically she's got storage heaters and an immersion heater feed from a separate consumer unit connected to the economy 10 meter with it's own timer which comes on for 3 hrs in the afternoon and 7 hours at night. The rest of the house lights sockets cooker is on another consumer unit connected to a dual rate meter on peak and economy 7, which switches across at midnight to 7 am. We've had a couple of electricians come round to take a look and they say the problem is the 10 storage heaters she has are all designed to work with economy 10 and don't have built in timers they rely on the economy 10 meter switching the supply to them on and off. she will need to have the storage heaters all changed and at £500-£800 each plus the installation works it's looking like it's going to cost £1000's. As a pensioner in the late 70's i don't think it's particularly fair forcing this kind of think on her, but in the quest to get everyone on to smart meters, there will inevitably be some casualties, and it looks likes she is one, but she can't be the only person left in the UK with this setup can she?
OFGEN and citizens advise have just told me to ring around for someone to support her setup but I've spent all day yesterday and 3 hours this morning and I've got nowhere
Can any electricians on her offer any advise?
Basically she's got storage heaters and an immersion heater feed from a separate consumer unit connected to the economy 10 meter with it's own timer which comes on for 3 hrs in the afternoon and 7 hours at night. The rest of the house lights sockets cooker is on another consumer unit connected to a dual rate meter on peak and economy 7, which switches across at midnight to 7 am. We've had a couple of electricians come round to take a look and they say the problem is the 10 storage heaters she has are all designed to work with economy 10 and don't have built in timers they rely on the economy 10 meter switching the supply to them on and off. she will need to have the storage heaters all changed and at £500-£800 each plus the installation works it's looking like it's going to cost £1000's. As a pensioner in the late 70's i don't think it's particularly fair forcing this kind of think on her, but in the quest to get everyone on to smart meters, there will inevitably be some casualties, and it looks likes she is one, but she can't be the only person left in the UK with this setup can she?