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    Very high energy usage - advice appreciated

    What is an Owl thing?
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    Very high energy usage - advice appreciated

    . Double post
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    Very high energy usage - advice appreciated

    HDD box running with a psu. 4 cameras and a mic, another 5 PSUs. These were all installed next door too but interested to investigate more. Wife already defensive as I've just mentioned this to her, FML. Smart plug with energy monitoring and a £££ display will provide aot of answers.
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    Very high energy usage - advice appreciated

    New supplier, Ovo, are out of stock of in home displays. I'm happy to buy a new one for the purpose of saving money. It'll probably pay for itself in a month or two. I've concerns over the CCTV. 4 cameras all with infrared lights running 24/7, wife is addicted to them being there (smh). Good...
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    Very high energy usage - advice appreciated

    In all honesty, I never had to monitor my usage by kwh as our £££ bills were never so high.
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    Very high energy usage - advice appreciated

    I don't have anything that will monitor energy. My smart plugs don't do it and would only monitor devices plugged into them, if they did. My smart meter is missing the in home display, taken by the previous owner I assume. I was looking for advice on a monitor that sits at the meter and...
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    Very high energy usage - advice appreciated

    Combi boiler. Fuelled by gas and powered by electric. It's not hardwired into electric, it's on a plug so we've been able to smartplug it. Heating is rarely on tbf, I'd rather stick a jumper on
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    Very high energy usage - advice appreciated

    Good afternoon, Our electricity usage seems to have sky rocketed over the last 12 months and we have no idea how. We're using somewhere between 13-17kwh per day. Meter is a Landis gyr+ e470 with a SMETS1 smart meter. Smart meter is awaiting an OTT upgrade as its not currently sending readings...
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    Putting more electrical sockets in a room?

    Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately none of that means anything to me lol. I can look at the fuse box if that's what you mean?
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    Putting more electrical sockets in a room?

    Morning all, Last year we bought a house (1980ish) and one bedroom only had one plug socket in it. From that another plug socket was already in place. We had the fuse box changed for new and a certificate issued by a local electrician we knew. He also ran two more double sockets off the 2nd...
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    Artex over old wood chip paper?

    Thank you, I appreciate your help
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    Artex over old wood chip paper?

    Hi, my parents bedroom has wood chip paper on the ceiling that's been painted many times, been up over 20 years at least. After all mishap in the loft a crack appeared on the ceiling and this was fixed and plastered but the ceiling was not stripped of the wallpaper. There's now 2 large...
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