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  • Amberpearl
    Amberpearl Online Community Member Posts: 2,895 Championing
    As per normal my kids won't come up Christmas day
    I'm, alone as usual 
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    @Sandy_123 have an update for you. My experiment was to leave my heating on all night but set the thermostat to 16.5 degrees. The reason for doing this was because quite a few mornings i got up to temperatures of just 14 degrees, far too cold for me and could hardly walk through pain. Those couple of extra degrees help a lot and felt so much better when i got up.
    Leaving heating on for 24 hours, so midnight to midnight cost me £5.60.
    Turning it on when i got up about 7.30 and leaving it on until 11pm cost me £6.32. Throughout the day for both days i did turn the thermostat down slightly to about 19 for some of the hours but didn't increase it to more than 20.5 degrees.
    My house is 100 years old and not the warmest either, with an EPC rating of D. It will also depend on the size of your house and the energy efficency on the exact cost. Verdict for me is it's worth it just to be warm but i do understand there's a lot of people that just can't afford it.
    Hope this helps. :)
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 63,123 Championing
    5.60 from midnight to midnight is good going isn't it. I've just turned mine off as the house is warm now and I don't usually have it over night. But I'm interested in trying that. 
  • janer1967
    janer1967 Online Community Member Posts: 21,922 Championing
    @poppy123456

    I'm being a bit stupid here when you say leave it on 24 hours are the radiators constantly on or do they only kick in when it drops believe tye temperature you have set it at 

    Even though my timer I'd set for 7 am to 11 pm ot only comes on when temp goes below set temp.

    I'm thinking of turning temp down to about 12 while I'm away 
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    It definitely is very good. I was expecting a lot more and was quite nervous all day until I had the update on the app. Temperatures tonight are just above freezing and I’m out early tomorrow morning so I will probably turn it off before bed tonight. 
    If you do try it for 24 hours please let me know how you get on. 
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 63,123 Championing
    edited December 2022
    I will do but as it's getting mild next few days probably be when it goes cold again
    @janer I have mine on auto so it kicks in when temp goes low
     
    Evening @ada
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    @janer1967 yes mine is the same, once the temperature gets to what it’s set to on the thermostat then the heating goes off. It will only come back on then once it drops below the set temperature. 
    Whether 12 will kick it on will depend on how cold your house is. 
  • bg844
    bg844 Online Community Member Posts: 3,891 Championing
    Morning @Ada I hope you feel better soon.
  • SueHeath
    SueHeath Online Community Member Posts: 12,388 Championing
    Good Morning All It's SATURDAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY xx
  • SueHeath
    SueHeath Online Community Member Posts: 12,388 Championing
    Had a nice ly in this morning a very rare thing for me, can't tell if we've had snow or heavy frost but it's very wight out there. Hope your all well and warm xx
  • durhamjaide2001
    durhamjaide2001 Scope Member Posts: 14,496 Championing
    SueHeath said:
    durhamjaide2001 said:
    Thank you 
    Are you going with anyone else bab x
    I'm just going with my PA 
  • durhamjaide2001
    durhamjaide2001 Scope Member Posts: 14,496 Championing
    Good morning everyone I have to do an input and output test today. 
  • bg844
    bg844 Online Community Member Posts: 3,891 Championing
    Morning @SueHeath & @durhamjaide2001

    Hope you both have a great Saturday! Weather has cleared up very slightly which is good to melt the ice, Monday looking warm for me which is nice.  Speak this afternoon.
  • durhamjaide2001
    durhamjaide2001 Scope Member Posts: 14,496 Championing
    bg844 said:
    Morning @SueHeath & @durhamjaide2001

    Hope you both have a great Saturday! Weather has cleared up very slightly which is good to melt the ice, Monday looking warm for me which is nice.  Speak this afternoon.
    Have a good day 
  • SueHeath
    SueHeath Online Community Member Posts: 12,388 Championing
    Morning @bg844 what's in put and out on ??? 
  • SueHeath
    SueHeath Online Community Member Posts: 12,388 Championing
    Morning @durhamjaide2001 have a great day x
  • durhamjaide2001
    durhamjaide2001 Scope Member Posts: 14,496 Championing
    SueHeath said:
    Morning @durhamjaide2001 have a great day x
    Thank you you to 
  • SueHeath
    SueHeath Online Community Member Posts: 12,388 Championing
    SueHeath said:
    Morning @bg844 what's in put and out on ??? 
    sorry should of asked @durhamjaide2001 ha ha my brain not awake yet x
  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Online Community Member Posts: 15,086 Championing
    edited December 2022
    poppy123456 said:
    66Mustang said:

    Does anyone know how the cold weather payment works? Does it have to be below 0 on every single day for a 7 day period, or is it just the average over 7 days? We have had -5 to -9 or so for the last 5 days and it's due to be around 5 degrees for the next 2 days. So averaged out it's still been freezing for a week but obviously we haven't had 7 days of freezing if that makes sense.
    You’ll get a payment if the average temperature in your area is recorded as, or forecast to be, zero degrees celsius or below over 7 consecutive days. A payment is activated even if the weather is forecasted to be that temperature. I've had 2 payments so far and my 2nd one is dated between 13th and 19th Decemeber and we haven't even reached that date yet.


    Thanks, thats what I read on the govt. website but it seems a bit vague - maybe I am being stupid - what I'm trying to figure out is if the average temperature has to be 0 or under every day for 7 days, or is it just the average temperature over the 7 day period?

    For example if the average temperature over a week is

    -7
    -5
    -5
    -4
    -5
    +2
    +2

    That's still averaged below 0 over a 7 day period, but not below 0 every day over 7 days? Would that trigger a payment or not?

    Thanks :)

    PS just re-read and I think I was being dumb - the key words may be "consecutive days" so it has to be below 0 every day - so my example would not trigger a payment. But leaving my question up just in case. :)
  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Online Community Member Posts: 15,086 Championing
    Hi everyone, sorry if I missed some posts but there were like 80 posts since I last logged in and it just seems overwhelming to read them all. I'm sorry if I missed something important.

    I hope everyone is well today. :)
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