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Yoshi:
Does anyone on here have any knowledge of these?  I am slightly concerned with mine as the only things that are gas in my house are the gas fire in the living room and the cooker.  The cooker doesnt get used often and if it does then for short periods of time, the  gas fire gets used for about 4 hours of an evening on about half of its maximum.

Now the problem is the meter has charged me £15 since last Monday, £10 of which was used from Friday until last night.  After speaking to someone it would appear this isnt right, just want to get some more information before i go ape at British Gas.

Cheers

Sider:
I'd double check you haven't got any leaks between the meter and the appliances, and then, go ape. That amount of gas is ridiculously high, even if you have had the fire and the cooker running at full blast.

Yoshi:
Indeed, this was my thought, its definately something to do with the gas fire, as when i just use the cooker it took me 3 months to go through a tenners worth of credit!

tomarse:
get the gas fire tested for leaks.
I'll have a gander at my meter and see how many units mine uses tonight as it seems cold enough that i will have it on.

could it be that they have taken a standing charge off it? the prepay 'leccy meter in my last house used to do that every so often.

When i was keeping track of my gas usage i read the meter everyday. Using just the cooker in the summer it took me months to even use a single unit! (the discount they applied to my bill for paying online made it so that they owed me money! :lol:)

Mudlark:
There is a possibility that the meter is clawing back an underpayment for the slack months when you only used a tenners worth it doesn't look like the standing charges were taking and it is now - with a vengence

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