Financial guru Martin Lewis has issued important advice to anybody looking to turn the heating on as temperatures in the UK plummet.
The weather is extremely cold at the moment with Edinburgh turning into a winter wonderland over the last couple of days. The Met Office has now issued a yellow weather warning for the city, as snow and ice could be disruptive.
With this in mind, many will be turning on the heating but some could be more hesitant as energy bills soar. Martin Lewis has offered some advice on when you should turn the heating on, and how long for, in order to keep your bills as low as possible.
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As reports the Mirror, some argue it's cheaper to leave your heating on a low level all day, rather than turning it on and off. Others say you should only turn it on when you need it.
Stepping in to settle the debate, Martin said on Good Morning Britain: "The general advice from the energy saving trust is that you have your heating on when you need it, and you turn it off when you don't need it. The myth that it is cheaper to have it on all day is false."
However, he did admit that if you have a home that is prone to condensation it would cost a lot of energy to turn the heating off and on.
Martin continued: "But in most cases, you turn the heat on when you need it and turn it off when you don't. It's best to do it on a timer and a thermostat.
"When it gets cold, people turn their thermostat up, but if it's set to 20 degrees, you don't need to turn it up because you're cold now. You're just going to have to wait until it gets up to the temperature.
"Don't turn it up to 22 just because it's not on right now. That's what a thermostat is for. It will give you the temperature that you've predefined it to be."
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