13 Oct 2012 10:33 PM:

The law effects foreigners and Spanish people. Once you stop receiving dole or subsidio payment you have 3 months use of health services. The law in fact is not new, it has always been this way (added modification April 2012 regarding illegal immigrants and new medication charges)  but due to the crisis and cuts they are applying the law strictly to everyone now.

What the Spanish do is simply sign on to one of their family member's cards so they are then included. (Husband, child, mother, etc) If that is not possible you can ask to have a card "for people without incomes" (Tarjeta Sanitaria para personas sin recursos económicos.) but this card is only given to the Spanish people where as before this card was given to illegal immigrants.

Thread: Social Security in Spain. Do they leave you to die the road side?

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03 Mar 2012 12:21 PM:

I use Simyo dongle which is a low cost company. I use it as a back up when I have broadband problems and/or if I need to connect anywhere in Spain while travelling. They have several tariffs but if you just want to email and surf the web for a while each day I suggest the 3cent per mb. No monthly charges, no obligation to use a minimum amount. You can also call for 8 cent a minute, anytime, anywhere in Spain. You can order it online and they will send it in the post (must be a Spanish address) in a few days.

Thread: Mobile Internet

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13 Dec 2011 10:05 AM:

Hi Floella,

At the moment no tripping but I think this is because we have a double circuit , (upstairs and downstairs) so I reckon that they are 4.4 each floor or something. I have been in many flats in Spain before where the circuit has tripped though, I remember one Christmas eve cooking dinner (nochebuena) as my family are Spanish and it was impossible to have the roast on (electric oven) have a hot shower and dry my hair all at the same time. LOL!

Thread: Using ducted aircon to heat the house

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03 Dec 2011 6:20 PM:

Thank you for the information Floella. There seems to be a big difference in the price per unit, the price for rental too. Very weird! Our house is also 180sq.m not including the garage.

I have copied and pasted my last bill for 2 months. (there was an estimated one before this of 20€)

Here is my last bill: 30th of September to 31st of October. (No use of aircon or heating) Gas for cooking.

Potencia contratada 9,2 kW x 31 días x 0,056529 €/kW día 16,12  (standing charge for 1 month)
Energía consumida 570 kWh x 0,142319 €/kWh 81,12  (energy used 2 months)
Impuesto sobre electricidad 4,864% s/97,24 x 1,05113 4,97  (extra tax on amount of energy used) it goes up after 500kw)

Alquiler equipos de medida 31 días x 0,01874 €/día 0,58  (rental cost of meter 1 month)

IVA 18% s/102,79 €18,50

Maybe the price per unit will rocket when we use heating! Bit of a mystery. I will give it a try for a month and wait for the shock!

Many thanks.

Thread: Using ducted aircon to heat the house

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03 Dec 2011 1:14 PM:

Hi Floella,

I have just moved into a house with Daikin ducted aircon (inverter). Year 2005 model RXS60B2VMB. We have 2 units on the solarium, one for each floor. I was interested to see how much you pay a month for electricity as I am unsure if our system will use a lot of electric or not.

The "potencia contradada"  (contracted power) is 9.21 kw and the standing charge for this are €16,12  per month. There seems to quite a bit of difference in standing charges even though yours is 13 kw. (higher) around €40 a month? We are with Iberdrola.

My last electric bill was 70 euros for one month (no use of aircon or heating) so I'm trying to calculate how much the bill will rise to when and if we use the aircon system for heating.

Could I ask you how many hours per day you have the heating on?  Do you use the upstairs unit to warm just before you go to bed for the bedrooms?

I tried it out one day but found that it took a long time to heat our living room (it's quite large 45 square metres) yet the kitchen and the downstairs office room heated very quickly. What I find annoying is that I can't control (switch off heating in kitchen and office) or at least divert all air to lounge, this is probably due to the fact the model is 5 years old. There is only one control panel for each floor.

Many thanks

Thread: Using ducted aircon to heat the house

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