Electric Meter Reading Weird!! HELP!!

H.P.Bazxter

spiro wrote: »

With fridge/freezers they use more the more often you open the door. Also with the freezer they will use more if you put a load of stuff in to freeze. For the first few hours it is on from new it will use loads to get the right temperature.

In you posts you say the day useage has gone up by 6 units and your night by 3 units or 9 units per day. Given that the day period is about twice as long as the night period these figures could imply a constant increase of 9/24 units per hour or 375 watts per hour.

YES!! That makes so much sense. Evening rates runs for 7 hurs, that matches up to what I had. So it's not just day rate that went up. (For a while I thought someone was coming in to my place to use electricity!! Phew!)

It's still strange that that much units were added for some days, though.

I used the new fancy fast freeze function the other day for 1 hr, and it was a super hot day, but the units used that day were on an average level.

I am so frustrated as I have been VERY, very careful with electricity after getting the tank and fridge, and it hasn't been that bad for first week or so, then BOOM!! for one day, then drops again, then shoot UP again...

O why... why...

cybergibbons

My landlord was stealing my gas and electricity (as in, tapped off both after the meter and ran cables into his property from ours). I only investigated when I notice the gas meter turning when we weren't using gas. Just putting it out there as an idea.

chris1973

Are you sure that your fish tank heater is only 25W?, that sounds fairly low for such a device especially in a large tank, I would imagine 250W would be closer to the mark, assuming tropical fish?.

Well, for 1 or 2 days out of week. The meter reading shoots up the sky, even though I am running the same appliances each day. WHY??

Are these 1 - 2 days, weekends?, when you are home from work during the day perhaps, and have the TV, Computer and Tank Light on for longer periods than a weekday evening. Did you stay up later on any of these days - e.g lights running?

My landlord was stealing my gas and electricity (as in, tapped off both after the meter and ran cables into his property from ours). I only investigated when I notice the gas meter turning when we weren't using gas. Just putting it out there as an idea.

The OP is spotting a usage difference of around 2 - 3KW/H per day. If somebody can run their entire flat / house on 2 or 3 units of electricity per day, then they should be here giving advice.

cybergibbons

Are you sure that your fish tank heater is only 25W?, that sounds fairly low for such a device especially in a large tank, I would imagine 250W would be closer to the mark, assuming tropical fish?.

My small tank only has a 25W heater - and it's only on for about 1/3rd of the time.

The OP is spotting a usage difference of around 2 - 3KW/H per day. If somebody can run their entire flat / house on 2 or 3 units of electricity per day, then they should be here giving advice.

If you are stealing someone else's electricity, you do tend to be a bit more careful with consumption...

The original figures are 17 units one day, 26 the next. So a 9kWh difference.

That's a 4.5kWh difference from both sides. Perfectly possible.

thor

cybergibbons wrote: »

My landlord was stealing my gas and electricity (as in, tapped off both after the meter and ran cables into his property from ours). I only investigated when I notice the gas meter turning when we weren't using gas. Just putting it out there as an idea.

This sounds so much like the 'gasman' episode of 'Bottom' - one of the funniest things I have ever seen on tv.

cybergibbons

thor wrote: »

This sounds so much like the 'gasman' episode of 'Bottom' - one of the funniest things I have ever seen on tv.

I so wish it had been that funny... he said that he'd meant to tell us when we moved in, and offered to pay half the bill.

I told him where to stick that - whatever he was using the gas for consumed gas at twice the rate of our boiler and four hobs put together.

In the end it worked out that we didn't have to pay any bills as a result.