Seems to much

chris1973

Does your meter have a little red light or a spinning silver wheel?.

How regular is the red light flashing / how fast is the wheel spinning. Check it a regular times during the day / night to see any massive changes.

If you actually see it flying around / flashing faster than normal and you aren't running something like a tumble dryer, kettle, shower, cooker at the time, then flick each circuit breaker off in turn on the consumer unit, until it slows up. This will at least lead you to the circuit where the current is being consumed.

Also take a reading every few hours to see at what times your usage is increased above normal.

jalexa

BREX wrote: »

82718 read by us on 01 June 2011
85246 read by us on 07 September 2011


54070 read by us on 01 June 2011
54508 read by us on 7 September 2011

OK. And the readings and date that Eon took which appear on your most recent bill?

How do you heat your water?

Are you on E7?

macman

BREX wrote: »

I have no new gadgets
I have not got an emmersion heater and have not had my heating on since March

I have always been in credit with my electric I owe nothing on my last bill and this is the 1st time it has shot up

Macman I know that is incredibly high and yes I am very careful with what I use..I havent got money to spare for this

My readings were:

82718 read by us on 01 June 2011
85246 read by us on 07 September 2011

1883 Normal kWh (kilowatt-hours) used



54070 read by us on 01 June 2011
54508 read by us on 7 September 2011

326 Normal kWh (kilowatt-hours) used

But if your previous bill was estimated then part of this bill may still be for previous consumption, whether you paid the last one in full or not.
Was the closing reading on your previous bill estimated ('E' against the meter reading on the bill)?
And what are the 2 sets of readings for?
Your totals above are both incorrect.
First set: usage is 2,528kWh (not 1,883)
Second set: usage is 438 kWh (not 326).
Is this an E7 dual rate meter? If so, which set are peak rate and which are cheap?
And what is meant by 'normal kWh's?
I repeat, if your readings are actuals and you have used 1,883kWh, your bill cannot be £305. Standard rate is around 1p per kWh.

CharlieBilly

As Macman said your calculations are wrong

82718 read by us on 01 June 2011
85246 read by us on 07 September 2011

Usage is 2528


54070 read by us on 01 June 2011
54508 read by us on 7 September 2011

326 Normal kWh (kilowatt-hours) used

Usage 438

grahamc2003

BREX wrote: »

I have no new gadgets
I have not got an emmersion heater and have not had my heating on since March

I have always been in credit with my electric I owe nothing on my last bill and this is the 1st time it has shot up

Macman I know that is incredibly high and yes I am very careful with what I use..I havent got money to spare for this

My readings were:

82718 read by us on 01 June 2011
85246 read by us on 07 September 2011

1883 Normal kWh (kilowatt-hours) used



54070 read by us on 01 June 2011
54508 read by us on 7 September 2011

326 Normal kWh (kilowatt-hours) used

I don't know if you realise yet, but what you say either doesn't make sense and/otr is self contradictory, so it's very hard to help you.

For example (one of many), My usual amount is around £165 using 818 kwh per quarter. Ignoring the fact that electricity bills vary greatly each quarter, £165 for 818kwh is an (incorrect) average rate of 20p/kwh. (maybe you're misinterpreting your tier one charges somehow).

Also, in the dates above, are the latter ones from 2010? If so, that means you've used about 30000kwh last year, which would cost £3000 odd, which seems odd for a careful user.

I suggest you simply dig out your last bills and carefully type in the salient points (e.g. bill date, meter readings, reading dates, whether there is an 'e' after them, the number of kwh being billed, the rate(s) and the total costs. If you could do that for the last 4 or 5 quartely bills I think someone could probably get to the bottom of it.

Ultrasonic

macman wrote: »

But if your previous bill was estimated then part of this bill may still be for previous consumption, whether you paid the last one in full or not.
Was the closing reading on your previous bill estimated ('E' against the meter reading on the bill)?

Surely if BREX made their own readings on both 1/6 and 7/11 then this couldn't explain the high consumption between those dates though (which as you say is actually even higher than the 1883 kWh figure quoted earlier).

jalexa

Ultrasonic wrote: »

..this couldn't explain the high consumption between those dates...

Well I think posters are trying to help but there are a few unanswered questions which without answers to, meaningful "advice" (as requested by the OP) is impossible.

mattcanary

Has the meter been misread on the latest bill?

Am I right in thinking you have two readings on your meter? And that you have billed up to a read of 85246 on the day rate and 54508 on the night rate on your latest (high) bill?

I assume you have checked the meter readings yourself and they tally up with those on your bill?

rogerblack

chris1973 wrote: »

Does your meter have a little red light or a spinning silver wheel?.

How regular is the red light flashing / how fast is the wheel spinning..

It can be worth first switching off _everything_ - including freezers/...
Now see if it flashes/spins at all.
If it does, you need to work out how many spins or flashes equal a kilowatt-hour.
In my case, for example, the wheel spins 166 times per kWh.
This means that if I use a kilowatt of electricity, it spins 166 times per hour.
A hundred watts, and it spins once every 4 minutes or so.
So, if it's spinning round at once per 30 seconds, it's spinning 3600/30 times in an hour - 120.
This means it's using 120/166kW - around 3/4 of a kilowatt - which costs me 7 pence or so.

SammieJWF

I think some off you have been really rude and sarcastic on this post!...maybe some off you should keep your opinions to yourself!