Who will check my pubs electric meter?

ajbrynoffa

I`ve got a pub in Wrexham and currently ,according to my bills from BG am using £50 a day electric! We only have,lights,sockets and cellar cooling on electric.BG say the meter is a smart meter and its set up correctly but i`m convinced its wrong.Is there anyone who i can get out to check it or put a meter on it to show where the load is being taken?

penrhyn

What is your daily consumption in Kwh?

Do you not have freezers fridges beer and wine coolers, coffee machines, ovens etc?

rogerblack

ajbrynoffa wrote: »

I`ve got a pub in Wrexham and currently ,according to my bills from BG am using £50 a day electric! We only have,lights,sockets and cellar cooling on electric.BG say the meter is a smart meter and its set up correctly but i`m convinced its wrong.Is there anyone who i can get out to check it or put a meter on it to show where the load is being taken?

You! (first).
Check the meter reading now, and again in an hour.
Has it increased by ~250 units?
Repeat same time tomorrow.

Turn off all the switches after the meter, and see if the meter still flashes.
It should indicate almost no draw.

For you to be using 50 quid a day, you need to be using over 60A constantly.
This would only be possible individually on an unusually large circuit designed for fixed loads.

Are you sure you've not got electric heating?
When you find it drawing heavily, turn off each switch after the meter one by one, till it stops. Whatever it is must be on that circuit.

If it does not stop after you turn off all the switches after the meter, it's a fault.

bungle4by4

what you need is called an 'electrician' they are easy to find, just look at the other side of the bar during normal working hours

chanz4

Turn everything off including your fuse unit, if it still registers you can either have a faulty meter or your fuse unit is faulty. If it doesnt register anymore start turning more things back on.

ajbrynoffa

Thanks for all your help so far guys.Is anyoone able to look at the reading and see if theres anything unusual?

These are usage figures for a 24 hour period from Friday night to saturday,bearing in mind theres loads of different readings!


Lag 98KVA
App Eng 0
Rate 1 - 2
Rate 2-16
Rate 3-176
Rate 4-41

Total of 235 kwh

Thanks in advance.

rogerblack

Are you on an 'economy 7' or similar tarrif, according to your bill?
What are you paying per unit?
And again - is there electric heating in the property.

ajbrynoffa

No economy 7, No electric heating Roger,just sockets,lights (all with low energy bulbs) and cellar cooling.No cooking on electric either except a double fryer which is on 13 amp sockets.

My tariffs are as below but on the meter its labelled 1-5 even though it seems we only have 4

Winter weekday unit charge-11.95p
day unit charge-11.95p
evening and weekend unit charge-11.95p
Night unit charge-7.2p

standing charge-59.19p
Climate charge levy-o.485p

Thanks.

Cardew

235kWh with that breakdown is about £27

Presumably those prices are before VAT @ 20%

However it is just not possible to use 86,000kWh a year for the usage you describe, unless you are supplying power for the Floodlights at Wrexham Football club!

ajbrynoffa

Cardew wrote: »

235kWh with that breakdown is about £27

Presumably those prices are before VAT @ 20%

However it is just not possible to use 86,000kWh a year for the usage you describe, unless you are supplying power for the Floodlights at Wrexham Football club!

just looked at the bill from 1st september till 31st december and we used (apparently) 29,982 kwh !

Cardew

ajbrynoffa wrote: »

just looked at the bill from 1st september till 31st december and we used (apparently) 29,982 kwh !

7,500kWh a month!

Well you have a seriously faulty meter(which is highly unusual) or you are supplying other people.

BG will inspect your meter for a fee(£60?) which will be refunded if the meter is found to be faulty.

It is important to appreciate that electricity(energy) cannot be destroyed(go missing). It will manifest itself as heat somewhere, and an average 40 amp supply(24/7) would generate sufficient heat to burn down your pub in minutes.

However, as suggested above, it really shouldn't be difficult to do some simple checks yourself.