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5Kw electricity between midnight & 7am..!

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  • Wywth
    Wywth Posts: 5,079 Forumite
    edited 23 February 2013 at 2:03PM
    MK55 wrote: »
    how are you finding these faults?

    The accuracy of an electricity meter is usually checked by the installation of a second 'check' meter alongside the existing one for a short period of days/weeks.

    The users signature gives a clue why they are seeing not just their own meter ;)
  • cmc_2
    cmc_2 Posts: 9 Forumite
    First drain discovered was a 100W bulb in the loft permanently on...so that's 2.4kw per day for starters.....now sorted.

    Next!
  • Norman_Castle
    Norman_Castle Posts: 11,871 Forumite
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    Thats £80 per year.:eek:
  • cmc_2
    cmc_2 Posts: 9 Forumite
    Exactly Norman Castle. £80 saved and NO PAIN!!
  • victor2
    victor2 Posts: 8,364 Ambassador
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    cmc wrote: »
    First drain discovered was a 100W bulb in the loft permanently on...so that's 2.4kw per day for starters.....now sorted.

    Next!

    Ouch!
    Still, at least you're looking and finding things.

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  • admania
    admania Posts: 48 Forumite
    and a sewage treatment plant pump in the garden...

    there's your answer right there
  • cmc_2
    cmc_2 Posts: 9 Forumite
    admania wrote: »
    and a sewage treatment plant pump in the garden...

    there's your answer right there

    You think? My understanding is that the small pump only uses 30-50W but I may be wrong...
  • ic
    ic Posts: 3,520 Forumite
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    cmc wrote: »
    First drain discovered was a 100W bulb in the loft permanently on...so that's 2.4kw per day for starters.....now sorted.

    Next!

    When I fitted a light up in my loft, I put it on a PIR (same as you'd buy for the garden) to stop exactly this situation. Bonus is as soon as I drop the door to get the ladder, the light comes on.
  • ValHaller
    ValHaller Posts: 5,212 Forumite
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    cmc wrote: »
    First drain discovered was a 100W bulb in the loft permanently on...so that's 2.4kw per day for starters.....now sorted.

    Next!
    No, it is 2.4kWh per day.
    You might as well ask the Wizard of Oz to give you a big number as pay a Credit Referencing Agency for a so-called 'credit-score'
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0 Newbie
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    MK55 wrote: »
    how are you finding these faults?
    only last week a customer was honest enough to tell me her smart meter had only logged a few units in a week, despite being a normal average user and was surprised that British Gas had not noticed the big under useage .have had other people say their meters had been over recording and had to be replaced. One person told me they can go wrong if given a good knock. Thats the first I have heard about that particular fault.
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