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Coin meter is costing me £10 a day. What should I do?

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0 Newbie
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    edited 8 July 2019 at 3:42PM
    OP, just watch the meter`s rotating ring or barrel as its known. That will spin faster when more electric is being used. You can see it in action when you boil a kettle and it will spin very fast. Switch off all your appliances, fridge/freezer,computer monitors, tv and try and track down what is eating the £1 coin at great speed.
    If all your appliances are off, and that rotating metal ring is still spinning then possibly someone else has tapped into the supply
  • Talldave
    Talldave Posts: 2,002 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Time for some photos tracing the wiring from the meter to the consumer unit - and a view of the consumer unit circuits?
  • Robin9
    Robin9 Posts: 12,784 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Is your shower an instantaneous electric one or does it come off your hot water system. If the first a 10min 8kw shower is costing you about 25p

    As above - do you have a hot water cylinder heated by an immersion heater. If so try switching it off.

    Time for experiments
    Never pay on an estimated bill. Always read and understand your bill
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