Help needed on extremely high electricity bill

matelodave

Can you please show us a piccy of all the other gubbins in your meter cupboard.- what are the red and black cables connected to and what at the other end of the grey & blue.

As Robin says, the cot wouldn't be using 3kwh in one hour - the baby would end up well done. Even a full sized electric blanket is only around 60 watts which would take 50hours to use 3kwh

coffeehound

An overall photo of the hot water tank installation would be helpful too

tim_p

If a heated cot was drawing 3kW Athena you’d literally be cooking whatever was in there. It would surely be in the realm of tens of watts, probably not even a hundred watts. Keep looking!

comeandgo

I think at over 17 units a day with gas heating and cooking, that is very high usage.  There must be something else that is on.  We have 4 bedd room house and use average 10 units a day in winter.  

comeandgo

I think at over 17 units a day with gas heating and cooking, that is very high usage.  There must be something else that is on.  We have 4 bedd room house and use average 10 units a day in winter.  

MWT

There is still something running 24/7 from the looks of things that is drawing too much energy.

Candidates to check include fridge/freezer compressors running constantly due to age/heat-exchanger blocked/gas loss, garden pond pumps blocked and working too hard/ halogen lights left on all the time etc. ...

You can narrow it down still further if you would do the complete shut-off we originally recommended...

Robin9

................ greenhouse,   attic, garage ............

coffeehound

It's a flat apparently . . communal lighting?  Socket in the foyer being used for someone's tumble dryer . . 

Gerry1

The photographs indicate that the meter's lower panel is missing its crimped security tag, and the panel seems to have flipped through 180 degrees.

Robin9

OP have you done a basic check  - switch off at the consumer unit and check that nothing in your flat works - to confirm that the meter is actually yours ?  

Is the flat a conversion of an old house or a purpose built one. ?    If a conversion there is a possibility of a mess up of the wiring .