Help needed on extremely high electricity bill

Hasbeen

Never heard of an electrical heated baby cot?

Electric type warmers etc yes.

But not recommended by experts

In case something is getting lost in translation the OP could post a photo?

Edit: Betting on 3kw convector heater?

tim_p

I’m sorry but if this so called ‘baby cot’ is a heat only device, there is no way it consumes 3kW.  As others, and myself previously have said this would literally cook anything put in it. Very few common household devices consume 3 kW, only things like kettles, immersion heaters, 3-bar electric fires, ovens and cooker grills etc.  There is no way something like this would be certified safe.  Leaving a 3kW heater on overnight would keep a house toasty warm, let alone a baby. 

Gentlegiant

BooJewels said:

Does it have a rocking motion or powered mobile or something else, because as Robin also commented, 3kW sounds way too much to me - even if you dialled it down in general use.   If it has the potential to use 3kW, I wouldn't be putting a baby into it when powered. 

I just checked my own Slumberdown electric blanket as I made the bed and that's 60W - and my grown up son has a bad scar on his thigh from falling asleep on an electric blanket and burning himself badly, as a teenager.  And that was an under-blanket you were intended to sleep on. 

Hmm... Must be reading it wrongly surely.  Is it possible tho that a device having 2-3kw used for around 12-15hrs a day can be account for a usage of 13719kw in 24months? 

matelodave

Gentlegiant said:

BooJewels said:

There will be a rating plate on the baby cot, so you/we'd be able to work out the likely usage.  For example, if it was 300w - that would use 7.2kWh if on 24/7.  (You originally said it was 3kW, but that would likely roast the poor bairn, so seems unlikely.)

It shows 3000w but it has a control that we use to regulate the heat. However, it not on most of the time. Approximately 12hrs a day. Could this actually be the problem all along? I will do a 1hr test today on the cot.

My fan oven is only rated at 2.4kh, so dunno what 3k is doing to your baby - nice and crispy I should think

tim_p

Gentlegiant said:

BooJewels said:

Does it have a rocking motion or powered mobile or something else, because as Robin also commented, 3kW sounds way too much to me - even if you dialled it down in general use.   If it has the potential to use 3kW, I wouldn't be putting a baby into it when powered. 

I just checked my own Slumberdown electric blanket as I made the bed and that's 60W - and my grown up son has a bad scar on his thigh from falling asleep on an electric blanket and burning himself badly, as a teenager.  And that was an under-blanket you were intended to sleep on. 

Hmm... Must be reading it wrongly surely.  Is it possible tho that a device having 2-3kw used for around 12-15hrs a day can be account for a usage of 13719kw in 24months? 

Actually around twice that (3000x12=36kW. 36x730=26280 kWh) !!

Hasbeen

OP Can you post photo of cot and usage label?

Talldave

The high consumption is most likely down to storage heaters or a cannabis farm in the flat at the other end of the mystery cable.

tim_p

Talldave said:

The high consumption is most likely down to storage heaters or a cannabis farm in the flat at the other end of the mystery cable.

You have to wonder if the so called technician who the landlord has arranged to visit is the same one who actually installed the mystery cable then the OP isn’t going to get the answer he needs!  Hence everyone’s advice to get a private one to visit. 

Slinky

The OP says the flat downstairs has been unoccupied since the first lockdown. Who would continue to pay out rent for so long on a flat they're not living in.  Seems very odd.

tim_p

Slinky said:

The OP says the flat downstairs has been unoccupied since the first lockdown. Who would continue to pay out rent for so long on a flat they're not living in.  Seems very odd.

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