De-energised electric meter - what is this?!!

Suntastic

Thank you for your reply.  I have managed to get hold of British Gas and they have asked me to give them a reading for today and then again in 7 days time.  I looked at the other meters for the other flats (they are all in the same cupboard) and noticed that 2 of the flats were occupied before I moved in and their meters are as low as mine was when I moved in.   

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Robin9 said:

One possibility is that your supply is still being treated as a commercial supply

Hi,

what tariff are you on, vat should be 5%, if vat is 20% then Robin could be right.

Suntastic

Many thanks for all your replies.  I will answer as best I can.

1.  Bills are not estimated I have read & supplied them.
2.  The meters are single readings and not the 3 different readings (see photo).

3.  Readings as follows:
     5th Sept (moved in) - 01751
     30th Sept - 03352
     31st Oct - 05861
     7th Nov (today) - 06395
4.  My meter is the only one flashing with the exception of Flat 1 (there are 6 flats), Flat 1 is different meter to the rest of us.
5.  I work 6 days a week with everything turned off during the day.  I don't use oven much as I have air fryer and Ninja which do not use much electricity.  Flat is all electric with 3 beds but 2 rooms I have turned radiator off.
6.  This is the cupboard (my meter is on the left but the plug bits at the bottom are black instead of red like the others).



Below is Flat 1's meter, completely different to the rest of us:


7.  I am on a Standard Variable rate.
8.  VAT is 5%

chris_n

Flat 1 has a smart meter. Turn the isolater coming from your meter off for a while first to make sure there is no communal supply and secondly to see if anyone loses their power.

Keep_pedalling

One simple test you can do it throw the isolation switch for your flat and see if you still have power. If you do then you are being billed for the wrong flat.

Spoonie_Turtle

If it helps for some form of reference, we are a 3-bedroom semi-detached house with 4 adults, 2 at home for much of the time, electric shower, old fridge and freezers (energy guzzlers) etc. and our highest usage (before trying to cut down), in the middle of winter when most heat was needed, has been 1200kWh in a month. 

I honestly cannot think of any way your flat would have possibly used as much energy as the meter is showing.  Even if there were a rogue immersion heater switched on all the time, surely it's not possible to have used two and half thousand units in one month when you're not even at home most of the time.

theoretica

I agree - throw the master switch for your flat (when the neighbours are in!) and see what happens - just to check that 'your' meter isn't supplying more than just your flat.

Robin9

How long have these flats been occupied -  there are some very low readings there . *I see flat 5 1145; 4 1400; 

Almost too low even if its justs light, TV and computers.  When you consider water heating and showers ................


For an all electric flat - I am thinking you have flat panel heaters -  500 units perhaps not excessive.


  Are you sure that those heaters are turned off -  is it some fancy display.  Others may recall but we've had heaters where "off" doesn't mean "off "  Make and model please.

Suntastic

I don't know how long they have been occupied but I moved into them in September, two of the flats were occupied before, probably about July or August this year.  They don't seem to be here this week, they tend to go home at weekends but no sight of them this week!  One of the flats has two occupants and the other flat just one occupant. 

Flat 1 (with the different meter) moved in only recently so they haven't had a bill in yet.  

They have been cooking as I have smelt the food drifting up from below, so have been using the oven.  I have radiators that are not gas, I think they have water in them, I'm not sure, never had these before.  They are operated from a Bravo thermostat.

Robin9

 Suntastic said:

..............  I have radiators that are not gas, I think they have water in them, I'm not sure, never had these before.  They are operated from a Bravo thermostat.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh    -   is there a great big thundering water tank ?   If so the worst sort of heating known to man and equivalent to heating by burning £20 notes.