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Gary Cavie wrote:
In article ,
says...
My Mother was on a pre pay electricity meter from NPower. She then
changed to a quaterly bill. Her first quater was £ 150.00 pound this
quater her bill is £375.00 !!! this is a huge jump she has complained
to NPower about a possible faulty meter they have told her to keep a
daily log of readings from her digital meter. She has hardly any
eletrical items, she has a two bedroomed house. And a part from lights
and normal appliances such tv's dvd , fridge freezer washer and tumble
dryer which she uses infrequently. The only high comsumpsion items are
the imersion heater on timer and a 2kw oil filled radiator. she has
been keeping daily readings and the usage is as follows : Mon -Tue =
51 units Tue- Wed = 53 units. Is this normal domestic use or could it
be a faulty meter???? Thanks in anticipation.
Using 51 units in a 24 hour period implies that the radiator and
immersion heater are on an awful lot - assuming 5kw for the two together,
that means they're both active for 10 hours (OK, assuming that there is
sod-all draw from the rest of the house). If it is a dual rate meter,
have you checked that the immersion timer is set for overnight only, and
that the time on the timer is correct? There's probably not a lot you can
do about the radiator - after all, if she's cold, she needs it on.
For our house, the average quarterly bill is about £300, which includes
washing machine and tumble dryer which seem to be going 24/7, dishwasher,
heater in shed (on 24/7), TV on all the bloody time, lights left on all
over the damn place, grrr, grumble, mumble. That's for two adults and 3
kids. Sounds as though there may be something awry round your mum's.
Just my first thoughts on reading this - no doubt there are other
explanations!
I spent 600 quid a querter barely keeping an old cottage warm using
storage heaters.
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