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Not sure if this is appropriate for this group but its as close as I could find. I have had an electricity bill that I think is to high. On switching everything off on the consumer unit, the disk on the meter continues to spin. The meter has 6 numerical vertical counters and underneath a disk that spins horizontally. It is the disk that continues to spin. It takes 13 minutes and 33 seconds to do a complete revolution. Is this correct? Next to the meter (on the exit side) is a switch. This looks like where the electric enters the house. When I switch this off the disk continues to spin at the same rate. I have spoken to the supplier who has told me to take meter readings every day then they will do a meter accuracy test. what does this involve. Regards Scott |
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On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 11:28:24 +0100, Scott wrote:
Hi Not sure if this is appropriate for this group but its as close as I could find. I have had an electricity bill that I think is to high. On switching everything off on the consumer unit, the disk on the meter continues to spin. The meter has 6 numerical vertical counters and underneath a disk that spins horizontally. It is the disk that continues to spin. It takes 13 minutes and 33 seconds to do a complete revolution. Is this correct? No. No load and the disk should stop. Are you sure everything is switched off? I understand your comments about the switch - it's not unknown for circuits to be tacked on wrongly, although in fairness, some meters can take perhaps as many as 80 to 160 revolutions of the disk to register 1kwh, so your 13 minutes seems like a very small load - more like one of the check magnets inside the meter is wrongly set. Next to the meter (on the exit side) is a switch. This looks like where the electric enters the house. When I switch this off the disk continues to spin at the same rate. I have spoken to the supplier who has told me to take meter readings every day then they will do a meter accuracy test. what does this involve. 'Phone them again and tell them you want someone to come and check the meter ASAP. Don't let them fob you off with a delay. The check they will (used to) do is to connect a known load to the meter and check how long it takes to complete a set number of revolutions. |
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In an earlier contribution to this
, Scott wrote: Hi Not sure if this is appropriate for this group but its as close as I could find. I have had an electricity bill that I think is to high. On switching everything off on the consumer unit, the disk on the meter continues to spin. The meter has 6 numerical vertical counters and underneath a disk that spins horizontally. It is the disk that continues to spin. It takes 13 minutes and 33 seconds to do a complete revolution. Is this correct? Next to the meter (on the exit side) is a switch. This looks like where the electric enters the house. When I switch this off the disk continues to spin at the same rate. I have spoken to the supplier who has told me to take meter readings every day then they will do a meter accuracy test. what does this involve. Regards Scott With everything switched off, the disc shouldn't move at all - so there seems to be something (albeit very small) still being used. If your meter is like mine, the disc will rotate 250 times per kW.Hr (unit). At the spin rate you quote, you are consuming power at the rate of about 17 watts - and will use a unit every 56 hours or so, or about 38 units (probably about 3 quid) per quarter. Is there *anything* which could still be running with everything switched off - like a time clock for off-peak power, for example? There is usually a charge for testing a meter. If it is found to be faulty, the supplier pays. If it is found to be ok, and *you* requested the test, *you* pay. -- Cheers, Set Square |
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"creep" is a known problem - as the other poster says, get them round
there to sort the damn thing out. See if you can tell from the rating plate on the meter how many revolutions per kwh, and see if you can work out how much its been registering above what it should. You`ll probably find its not that much overall, but still annoying :-} -- Please add "[newsgroup]" in the subject of any personal replies via email --- My new email address has "ngspamtrap" & @btinternet.com in it ;-) --- |
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"Set Square" wrote in message ... In an earlier contribution to this , Scott wrote: Hi Not sure if this is appropriate for this group but its as close as I could find. I have had an electricity bill that I think is to high. On switching everything off on the consumer unit, the disk on the meter continues to spin. The meter has 6 numerical vertical counters and underneath a disk that spins horizontally. It is the disk that continues to spin. It takes 13 minutes and 33 seconds to do a complete revolution. Is this correct? Next to the meter (on the exit side) is a switch. This looks like where the electric enters the house. When I switch this off the disk continues to spin at the same rate. I have spoken to the supplier who has told me to take meter readings every day then they will do a meter accuracy test. what does this involve. Regards Scott With everything switched off, the disc shouldn't move at all - so there seems to be something (albeit very small) still being used. If your meter is like mine, the disc will rotate 250 times per kW.Hr (unit). At the spin rate you quote, you are consuming power at the rate of about 17 watts - and will use a unit every 56 hours or so, or about 38 units (probably about 3 quid) per quarter. Is there *anything* which could still be running with everything switched off - like a time clock for off-peak power, for example? There is usually a charge for testing a meter. If it is found to be faulty, the supplier pays. If it is found to be ok, and *you* requested the test, *you* pay. -- Cheers, Set Square I requested a meter check and all was ok in the end. The electricity company didn't charge me. -- troubleinstore http://www.tuppencechange.co.uk Personal mail can be sent via website. Email address in posting is ficticious and is intended as spam trap --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.726 / Virus Database: 481 - Release Date: 22/07/2004 |
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In misc.industry.utilities.electric troubleinstore wrote:
| I requested a meter check and all was ok in the end. The electricity company | didn't charge me. Some states require electric companies to give one free meter check if requested every N years. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Phil Howard KA9WGN | http://linuxhomepage.com/ http://ham.org/ | | (first name) at ipal.net | http://phil.ipal.org/ http://ka9wgn.ham.org/ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message ll.com... On 26 Jul 2004 22:44:26 GMT, wrote: Some states require electric companies to give one free meter check if requested every N years. This side of the pond electricity meters are routinely replaced every ten years. Which side of the pond is this ? Until recently we had two and one looked to be about fifty years old at least. |
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On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 23:23:37 +0100, G&M wrote:
"Dave Liquorice" wrote: On 26 Jul 2004 22:44:26 GMT, wrote: Some states require electric companies to give one free meter check if requested every N years. This side of the pond electricity meters are routinely replaced every ten years. Which side of the pond is this ? It looks like the UK. Until recently we had two and one looked to be about fifty years old at least. IIRC, meters usually register slower and slower as they age. |
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On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 22:13:51 +0100 (BST), Dave Liquorice wrote:
On 26 Jul 2004 22:44:26 GMT, wrote: Some states require electric companies to give one free meter check if requested every N years. This side of the pond electricity meters are routinely replaced every ten years. Err, unless things have changed recently, it rather depends on the type of meter, some are a 10 year certification, others are a 20 year certification. -- wanderer at tesco dot net |
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In article om,
"Dave Liquorice" writes: On 26 Jul 2004 22:44:26 GMT, wrote: Some states require electric companies to give one free meter check if requested every N years. This side of the pond electricity meters are routinely replaced every ten years. Not that I've ever come across. Mine's 20 years old, and my parents' is 40 years old. When I was working on a meter project some time back, meters were supplied against tenders which required a low failure rate in the first 40 years. -- Andrew Gabriel Consultant Software Engineer |
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Some states require electric companies to give one free meter check
if requested every N years. This side of the pond electricity meters are routinely replaced every ten years. As someone else mentioned, the period between meter changes is variable depending on the type of meter and tariff. Not that I've ever come across. Mine's 20 years old, and my parents' is 40 years old. That may be perfectly correct, but they will probably have been recertified in the interim (at least the 40 yr old one) -- Please add "[newsgroup]" in the subject of any personal replies via email --- My new email address has "ngspamtrap" & @btinternet.com in it ;-) --- |
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On 1 Aug 2004 09:26:38 GMT, Andrew Gabriel wrote:
This side of the pond electricity meters are routinely replaced every ten years. Not that I've ever come across. Mine's 20 years old, and my parents' is 40 years old. Had two meters at different locations (and RECs) replaced after ten years. Both letters sent to make the appointment for the swap definately implied that it is a routine ten year replacement. -- Cheers Dave. pam is missing e-mail |
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On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 12:50:38 -0500, Michael Stemper wrote:
snip What does "REC" stand for in the UK? Regional Electricity Company - in essence the outfits that own the cables and wires. They *may* not be the supplier of energy to a property. A supplier of energy pays a percentage to the RECs for using their wires to supply energy to a property. -- wanderer at tesco dot net |
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