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OT - e.on and doggy meters ?
mcerd1 - 7/5/12 at 11:26 AM

The electricity meter in the GF's flat has suddenly showing a much higher usage than expected - 6.5 times more than the last 1/4

we can't see any reason why its gone up so much and she's always increadibly careful about switching everything off properly at the wall (turns thing off all the time, it drives me nuts...)

so I'm suspecting the meter - anyone here dealt with e.on in similar circumstances / got any advice dealing with them ?

Mark Allanson - 7/5/12 at 11:30 AM

Cultivating anything in the back bedroom?

BenB - 7/5/12 at 11:34 AM

I'd go have a look at the wiring at the meter! If it's in a common area someone might have accidentally re-wired the block so their meter doesn't go round any more. Just a thought! The last 1/4 wasn't that cold, no way it should have gone up that much. Can E-on give you/her a comparison of this quarter gone with the same last year?

lsdweb - 7/5/12 at 11:38 AM

"doggy" meters.....! I'll say no more :-)

mcerd1 - 7/5/12 at 11:39 AM

quote:
Originally posted by BenB
I'd go have a look at the wiring at the meter! If it's in a common area someone might have accidentally re-wired the block so their meter doesn't go round any more. Just a thought!

the meter's in her flat, but I wouldn't put it past barratt to have done smething doggy....

quote:
Originally posted by BenB
The last 1/4 wasn't that cold, no way it should have gone up that much. Can E-on give you/her a comparison of this quarter gone with the same last year?

unfortunatly the flat was only finished last november

blakep82 - 7/5/12 at 12:06 PM

switching everything oof at the wall, you're not seeing my GF are you? drives me mental aswell. during christmas, i left the tree lights on, they'd been on all day, hadn't caught fire that day or any other day, so they stayed on, she couldn't sleep because i'd left them on... of course it was me that had to get up and turn them off...

quote:
Originally posted by BenB
The last 1/4 wasn't that cold, no way it should have gone up that much. Can E-on give you/her a comparison of this quarter gone with the same last year?

unfortunatly the flat was only finished last november


if the flat has only just been built at the end of last year, could there be any fault with wiring, nails through a cable or anything?

not sure of the ins and outs, but mum and dad had some work done in the utility room a few years back. meter readings shot up. seems the joiner managed to get a nail through a cable causing an earth leak or something. can't really see how it works, but he came back and replaced the cable, and it was ok since.

try switching everything off, and unplug everything, including fridge/freezer, clocks etc, see if the meter's still going round.

phone the electric company if it is, and don't accept any excuse they make. the guy said to to my mum when she phoned, "the meter always turns when there's no electricity being used, so that the electricity's always there the instant you need it" ha ha ha bulls***t!

Peteff - 7/5/12 at 12:20 PM

Has she had problems with any appliances ? Years ago my sister had a similar problem with electricity, before privatisation so that's how long but she was getting through electric kettles like nothing, 3 in a year and the bill was stupid but the electricity board maintained there was nothing wrong. When the meter was changed as they do occasionally on a schedule she found it went to a more normal level and things stopped breaking.

mcerd1 - 7/5/12 at 01:08 PM

^^ I've been round and turned everything off myself and the meter did stop so I don't think its got a major fault...
no problems with any applicances yet either

I did notice the fridge had the meter spinning when the compressor was running (for 30 secs max. at a time), but its a modern A+ rated fridge so I don't think its responsible for a sudden ~500KWh increase


[Edited on 7/5/2012 by mcerd1]

dhutch - 7/5/12 at 01:16 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mcerd1
Meters in the flat

Presumably you can see the wires from the meter to the consumer unit in that case then.
- So its not like someone bridged there consumer unit to run of your meter.
- As which point, i would say its unlikely that someones got a tapped feed off your ringmain/lightingcircuit.

500kWh is a fair bit to add to a quater for a flat however.

Me and my lodgers only used 800kWh for our winter 1/4 (Dec/Jan/Feb) and thats three blokes in a semi det.


Daniel

mcerd1 - 7/5/12 at 03:17 PM

quote:
Originally posted by dhutch
500kWh is a fair bit to add to a quater for a flat however.


thats what we're thinking, especialy when its gas heated !

D Beddows - 7/5/12 at 03:40 PM

Meters, like anything else mechanical/electrical, do go wrong despite what poverty stricken (LOL) power providers will tell you - we were being charged about the amount a stately home would need - 'completely normal' they said, 'complete and utter b*llocks' I replied - new meter fitted, electricity bill mysteriously went down to under a half what it was before....... it costs them to replace the meters so they will tell you anything to try and avoid it and I'd imagine sadly a lot of people believe them!