Utilities & Mobile Electricity Meter Question

There does not seem to be any "standard" on where they put the meter, some you see at the house and others are mounted on a utility pole down the street.

The last house we rented had very high electric bills, I turned off the main breaker at the panel and the meter stopped spinning. I suspect that they were tapping off the branch circuits because the electric bill was cut in half when the wife moved to the apartments we are in now (owned by her uncle). Same stuff and the same number of people, 1/2 the bill.

 

I also have received a higher bill this month, Some P3000 extra.
Have had the meter changed & are awaiting the bench test results from Noseco.
But like every thing here it couldn't be there equipment could it !?
Not holding my breath, but what can you do, Its not like the UK where you can shop around from at least 6 or so providers. They have the monopoly & you are screwed.

 

They change the rates here as they please i had it happen also and went to the office manager and she had a paper tacked up on a board showing the rate charged by month and it showed higher and then lower and then higher etc

 

Also check your main breaker, if you can feel any heat, it could be bad and consuming more power. That could explain why only you have a brown out. That's what I found in my house.

 

Excellent reply, the lugs on all breakers (line and load) as well as the connections on your neutral and ground bus (if you have them in your system) should be checked, nothing more than a screwdriver to tighten things up most of the time. A loose connection is a higher resistive connection and can be found by an increase in temperature (not always easy to spot), which is an electrical loss.

Probably not what is causing Wrye's concerns with the increase in the electric bill from last month to this month, but still important to make sure connections are tight for folks moving into an older place or building as the local electricians are not too impressive in my limited experience.

Shawn

 

Electric Meter Question

And ......I just received my highest ever electric bill ! 4500 pesos , running no aircon , 425 kwh , 3/27 to 4/30 billing ! Maybe another thief ?!

 

Electricity Meter Question

Just for comparisons sake , the U.S. average electric rate is 11.88 kwh according to : EIA - Electricity Data