How can I ascertain if I am paying for someone else's electricity? Help!

[Danielle]

My electricity bills are 1.5-2.5k per month for a 5 bedroom house. My heating was running off ? electric so while this figure is extremely high it (kind of) made sense, as the house is large. I had an electrician calculate the space and electric consumption. As it was so high, I decided to go down the route of Air Source, and have had 4 Mitsubishi air source heat pumps installed to make my electric more affordable... having been told this would take them to half or a third. But my first bill have come in and it is £2300, for ONE month!!. I wonder if I am paying for the electricity for the farm shop next door or something like this. My provider, utility warehouse will only check that my meter is working and the wires inside my house.
Does anyone know how or who can I ask to check that the wires going into my house are only providing electricity for my property. Utility warehouse refuse to do this. is there ANY service I can pay for to prove what is going on. Even if just for me! I am in a lot of financial difficulty now! Thanks

 

[Phil L]

They might have a life outside of electrical work!

But we need answers, they come in here asking for help and then disappear for days, how rude ??

 

[derek]

I am reminded of one house I worked on where the client asked us to look into his extremely high electrical bills, it turned out he had the AC on in his basement swimming pool.

 

[Moley]

it turned out he had the AC on in his basement swimming pool.

Isn't that a problem that we all suffer from every now and then? ?

 

[littlespark]

I am reminded of one house I worked on where the client asked us to look into his extremely high electrical bills, it turned out he had the AC on in his basement swimming pool.

Maybe he was heating the pool with immersions

 

[derek]

Isn't that a problem that we all suffer from every now and then? ?

I hope you are not suggesting that all sparks are not living like Premier League football players or hedge fund managers.

 

[Moley]

I hope you are not suggesting that all sparks are not living like Premier League football players or hedge fund managers.

So it's just old Tel then is it?

 

[nicebutdim]

Never checked for thread updates as often as I have with this one.

 

[Jaredline]

Never checked for thread updates as often as I have with this one.

Very seldom go to this forum, but did today and read every post! Problem is very intriguing! I’ve tested a lot of meters in NYS and never came across a bad one! Useage always turned out to be the customer’s fault, usually because they were unaware that they were heating there in ground pool or 500 gal tropical aquarium! Just shut the power off at your panel already! And like other poster have stated, see what happens next door! Stealing power is easy, whether intentional or not! I am eager to learn the outcome of this!

 

[Phil L]

Guess this is one thread we won’t see an outcome on, shame really would be interested to know, hopefully the OP has had someone out to look at the meter, paying between £1.5 -2.5k a month on power for a 5 bed house Is crazy

 

[7029 dave]

Yes would be nice to get an outcome, a lot of effort put in by member's.

 

[Phil L]

Yes be would nice to get an outcome, a lot of effort put in by member's.

Yeah plenty if input by some very good members, if the OP is paying those sorts of amounts on electricity bills getting a good spark in to investigate could potentially save them a small fortune in a small amount of time, would definitely bring peace of mind