Need advice Plz

[snowhead]

Holly is the meter in your house or in this BOX.
If it's in the house, no amount of tampering in the box will make your bills higher.

If the meter is in the box, then it is possible someone else is using electricity thro' your meter.

If the meter IS in the box it must be accessable to each housholder so cannot be in someone elses locked property.
If it's not accesable the meter reader can't read it and you'll be getting estimated bills.
Does your reading on your bill show as estimated?

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[Holly Ashford]

No my reading isn't estimated, I have a meter in my house, then next door and every 4th house has a box containing 4 individual electric supplies for the 4 houses this box is locked with one of those funny keys his friend has one of these keys as he works for a major supplier and he has accessed the box and done something as my neighbour told me he'd fixed it so his bills would be low

 

[Sparky Ninja]

I blame me parents mate, I was dragged up to believe if you can help someone you should

wash your mouth out mate!!

how dare you!

 

[Sparky Ninja]

No my reading isn't estimated, I have a meter in my house, then next door and every 4th house has a box containing 4 individual electric supplies for the 4 houses this box is locked with one of those funny keys his friend has one of these keys as he works for a major supplier and he has accessed the box and done something as my neighbour told me he'd fixed it so his bills would be low

All sounds very suspicious to me Holly, I would want to go sniffing in that box.

 

[Holly Ashford]

Is it possible then that my meter could be dodgy? Before we moved in about 5 years ago my father in law had a card meter and was putting in about 10 quid a week, i no we burn alot more than he did but jesus it cant be that much more can it?

 

[Holly Ashford]

Just googled the average household annual usage and it says 4800 kwh thats what i'm using for 6 months

:banghead:​

 

[imago]

It sounds very odd, if the meter is in your house then unless a feed is taken after the meter (also in your house) then no matter what's been done in the mysterious box it shouldn't affect your bill. Anyway, as already mentioned the best thing is for someone to have a look at it and see what's what. I'm in Birmingham so I can take a look if you want?

 

[Sparky Ninja]

It depends on how you utilise your electricity supply. Do you cook with it, do you shower with it, do you have 10 or 20 little rugrats needing a lot of cooking, bathing and clothes washing?

I have a card meter and an electric cooker at home and £60 or so would cover a month easily.

 

[Holly Ashford]

ok heres what we roughly use, electric shower, water heater (on constant) washing machine and tumble drier (used approx 4 times a week) tv and sky box desk top computer (used daily about 6 hours i'd guess) fish tank with pump and heater, fridge freezer, and a stand up freezer, alarm clock, all bulbs are energy savers bar kitchen which is strip light, kettle (used alot)
heating and cooking is gas, heater is hot air though so has fan so that uses electric aswell
so with all that said do you think 120 a month is about right then?

 

[trev]

wash your mouth out mate!!

how dare you!

Well I did say I was dragged up

 

[Sparky Ninja]

ok heres what we roughly use, electric shower, water heater (on constant) washing machine and tumble drier (used approx 4 times a week) tv and sky box desk top computer (used daily about 6 hours i'd guess) fish tank with pump and heater, fridge freezer, and a stand up freezer, alarm clock, all bulbs are energy savers bar kitchen which is strip light, kettle (used alot)
heating and cooking is gas, heater is hot air though so has fan so that uses electric aswell
so with all that said do you think 120 a month is about right then?

That's not too different from mine - warm air heating, washing machine on more than yours (18 month old boy), no low energy lamps though, immersion on constant - my shower was electric pumped, not heated - but my cooker is electric. Kettle used fairly regularly.

Nothing here really indicates a warranted cost of £120 per month.

 

[Holly Ashford]

and work full time so only here night time and weekends

 

[Holly Ashford]

my husband just said that the boxs contain what looks like 4 large fuses one for each house and if you remove say fuse one the electric in fuse one's house is disconnected, so first does anyone know what this box is so I can relay it to my supply and second could he of connected his to mine?

 

[malcolmsanford]

Distribution panel or it could be a Rye Field board..................please now Holly this is as far as you should be going with this .................

Imago as offered to swing by and have a look for you .................and please do not start pulling fuses out or delving into this.

1) It could be the suppliers board and your interfering with their property

2) It could be 3 phases 400 volts there

3) It could be old and prone to damage being prodded and poked about

 

[trev]

What Malcolm said. Time to stop now Holly