Hello Electricians of Reddit,
I have a ton of data to back up my claims at the bottom. Long story short, I just bought and moved to this house 28 days ago, got my first bill and looked at the daily usage. My electric company has nice charts that show your hourly/daily/weekly/monthly usage both on and off peak. However, it was way off, saying I used 28 KWh while I was not even in my house (visiting parents), with the heater and everything unplugged from wall outlets besides the fridge and gas stove. I got a little worried, and decided to cut down my electricity usage. Then one night, day before yesterday, I see on the website I used 29 KWh somehow, I live alone. I shut off everything and unplugged them. I went to my meter (Elstar R2SD, digital), read the manual, and figured I was using 100W with nothing plugged in. I shut off the main breaker, and it was at 0 watts used, good to know. Then I plugged everything in and it spiked to 2.2 KWh. I use no where near that. I bought a Kill-a-Watt to make sure I didn't have faulty appliances. This is the data for that:
| Type | Usage |
|---|---|
| A1 | B1 |
| Refrigerator without compressor on | 14 watts |
| Refrigerator with compressor on | 137 watts |
| Refrigerator with both doors open and compressor on | 193 watts (I need to change the lights, they alone use 89 watts) |
| Phone Charger Without phone | 0 watts(too low to test?) |
| With phone charging | 17.7 watts |
| With phone full charge | 4.9 watts |
| Computer Surge Protector Everything off | 1 watt |
| Computer power off, switch on | 1.3 watts |
| TV off, switch on | 1 watt |
| Monitor off, switch on | 1.2 watts |
| All three off, all three switched on | 1.4 watts |
| Monitor on | 24.4 watts |
| TV on | 34.7 watts |
| Computer on | 53 watts |
| Computer + TV | 160 watts |
| Computer + monitor | 95 watts |
| All three on | 175 watts |
| All three on + two 4K videos on both screens | 210 watts |
| Cable modem + Wifi Router | 7.8 watts |
| Max Total | 428.5 watts an hour |
Now, with all those on, running all the time at max load and compressor on should be around 428.5 watts, normal usage would be 275 for maybe 4 hours, then all dropped off as I go to bed and in the morning go to work. Total 905 watts a day, without heater involved. However, Lets say I have all the above on for 24 hours a day, for 28 days (which I don't) it would be 287,952 watts, or 288 KWh. I Got billed for 333 KWh for 20 days of usage. This is Arizona, coldest it's gotten has been sub 40s, and I have my house temp at 62, then off completely from 8AM to 5PM (gets back up to 75 degrees after 10AM). I have a Heat Pump, so it may be culprit of my high energy usage, but I'm not sure.
Things about my house: * Heat Pump AC/Heater * Gas Water Heater * Gas Stove/oven * No dryer or washer used in the 28 day period * I unplug everything not being used every night, and every morning before work * All lights are either CFL or LED * No outside lights * Only one occupant * I shut off lights after leaving the room
*So my four big problems I think are: *
- Neighbor is stealing my electric somehow
- Electric company is messing up somehow
- I have vampire drain somewhere
- I am an idiot and don't know how to read or compute Kill-a-Watt / electric digital meter readings
Please tell me what you think. I would like to get to the bottom of it! Thanks Reddit
Submitted January 05, 2017 at 10:34AM by Devonance http://ift.tt/2j6NCfo electricians
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