One of the facts of life here is the comparatively higher cost of electricity compared to the UK. Now our power company charges less per kilowatt-hour than many others as, unlike most others, it both generates and distributes the power. And it's a nett contributor to the National Grid which helps to keep prices down. The house we're currently occupying has two electricity meters because the owner had the house extended and rather than expand the current panel board (fusebox), he had a second one fitted connected to a separate meter. Here's a breakdown of what's connected to each meter: Meter "A" - Most of the house . 3 bedrooms, two of which have window-type aircon units but only one of which is used for around 12 hours a day Living room with split-type aircon ("2.5 ton" industrial type) that is infrequently used American-type fridge-freezer 2.5kW shower-heater used for about one hour per day 1 floor standing electric fan used for about 2 hours a day Various kitchen appliances - electric kettle, microwave oven, electric griddle and toaster: all used fairly frequently Meter "B" - Remainder of house . One very large bedroom with a window-type aircon used for between 12 and 15 hours a day. One desktop computer One electric fan that's occasionally used Washing machine (380 watts) used for 1 hour once a week (to wash bedlinen) I've omitted light bulbs from both as their usage varies but each unit consumes between 7 and 11 watts of electricity and all the window-type aircon units are identical Panasonic units. We therefore get two bills from Davao Light and Power, one for each meter. One bill claims our average consumption is 30.7 kilowatt-hours a day ("Bill 1"), the other bill shows a more reasonable 3.9 kilowatt-hours per day ("Bill 2"). Which bill relates to which meter? (Scroll down for the answer) (Keep going ....) Here's the answer: Meter "A"'s bill shows an average daily usage of 3.9 kilowatt-hours whilst meter "B", with considerably less connected to it, claims we're averaging 30.7 kilowatt-hours per day! No, we don't believe it either! Davao Light and Power are also bewildered and have had both meters checked and found them to be accurate. On "move-in" day, our landlord provided us with receipted bills showing nil balances for both meters but upon inspection, I noticed that meter "B"'s bill was around 3 times higher than meter "A"'s and I asked the landlord to account for that. He claims that it had been a heavy usage month due to the amount of washing that had been done. His answer might have some merit if he possessed a washing machine - but he didn't, we brought our own with us. There's a further complication. Meter "A" is in our landlord's name but meter "B" is not, its in the name of some third party but the meter address is shown to be the same as meter "A"'s. Again our landlord is unable to account for this. But Davao Light, who agree that there's a possibility that meter "B" might be supplying others, can not investigate any misappropriation unless the person named on the bill raises a formal complaint. But our landlord refuses to divulge the identity of this mystery person. Ho hum. It's more fun in the Philippines!
Well if its only serving the house he is renting disconnecting exteraneous live wires wouldnt affect anyone would it its obviously got an earth leak foxes perhaps or rats more likely
It would be if we had access to them. The feed from Meter "B" enters the property at the opposite end of the property to that from meter "A" and the landlord erected a fence preventing us from having access to the cabling leading from the back of meter "B".
So obviously he's powering something or someone esle's property / business then in my mind. I had something similair with water a few years back in a house we rented in Olongapo. Basically though a nieghbour had blatently hooked up to our water supply to run their laundry bissiness from the house next to us. I only found out one day by standing in their living room in my pants at 6am one morning to complain about the loud stereo music upsetting my sleep! I happened to notice on my way out a water line coming from the back of our house towards theirs! Sorted it out but then its easier to that with water than 'lecy
two legged Mark two legged as to the fence enormous is it how about tunneling? You dont seem to be very lucky
