Posted by athome1971 on June 7, 2007, 5:07 pm
Just rented this office space 2 months ago. It is a new business so I
don't really have much here that draws electricity yet. I have a PC/
modem/router, mini 1.7 Cu. Ft fridge, and 3 40W fluorescent lights.
The pc is on for 6 hours, 4 days a week. The fridge is obliviously on
24/7. the lights are hardly use. Did not use the heat but it is gas
anyway, the AC is still off, no need for it yet.
My March bill stated that I used 700KWH, April was 710KWH and May was
again, 708KWH. This is more than what I am using in my house! I called
the electric company and they said they'll send some one to read the
meter and I should call back in few days. I called back and they said
everything looks OK and nothing more is to be done. They were terrible
on the phone, extremely rude and they basically said, go F yourself.
I bought a kill-a-watt and according to it; the fridge is using 22KWH/
month, the PC is using 1.4KWH in the 6 hours it is on daily. That adds
up to about 42KWH assuming 30 days usage. The light are hardly used
but I'll give it another 20KWH.
All this adds up to 84KWH and I am paying for 700KWH. What is going
on? The electricity company is no mood of helping and the last time I
talked to a supervisor he told me, "if you don't like our service you
can go somewhere else"!!
I talked to the landlord and I told him if this is not taken care of
soon, I am moving out! is there something I am missing here? What
would you do? TIA and hope someone has some pointers.
BTW, I am in Toledo, OH and my "shitty" electric is Toledo Edison.
Posted by Rod Speed on June 7, 2007, 5:26 pm
The most likely possibility is that some other office space is running off that
meter too.
Turn everything off and check what the meter is showing is still being powered.
Rub the landlord's nose in the fact that the meter is
still rotating with everything in your office turned off.
athome1971@gmail.com wrote:
> Just rented this office space 2 months ago. It is a new business so I
> don't really have much here that draws electricity yet. I have a PC/
> modem/router, mini 1.7 Cu. Ft fridge, and 3 40W fluorescent lights.
> The pc is on for 6 hours, 4 days a week. The fridge is obliviously on
> 24/7. the lights are hardly use. Did not use the heat but it is gas
> anyway, the AC is still off, no need for it yet.
> My March bill stated that I used 700KWH, April was 710KWH and May was
> again, 708KWH. This is more than what I am using in my house! I called
> the electric company and they said they'll send some one to read the
> meter and I should call back in few days. I called back and they said
> everything looks OK and nothing more is to be done. They were terrible
> on the phone, extremely rude and they basically said, go F yourself.
> I bought a kill-a-watt and according to it; the fridge is using 22KWH/
> month, the PC is using 1.4KWH in the 6 hours it is on daily. That adds
> up to about 42KWH assuming 30 days usage. The light are hardly used
> but I'll give it another 20KWH.
> All this adds up to 84KWH and I am paying for 700KWH. What is going
> on? The electricity company is no mood of helping and the last time I
> talked to a supervisor he told me, "if you don't like our service you
> can go somewhere else"!!
> I talked to the landlord and I told him if this is not taken care of
> soon, I am moving out! is there something I am missing here? What
> would you do? TIA and hope someone has some pointers.
> BTW, I am in Toledo, OH and my "shitty" electric is Toledo Edison.
Posted by Brian Elfert on June 11, 2007, 12:22 pm
>The most likely possibility is that some other office space is running
off that meter too.
>Turn everything off and check what the meter is showing is still being powered.
I had an office in the mid 1990s that had the water fountain in the hall
hooked to my meter!
Brian Elfert
Posted by pc on June 11, 2007, 6:18 pm
Brian Elfert wrote:
>
>> The most likely possibility is that some other office space is running
> off that meter too.
>
>> Turn everything off and check what the meter is showing is still being
powered.
>
> I had an office in the mid 1990s that had the water fountain in the hall
> hooked to my meter!
>
> Brian Elfert
The OP never said whether he had a bathroom or kitchen area. IIRC.
From the posts I saw. If he has either of those.....then he has a
water heater. And that's where his dollars are going to.
He needs to turn down the temp on the h2o heater.
Posted by larry on June 7, 2007, 9:48 pm
athome1971@gmail.com wrote:
> Just rented this office space 2 months ago. It is a new business so I
> don't really have much here that draws electricity yet. I have a PC/
> modem/router, mini 1.7 Cu. Ft fridge, and 3 40W fluorescent lights.
> The pc is on for 6 hours, 4 days a week. The fridge is obliviously on
> 24/7. the lights are hardly use. Did not use the heat but it is gas
> anyway, the AC is still off, no need for it yet.
>
> My March bill stated that I used 700KWH, April was 710KWH and May was
> again, 708KWH. This is more than what I am using in my house! I called
> the electric company and they said they'll send some one to read the
> meter and I should call back in few days. I called back and they said
> everything looks OK and nothing more is to be done. They were terrible
> on the phone, extremely rude and they basically said, go F yourself.
>
> I bought a kill-a-watt and according to it; the fridge is using 22KWH/
> month, the PC is using 1.4KWH in the 6 hours it is on daily. That adds
> up to about 42KWH assuming 30 days usage. The light are hardly used
> but I'll give it another 20KWH.
>
> All this adds up to 84KWH and I am paying for 700KWH. What is going
> on? The electricity company is no mood of helping and the last time I
> talked to a supervisor he told me, "if you don't like our service you
> can go somewhere else"!!
>
> I talked to the landlord and I told him if this is not taken care of
> soon, I am moving out! is there something I am missing here? What
> would you do? TIA and hope someone has some pointers.
>
> BTW, I am in Toledo, OH and my "shitty" electric is Toledo Edison.
>
If you have a separate meter, turn everything in the office
off and see if the meter stops. If not, do you have a
separate breaker panel for your space? Turn everything
there off and see if you hear someone shouting ;-)
It all starts at the meter, find out what it takes to make
it stop. I would guess the heating/cooling and ventilation
are involved, that was always our highest office expense.
-larry / dallas
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> don't really have much here that draws electricity yet. I have a PC/
> modem/router, mini 1.7 Cu. Ft fridge, and 3 40W fluorescent lights.
> The pc is on for 6 hours, 4 days a week. The fridge is obliviously on
> 24/7. the lights are hardly use. Did not use the heat but it is gas
> anyway, the AC is still off, no need for it yet.
> My March bill stated that I used 700KWH, April was 710KWH and May was
> again, 708KWH. This is more than what I am using in my house! I called
> the electric company and they said they'll send some one to read the
> meter and I should call back in few days. I called back and they said
> everything looks OK and nothing more is to be done. They were terrible
> on the phone, extremely rude and they basically said, go F yourself.
> I bought a kill-a-watt and according to it; the fridge is using 22KWH/
> month, the PC is using 1.4KWH in the 6 hours it is on daily. That adds
> up to about 42KWH assuming 30 days usage. The light are hardly used
> but I'll give it another 20KWH.
> All this adds up to 84KWH and I am paying for 700KWH. What is going
> on? The electricity company is no mood of helping and the last time I
> talked to a supervisor he told me, "if you don't like our service you
> can go somewhere else"!!
> I talked to the landlord and I told him if this is not taken care of
> soon, I am moving out! is there something I am missing here? What
> would you do? TIA and hope someone has some pointers.
> BTW, I am in Toledo, OH and my "shitty" electric is Toledo Edison.