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Originally Posted by Tandum
We got climate smart in for a $50 checkup (Refundable from the BCC). They replaced most of the old light bulbs with the new ones, checked the hot water and put a wireless meter on the electricity supply. That meter has shown me that the energex meters are out by a mile. So far this week (4days) the energex meters say we have used 187Kwh and the Climate Smart meter says 110Kwh. ....
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I am going away for a few days to Charleville for work but when I come back I will investigate this and see if I can get a wireless meter installed.
There is only 2 of us at home + dog so I cant see how we are using this much power. We do have a dryer (used only when we get the washing off the line to make sure clothes are dry on a 20 min cycle once a day) we dont use the oven, we use the gas BBQ 3-4 times a week, lights are kept to a minimum at night time. We used to use 5 reverse cycle aircons in Mt Isa 7 days a week and the power bill didnt come to this much.
Robin
The power co is not going to admit they are wrong at any time. A little while ago in Gracemere we had problems with the power to our house fluctuating by a fair amount Ergon came out and checked and couldnt find anything wrong (Ergon Engineer lived next door) this went on for about 6 months with many complaints, eventually they agreed that something was wrong after we lost a fridge and 2 PC's and a bit of other electrical equipment and they sent out a crew. When they looked at the power line the inside of the power cable was virtually burnt out. The replaced the line and a rep came out to see the damage and agreed as a public gesture to replace the equipment that had been damaged and in their own words "not that we admit the damage was caused by any fault in the power distribution system".
Adrian
Adrian