Posted by PaulW_NJ on March 25, 2008 at 04:39:52 from (71.187.55.168):
In Reply to: OT Electric bill posted by super99 on March 25, 2008 at 02:12:06:
As already mentioned, make sure the bill you are looking at is based upon an actual reading, and not a estimate. That covered, usually a change that large is due to something like a bad controller on an electric hot water heater, or something major like that.
You can use your own electric meter to analyze you useage. I've used this technique to map out useage for customer's that have the older mechanical meters. I've been told it will also work with the more modern electronic meters, but haven't tried since we don't have those in this area.
Look at the electric meter nameplate: there will be a "factor" printed on the label. Around here the factor is 7.2, but depends upon the meter that you have. Take a stopwatch and time the number of seconds it takes the wheel to go one revolution. The kw useage is calculated by multiplying the Factor by 3.6 and then dividing by the number of seconds you timed.
Make a chart, and go thru having someone flip breakers off, and measure the kw useage each time. You can do an audit of your whole house and see where the power is going, breaker by breaker. Of course you first have to know what each breaker circuit is connected to.
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