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what do you mean? if my meter is showing these amounts, wont any company charge me the same or are UW known for this (and i didn't realise)? thanksUtility warehouse rings alarm bells tbh
Change supplier ASAP
Broad oak near heathfield, is this too far?Where in East Sussex are you? I'm near the Kent/Surrey/East and West Sussex borders. Happy to help.
I really appreciate this and you explaining it so thoroughly, thank you .Did you turn all the power off at both meters at the main switch, or did you turn off everything consuming electricity?
Their lights staying on isn't an indicator that it's not them - if i was going to steal leccy i would do it for the high powered stuff, not the lights.
If they have a loft full of weed or even Bitcoin mining modules it could just be running those.
If you've turned the supply off then anything being stolen which is out of sight such as a drugs farm won't register on the meter. You need to turn off everything you're using and not the actual supply to see if someone is stealing from you supply-side. Turning off the mains is only going to be useful if you can physically see something go off everytime you turn your mains off. To see if it's being nicked from your energised supply you need to disconnect every last piece of electrical equipment and turn off anything like lights etc, all sockets, fans etc and then see if there is still power being used via the meter. You need the line being potentially stolen off to be energised to check if there's something being drawn from it but at the same time need to be certain you're not drawing it yourself.
If nothing is registering it's likely your meter is dodgy and i'd get it replaced asap.
Either way, now is the time to call in a professional. Just google someone in your area, make the call, ask them if they are fully qualified and if they have the Testing and Inspection qualification. If they check out, get them in.
Have they actually read the meter or are they my estimated billswhat do you mean? if my meter is showing these amounts, wont any company charge me the same or are UW known for this (and i didn't realise)? thanks
That is a good point, are you being billed on estimated reads or actual reads.Have they actually read the meter or are they my estimated bills
I once went for a period of around five years on estimated bills on one of my supplies. It turned out that the meter had been replaced without my knowledge, or apparently, the billing departments knowledge, since they rejected all submitted readings because the figures bore no resemblance to what they estimated they should have been. I finally worked out what was happening, at which point they sent me an actual reading - taken from a meter that hadn't been there for years. At this point I stopped being polite.Have they actually read the meter or are they my estimated bills
read the meterHave they actually read the meter or are they my estimated bills
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