Thank you Jan.
I talked to the electric company about our bill and they offered a payment plan.No other suggestions.
I have records of our electric bills going back to the 70's and the usage was extreme. We did not have excessive cold.
I have records of our electric bills going back to the 70's and the usage was extreme. We did not have excessive cold.
We are strongly suspecting that one or 2 of our water heaters have gone bad. Usually they quit. We also have a 10 gallon heated water tub that could be the culprit.
When the weather warmed up a couple weeks ago we unplugged all water heaters or heated water holders. There has been little kilowatt useage since unplugging everything
We do get a chart with every bill that shows the usage for the previous 12 months
Thank you for the suggestions
Joyce aka Mom aka Joycie
On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 10:19 AM, 'oakridgefarm@gmail.com' oakridgefarm@gmail.com [DoIt_Yourself] <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Can't help with your question re testers but have you thought about checking with your electric company to see how much the increased usage actually was? i.e., how many more watts did you use over this same time last year - or even last month. Did you have a longer/colder than normal freeze (like we did) so they were running almost constantly. Are they on the same outlet, maybe it's bad. The two times we've had a big increase was when we had a rate change and the other time the meter was faulty so they adjusted the bill.
On Feb 25, 2017, at 7:07 PM, Joyce O theoldhen@gmail.com [DoIt_Yourself] <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com> wrote: Our electric bill this month jumped from $78 to $258By process of elmination...watching the wheel spin on the meter while plugging and unplugging things, we decided that the two water heaters in the stock tanks may have gone bonkers. Not 100% sureAre there things made that we can use to test electrical items to see how much they are pulling? What are they called and where can they be purchased?
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