I have a freind who has really high utility bills, the highest so far just under 4000 kw hours, their bill should only be about 750 kw hours, the only
high wattage devices are electric range, hot water heater, and well pump, with average use, I have checked current draw with clamp on meter and found
nothing out of the ordinary ,this was at the meter socket, average load to the house was 3 to 11 amps,
tv on, box fan, and range, normal rutine, so any ideas where is all this enegy is going? This is direct burial aluminum to house, if this was leaking, knicked wire, or rodents chewing it, you should be able to measure a current draw with a clamp on meter, even just a few amps, shouldnt you? Ive tried that a few times, with main shut off in house, never got any sort of reading at all, voltage always ok at both ends My gut feeling has been the undergound is bad....
Didn't mean to make this so long, My question is, Shouldn't a person be able to get some sort of current reading if the underground is leaking?
high wattage devices are electric range, hot water heater, and well pump, with average use, I have checked current draw with clamp on meter and found
nothing out of the ordinary ,this was at the meter socket, average load to the house was 3 to 11 amps,
tv on, box fan, and range, normal rutine, so any ideas where is all this enegy is going? This is direct burial aluminum to house, if this was leaking, knicked wire, or rodents chewing it, you should be able to measure a current draw with a clamp on meter, even just a few amps, shouldnt you? Ive tried that a few times, with main shut off in house, never got any sort of reading at all, voltage always ok at both ends My gut feeling has been the undergound is bad....
Didn't mean to make this so long, My question is, Shouldn't a person be able to get some sort of current reading if the underground is leaking?