Strahan
Senior Member
- Location
- Watsontown, PA
Awhile back I posted a thread "Any thoughts before I get there" pertaining to my mother in laws high electric bill like three times higher. In that post I suspected the hot water heater and it turns out that's not the case. I looked at this yesterday and of course did the obvious stuff. I shut the main off and verified meter stopped and current dropped to zero which it did.
Next I tightened all connections nothing too loose. While turning single breakers back on I monitored my current draw nothing unusual. I would occasionally see some spikes in current up to 20amps and then it would drop back down. With everything on the most current I seen on either leg was 20A for a short duration. Even if she was drawing 20a continuous around the clock it would not equate to a $700 bill from previous $200.
My question is how do I approach this with power company?
Next I tightened all connections nothing too loose. While turning single breakers back on I monitored my current draw nothing unusual. I would occasionally see some spikes in current up to 20amps and then it would drop back down. With everything on the most current I seen on either leg was 20A for a short duration. Even if she was drawing 20a continuous around the clock it would not equate to a $700 bill from previous $200.
My question is how do I approach this with power company?