Karl, do you have a 'smart' meter? Those basically allow the power company to charge you a different rate for electricity used at different times of the day. If your state utility / laws / regulations allow it, the power company can charge you in ways that will be impossible to figure out if they're fair and legal or not.
Dr. Bill Wattenburg used to have a radio talk show (maybe he still does?) and he detailed the problems with CA utilities back in the Enron days, I'm repeating what he talked about. He also went into a lengthy diatribe of how the power companies will increase your line voltage above 115 volts, sometimes as high as 125 volts, so you use more power and they can charge you more money. He did a major study when brownouts where plaguing CA 15 years ago or so, and his study indicated that the brownouts could easily end if the power companies reduced the line voltage so that your house saw 110 volts, with no damage or noticeable difference in how your appliances etc. operated. No harm to households, just less power overall used, but the power companies refused to do that because they made more money with higher line voltages and the politicians refused to force a change because they benefit from the crisis, even if it is a manufactured crisis. Sound familiar? ------------- Max Charleston SC On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 4:10 PM Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Anyone know a good way to cross check a power meter? There was a device you > clamped to your mains at one point, but havent seen it advertised for > awhile. > > I just have a feeling power company is overcharging everyone. > > On Thu, Dec 17, 2020, 12:58 PM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Let’s just say that I got stuck with a $6000 water sewer bill one year > > because of a running toilet in a rental property. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On Dec 17, 2020, at 12:53 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > How much water can a toilet use that has been running non stop for 2 > > weeks straight? > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
