Timeline for Electric Bill Serious Spike (Possible Wire Damage)
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| Oct 16, 2022 at 20:12 | history | edited | Harper - Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 16, 2022 at 20:09 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | @jay613 Based on comment 1, last month was 2700 kWH so 90 kWH/day. 12 days of the next month was 3000 kWH so 250 kWH/day. I don't address cost because tariffs muddy that water too much. | |
| Oct 16, 2022 at 20:06 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | @WoJ my bad. The lag bolt would be a lot hotter than that. Well above its vaporization temperature. | |
| Oct 16, 2022 at 15:29 | comment | added | WoJ | The temperature of the surface of the sun is about 4000 K which is arguably a lot but far from any nuclear fusion concerns (you mentioned both, although one in the answer and the other one in the comments) | |
| Oct 15, 2022 at 21:00 | comment | added | jay613 | @Harper-ReinstateMonica I'm hesitant to say but I think your math is wrong. $120 / $0.19/kWh / 30d = 21 kWh/d not 250. It's in range for your reference industry average, just slightly below. Unless my math is wrong but I don't think so. Regardless your conclusions are correct: it's not a short and something is drawing power. Not as much power as you say but still enough to be EASILY detected and identified. | |
| Oct 15, 2022 at 20:00 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | @jay613 my latest edit (of this writing) relies on numbers provided by OP in a comment. There are many interesting tariffs out there. An average house is 24 KWH/day (i.e. standard industry propaganda says a 1 GW power plant powers 1 million homes, a 1.5MW windmill powers 1500 homes). So this house is already wildly above average. Things like electric heat or pools/spas will do that. | |
| Oct 15, 2022 at 16:03 | comment | added | jay613 | @Tai using the figures in your question AND in your comment to this answer $120, $800, 19 cents ... if something is running 24x7 it's a 5 amp load and if it's running some of the time it is more than 5 amps. Per this answer, it's not a short. It's something consuming power. 5 amps is easy to find. More amps is easier. | |
| Oct 15, 2022 at 15:57 | comment | added | jay613 | @Harper-ReinstateMonica what tariff are you using and from where? Seems very low. Very very. The logic and conclusions hold regardless but still I'm curious. ($120 for 90kWh/d = 4 cents? Mine's 17.) | |
| Oct 15, 2022 at 15:03 | comment | added | jay613 | A $12 clamp meter will pay for itself before bed time on the day you buy it :) | |
| Oct 15, 2022 at 0:19 | comment | added | Tai | That definitely reassuring to hear, but now I have to figure the true issue with the spike in power usage. And I have no clue. I can't investigate until two days later, I'll update the post on my findings. | |
| Oct 15, 2022 at 0:06 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | @Tai doesn't matter whether a nail or anchor bolt has reached the temperature of the surface of the sun. You would notice LOL. Rest assured no wire fault of any kind is absorbing 6000W on average without having burned the house down. It is something else. | |
| Oct 14, 2022 at 22:41 | history | edited | Harper - Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 14, 2022 at 21:53 | comment | added | Tai | A lot to digest there. As far as I know, there were no changes to the prices, and they charge 19.5 cents per KWH. The usage last month was 2700 KWH and the current usage after 12 days is over 3000 KWH. There may not be an nail, but maybe the anchor bolts is touching the cable ground and live wire, if there is a hidden cable. Also, the HVAC system was turned off before we left the house two weeks ago. Idk if the system could turn on itself again. | |
| Oct 14, 2022 at 20:07 | history | answered | Harper - Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |