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Landlord Blaming the Electric Company
Here's the latest update. I tested the cost of running the hot water heater breaker once again (all other breakers/electricity off). Here's the results for electric use:
1st hour (4 kilo) (Water is heating from cold)
2nd hour (4 kilo) (Water is heating from cold)
3rd hour (about 2.7 kilo)
4th,5th hour (continued near 3 kilo)
Total use for 24 hours (after heating 2 hours) was about 64 kilo. At my current electricity rate of .166 per kilo, it would cost over $300/month to run the (new) water heater and nothing else in the apartment.
Currently my landlord is blaming the electric company, telling them they need to replace the grid. REALLY? My usage is within norm whenever I turn the water heater break off, so how could this be the problem? The electric company tested the meter and even replaced it (because my landlord was trying to blame them.)
The problem I have is my electric bills went down because I've been turning off the hotwater breaker most of the time, so all this might be difficult to prove in court. I will do the experiment again, but document it with photos of the meter every hour and time stamp it. I must do this before it gets cold!
So here's my question. The electric company can't be at fault, right? Blaming it on the "power grid" sounds suspect.
One last note: I posed this problem to several electrician's and there weren't sure they could find the problem even if they came to look at it. Hmmm
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