Idle electricity usage.

@alqassam Is your domestic is taking in ironing :) or your tenant's domestic?

If you don't do what @Geoff.D says, at least unplug the tenants. I think it's them or you domestic.

Do it by arrangement by asking them to shower at night and unplug for 12 hours after they've gone to bed.

... from a woman's non- tech POV.
 
I am using about R2000 (1050 Units) per month. Free standing house, 2 adults living in the house, and a flat let 2 adults living in the flat.
 
You have to start somewhere with these investigations. And the place to start is with the baseline. Everything off or disconnected should equal zero usage.
This the way I discovered the illegal connection at my place. A cable from my meter into my neighbours yard feeding his pool.
The claim was that the "electrician" made a mistake" and connected to the wrong meter" ja right!
 
Geoff.D said:
You have to start somewhere with these investigations. And the place to start is with the baseline. Everything off or disconnected should equal zero usage.
This the way I discovered the illegal connection at my place. A cable from my meter into my neighbours yard feeding his pool.
The claim was that the "electrician" made a mistake" and connected to the wrong meter" ja right!
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Whaaaaaat? That could have gone on forever.
 
Geoff.D said:
You have to start somewhere with these investigations. And the place to start is with the baseline. Everything off or disconnected should equal zero usage.
This the way I discovered the illegal connection at my place. A cable from my meter into my neighbours yard feeding his pool.
The claim was that the "electrician" made a mistake" and connected to the wrong meter" ja right!
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That's insane . Going to start this over the weekend.
 
Yoh! Some of the figures here are crazy.

I go through 60kWh per month if I am alone, when the missus comes by we easily hit 100kWh per week.
 
Geoff.D said:
You have to start somewhere with these investigations. And the place to start is with the baseline. Everything off or disconnected should equal zero usage.
This the way I discovered the illegal connection at my place. A cable from my meter into my neighbours yard feeding his pool.
The claim was that the "electrician" made a mistake" and connected to the wrong meter" ja right!
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WTF - that's nuts!
 
Geoff.D said:
You have to start somewhere with these investigations. And the place to start is with the baseline. Everything off or disconnected should equal zero usage.
This the way I discovered the illegal connection at my place. A cable from my meter into my neighbours yard feeding his pool.
The claim was that the "electrician" made a mistake" and connected to the wrong meter" ja right!
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this is what I suspect may be the case for alqas
 
Swa said:
Check your rate schedule. Seems you're getting 350kWh (excluding free units) at a reduced rate and then the rest at a higher one.
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So what you're saying is I should buy 350kWh a shot? Where do I check my rate schedule?
 
smkungfu said:
So what you're saying is I should buy 350kWh a shot? Where do I check my rate schedule?
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No it doesn't matter how much you buy at a time as it allocates first number of units in a month at a specific rate and then the next at another rate. Don't know where you're located but also check your municipal account to see what rate you're on.
 
Swa said:
Check your rate schedule. Seems you're getting 350kWh (excluding free units) at a reduced rate and then the rest at a higher one.
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Only the indignant get free units, which they really strange on their definition of this, as my MIL is on a pension and she should technically be classified as this but they don't care.
 
It's a tiered system the more you use the more you pay. So if you use the same units and stay within the tier you will pay the same.
 
smkungfu said:
Then how is it possible for @Dolby to have consistent units each month?
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Depends on your municipality, depends if you're in a complex and and. I get a consistent amount as well. I buy 500 units a month which at the moment cost me just over R700, next month it will be R90 more :-(
 
Lupus said:
Only the indignant get free units, which they really strange on their definition of this, as my MIL is on a pension and she should technically be classified as this but they don't care.
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Nope depends on your municipality. Ekurhuleni the first 100kWh is automatically free on tariff A. Tariff B or in the case where tariff A can't be measured monthly there's no free units but a blended single rate instead.
 
Swa said:
Nope depends on your municipality. Ekurhuleni the first 100kWh is automatically free on tariff A. Tariff B or in the case where tariff A can't be measured monthly there's no free units but a blended single rate instead.
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That's pretty cool, in Johannesburg all the freebies were removed :-( in CPT as well unless you're poor.
 
Lupus said:
That's pretty cool, in Johannesburg all the freebies were removed :-( in CPT as well unless you're poor.
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Because half the people on the indigent list in Joburg were city employees and anc deployees.
 
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