opalred Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 the wife and i have lived in our own house now 7years elect charges started at 400b we are in winter so no ac i have gas cooking gas hot water i believe the elect mob keep putting charges up without telling the people my new bill 1920b how they like to rob the people have you seen them upgrade the spaghetti lines for past 20yrs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEVUP Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 That's about right' thats a bit above my wifes bill when I'm not here & if I am add 1000 bht All that spaghetti is actually the Telco's - I live in a new Moo Baan & the power poles were strung up beautifully, until the Telco's got to them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaiMaai Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 That's nowhere close to being right for the usage the OP described........Sent from my ZX81 using a dial-up modem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hutch68 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Mine was the same as yours running 4 280w water pumps plus a mini air gen 24/7. now down to 800 per month now the pumps have stopped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjoo888 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 I've lived in the same house for 12 years and my last electric bill was the lowest we've ever had in spite of numerous rate increases over the years. You might want to check to see if someone is tapping into your electricity, or if you have something that is causing abnormal usage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve187 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 how many units used and price per unit. switch everything off and check if the meter moves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick220675 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 (edited) That's the same as we pay running two irrigation pumps for a hour a day and a pool pump as well. My teenage daughter is addicted to the AC so even in winter claims to need her room AC on full blast. Check you are on the correct tariff, I think construction and some businesses pay more. It could be a mix up. Also have a look at your meter make sure you only have your cables connected into it. Edited January 22, 2018 by mick220675 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOUTHERNSTAR Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Without knowing the number of units used everything is speculation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laza 45 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Something fishy going on there.. our power bill has stayed much the same for 5 or 6 years now.. we recently bought a big new fridge and run 2 now.. so went up abut 100 Bt to 700 a month.. no air con.. lots of fans.. TV....computers.. etc.. family of 3 adults and sometime lots of family.. ...short story.. a friend had his electricity cut off.. discovered the owner of the house who lived alongside was giving him his bill and paying my friends.. except the owner forgot to pay this time.. my friend had thought his bill was rather high for a guy living on his own... lots of tricks out there.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 OP check that it is actually your bill. Recently our area got a new meter reader (lazy sod). Our meter and next doors meter on the same pole, he has to walk a few meters left to leave their bill, a few meters right with our bill. Recently i got the bill and started giving the wife hell about not closing electric when finished. Wife looked at the amount owed and she was not happy, nearly double normal bill. Then she looked at the name/address it was next doors bill not ours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andycoops Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 It's air-con that racks the domestic bill up. My current bill is 1201.88 baht but little or no air-con for the last month. 303 units. This goes upto 600 units when the air-con (3) are used overnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baansgr Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Why not just check the metre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orchidfan Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 2 hours ago, gjoo888 said: I've lived in the same house for 12 years and my last electric bill was the lowest we've ever had in spite of numerous rate increases over the years. You might want to check to see if someone is tapping into your electricity, or if you have something that is causing abnormal usage. Living in my house in Bangkok over 10yrs the bills have dropped 30% after installing 100%LED bulbs inside and out. Everything else the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxpower Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 My old grandad thought the Italian mob were controlling his electric meter. We spent time explaining units on the bill, the meter and how to phone the electricity company and he got it all sorted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerkinsCuthbert Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Have you checked out the neighbours' new a/c yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinL Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 (edited) Medium-sized town in Khon Kaen province:- February 2014 - 4.26 ฿/kWh. December 2017 - 4.03 ฿/kWh. Includes all taxes etc. Keep track of your electricity usage using a spreadsheet like the attachment. I've even given you a graph to compare year-on-year. Clear all my old data and you're ready to go:- Electricity Consumption.xlsx Edited January 22, 2018 by MartinL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naroge Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Why do you "believe"? I guess your bill should have all the information, including Ft charge etc. And I assume you can check the bill against the meter as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domdom Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Hello We live in a condo and for 3 years our bill is stable (not paid to the condo management but to electricity department) All electric (oven, microwave, american fridge, ceramic glass cooktop, extractor hood, washing machine and dishwasher) Then 2 computers, 2 TV, 2 ceiling fans always on Cooking every day, washing machine used minimum 3 times a week and dishwasher 2 times.. AC in one of the bedroom (25 sqm) from 10 pm till 7 am Bill always around 1400 to 1500 bahts.. This month, didn t use AC for 4 or 5 days, bill went down to 975 Have a nice day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William C F Pierce Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 To start with you need to check the number of units you use per unit cost over a couple of months. If you are able to use them. If the figures are not correct then you need to go the Electricity company's office and get it sorted out. If the figures are correct maybe it's time to think about buying solar power, taylored to the amount of electricity you use. You could think about changing your light bulbs to LEDs, if possible. that saves a lot of electrical energy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realenglish1 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Here is what I don't Get The cost of producing electricity has gone down in the last 5 year Oil has halved from a high in the 100s to around 50 or 60 So you need to question why electricity has gone up rather than down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opalred Posted January 22, 2018 Author Share Posted January 22, 2018 the only thing i can think of is the wife's new vibrator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunPer Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 18 hours ago, opalred said: elect mob keep putting charges up without telling the people Can't you see the charges on your bill? I pay around 4.40 baht per kWh in total, about or close to the same price for the last seven years. My oldest electric bill in my file is from January 2556, 5 years ago, at that time the total kWh price was 4.61 baht (i.e. 6012.43 baht for 1303 kWh). My bill clearly shows usage and calculation of total charge, including a comparing summary for the previous six months – the image is my latest bill from December (2017)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glasswort Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 (edited) 7 hours ago, gjoo888 said: I've lived in the same house for 12 years and my last electric bill was the lowest we've ever had in spite of numerous rate increases over the years. You might want to check to see if someone is tapping into your electricity, or if you have something that is causing abnormal usage. Agree totally. My wife and I have recently moved from a house in North Pattaya that we owned and occupied for around 12 years to a modern house on the dark side and our electricity consumption and bills are far less. Edited January 22, 2018 by glasswort Pattaya spelled incorrectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyFriend You Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Mine is usually between 900-1200 a month, only me 40sqm condo - last two months though 460 & 620 cause its been cool, no A/C usage. I pay direct to power company so Condo mgt can't cook the books, don;t have access to my newer though, they are in a locked room and Power company only has the key (supposedly) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyFriend You Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 5 hours ago, PerkinsCuthbert said: Have you checked out the neighbours' new a/c yet? and that strange wire that comes out of their unit unit your's?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simoh1490 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 One house, two people, two bathrooms, three water pumps, four aircon, TV's/fridges/computers/wifi and 14 outside lights (LED's). All well insulated and energy efficient. Electricity prices have effectively gone down about three months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemises Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 The OP just needs to post a pic of his current bill and the bill from the corresponding period last year... that’s the first step if he wants help from here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycjoe Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 My bill went through the roof, the moo-ban didn't pay the electric so they put the street lamp on my line. Bah boom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai Dee Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 A baiting troll post and subsequent replies have been removed from this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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