help, i think i get ripped off by this new apartment.

[Pujun]

I just moved into this apartment in latphrao today. the rent for a 20 sqm studio is 6000 baht.

everything seems go soomth. until couple of hours later.

the electricity meter shown 5518 at 5pm, it goes up to 5551 at 8pm.

I tried switch off everything and the meter stop , as long as the aircon is on, the meter speed up like a crazy horse.

i called the landlord and she said it's probably due to very hot wheater and the compressor eat too much power.

no way! i stayed in many apartments before, older and bigger apartments don't even consume this kind of electricty

this is crazy, if i let this happen, the electricity bill at the end of the month could be triple the rent i paid.

what can i do, I'm so worry as I'm on a tight budget staying in Bangkok for 2 months.

[Pujun]

wait... is it 551.8 and 555.8 ?

not 5518 and 5558 ?

[smokie36]

Buy a fan.

[Costas2008]

Pujun, you answered your own question.

Are you feeling better now?

Go and have a beer.........you can afford it now

[balo]

You can also ask someone to do an aircon cleaning, and adjustment of the compressor. Sometimes it helps.

[RandomSand]

Make a note of the numbers on the other meters and see what happens in 24 hours time...

Does the air-con have a badge or plate ?

For example: A 1000 watt appliance, when used for 1 hour, should increment the meter by "1".

[KittenKong]

wait... is it 551.8 and 555.8 ?

not 5518 and 5558 ?

The last digit is clearly a decimal.

So your usage in 3 hours was 4 units. That would equate to 32 units per day or 130B. Which seems reasonable if you have the aircon on a cold setting, or if the aircon is old or dirty.

[Anthony5]

wait... is it 551.8 and 555.8 ?

not 5518 and 5558 ?

The last digit is clearly a decimal.

So your usage in 3 hours was 4 units. That would equate to 32 units per day or 130B. Which seems reasonable if you have the aircon on a cold setting, or if the aircon is old or dirty.

Reasonable?

Lostoday runs a 27.000 Btu aircon for a whole month on just double that amount.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818435-i-must-be-missing-something/?p=9322526

[HooHaa]

sigh

[ukrules]

wait... is it 551.8 and 555.8 ?

not 5518 and 5558 ?

Yeah, that . character is there for a reason.

Pay attention !

[Rooo]

Moved to Housing Forum.

[lust]

Should have been moved to a Maths forum.

[samsensam]

Buy a fan.

haha! exactly what i was going to say.

[i claudius]

Dont use aircon ,acclimatize

[manly100]

Are you a teacher?

[Crossy]

To save our OP from further embarrassment, let's close this and let it die quietly