Pujun Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 (edited) 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. Edited April 23, 2015 by Pujun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pujun Posted April 23, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 23, 2015 wait... is it 551.8 and 555.8 ? not 5518 and 5558 ? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokie36 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Buy a fan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costas2008 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Pujun, you answered your own question. Are you feeling better now? Go and have a beer.........you can afford it now 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 (edited) You can also ask someone to do an aircon cleaning, and adjustment of the compressor. Sometimes it helps. Edited April 23, 2015 by balo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomSand Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 (edited) 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". Edited April 23, 2015 by RandomSand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KittenKong Posted April 23, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted April 23, 2015 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. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony5 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HooHaa Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 sigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukrules Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 wait... is it 551.8 and 555.8 ? not 5518 and 5558 ? Yeah, that . character is there for a reason. Pay attention ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooo Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Moved to Housing Forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lust Posted April 23, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted April 23, 2015 Should have been moved to a Maths forum. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samsensam Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Buy a fan. haha! exactly what i was going to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i claudius Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Dont use aircon ,acclimatize Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manly100 Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Are you a teacher? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 To save our OP from further embarrassment, let's close this and let it die quietly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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