Could a faulty regulator affect the meter reading

[terrag]

Hi Guys,

just stumbled across this forum and I hope you can help.

I received a gas bill on Friday for 5 times my normal annual usage. I was on the phone to the supplier when i went out to the meter box. As I opened it I could smell gas. An engineer was dispached and there was a gas leak from the regulator, the valve to isolate the meter from the mains was faulty and did not operate, also when he was replacing the valve he mentioned that the flow control in the mains was still letting through 'an awful lot of gas'.

He replaced the regulator and the valve but said this wouldn't have affected the meter at all. I was looking a second opinion as i would have assumed for meters to operate correctly they would need standard inputs in order to measure the output. If something was off on the input then the measurements would also be off??

I'm currently testing to see if the meter spins without any gas being used but i suspect it is the faults that caused the bill

Thanks in advance
T

 

[fazedup71]

the regulator is before the meter, you have to appreciate that to get a gas bill 5 times the norm would mean a massive leak on your side of the meter, we are talking the kind of leak that causes explosions

It has been a cold winter!! how much was your gas bill?

 

[terrag]

my normal bill is somewhere in the region of £150 a year but this has went up to £750 a year. I could understand an increase following the price rises and a cold winter but 5 times seems excessive.

I live in a new apartment, and only have 7 radiators (4 used) and a gas hob. Showers etc are electric. Gas heating is maybe on an hour a day with some cooking on the hob

The previous bills were for a period were I had a room mate so if anything I was expecting the bill to go down as he has left.

The gas engineer checked my internal system for leaks but couldn't find anything.


I'm just looking for a reason and broken things attached to the meter seemsed a good one...

 

[Agile]

my normal bill is somewhere in the region of £150 a year but this has went up to £750 a year. ...

I find it very difficult to imagine any consumption that was only £150 pa.

Have you checked the meter reasings on thebills going back about three years?

I would suspect estimated bills.

Tony

 

[Paul Barker]

We were paying £300 a month for gas last year but built up £1,000 credit and supplier only reduced bills to £200pcm after investigating me. They still held £200 credit.

So I left them and got a £100 pcm deal with a new supplier.

Why should I ask them for my money, they abused me so I left.

The energy suppliers need to learn that if they are not ethical with their existing custards instead of trying to give special deals only to new custards, they cannot much longer rely on the inertia factor.

I have come to realise p[eople who are splay them at their own game.

I strongly dislike the concept of holding "1,000 of my money for year after year on an ongoing basis.

Bye bye.

OP you are living in a dream world if you think you can heat any dwelling for £150 a year.

 

[JohnD]

The ££££ on the bill are not relevant. You need to look at the meter readings.