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In an effort to try and save what we can on these energy prices I just spent an hour or so going around the house and the consumer unit switching things on and off after attaching one of those clamp meter things to the supply. This is what I found..
Turning off everything we could find in the house including the fridge and even the central heating panel etc.. We're still showing ~140W of usage.
Take meter into shed and turn off every switch on the consumer unit except for shed one and still showing ~105W.
Drive truck up to shed, plug meter power supply into truck and turn off the big red switch on the consumer unit.. Still showing ~85W.
The shed has one of those emergency lights with a green hue to it, which come on when the MCB trips so you can see to reset it. Surely that can't idle at 85W?
Any ideas? Thank you!
Turning off everything we could find in the house including the fridge and even the central heating panel etc.. We're still showing ~140W of usage.
Take meter into shed and turn off every switch on the consumer unit except for shed one and still showing ~105W.
Drive truck up to shed, plug meter power supply into truck and turn off the big red switch on the consumer unit.. Still showing ~85W.
The shed has one of those emergency lights with a green hue to it, which come on when the MCB trips so you can see to reset it. Surely that can't idle at 85W?
Any ideas? Thank you!