External garage electricity wrongly connected to neighbours supply

[JohnW2]

Abstraction of electricity is theft, the supplier should be informed

As big-all has written, it would be far from a straightforward case of 'theft', given's hard to see how there's any theft (certainly no 'theft' from the supplier), given that all the used electricity is being paid for. Also, since the situation is not the deliberate doing of the freeholders and/or leaseholders (who presumably were totally unaware of the situation for a long time), they could hardly be blamed for any 'theft'?

... and, in any event, if one of the householders were guilty of 'theft', then so would the other one be - so I don't think that either would be too keen on complaining about any alleged 'theft'

 

[JohnW2]

.... very good point was made, how could an EIC be completed without realising supply went to wrong garages?

A 'proper' EIC (i.e. one involving allegedly 'dead tests') could obviously not be produced 'safely' without that being detected/'realised'

I do look at my own home. Between 200 and 600 watt being recorded as being used, five refrigeration units, so will be some for them, smart controls, so will be some for them, Sky box router etc, again some for them, but still a bit higher than I would have expected.

Are you really surprised that "five refrigeration units" (plus various other things) amounted to "200 to 600 Watts)?

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Are you really surprised that "five refrigeration units" (plus various other things) amounted to "200 to 600 Watts)?

The real surprise, is how the five, manage within the 200 to 600 watts!

 

[JohnW2]

The real surprise, is how the five, manage within the 200 to 600 watts!

Quite so - my very point!

Mind you, the average power consumption of modern fridges/freezers is very low. A quick look around suggests that typical 'tall fridges' (about 240 L capacity) currently offered for sale claim to have an annual energy consumption of just a bit over 100 kWh, which equates to an average power consumption of just 12 Watts or so!

 

[blup]

not sure where the theft is as all power is being paid for ??

Somebody's paying more and somebody's paying less than they should.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

I would bet, that both garages are adjacent, the supply cables run out to them in one trench - then the wrong cable terminated to each garage. Should be a simple job, of swapping the cables over, to the correct garage.