Hi all to all who thought my friend and I did not know how to find out how much electricity he was using and were convinced that his electricity usage could more than double without him noticing and all those who could not believe nor notice that I had written that he did not have an immersion heater, electric fire, outdoor heated swimming pool etc. Also the fact that we were too stupid to work out how to turn off electrical appliances and read an electric meter. Also those who were convinced that we could not just have a 120 watt light burning which showed 120 watts on a power monitor and the power monitor was wrong etc and there was no way that his meter was faulty and those who could not understand the concept of a meter that had recorded 77725 units over 30 years that gave an average over that 30 years of 2590 yet in 205 days his consumption was 4150 KW that his meter could not be faulty.
WELL IT IS. When he finally got someone at EDF energy who knew what was going on, unlike the majority of posters in the thread, he was told that his average reading should be 10.4 KW per day not varying from 25 to 28 KW per day and that his meter will be changed and he will be given a refund.
And another thing, all I originally wanted was advice on who to complain to if the matter was not resolved, not a load of cobblers as to how he could be using all that electricity without him using any additional electrical appliances. And yes in Scotland we do have fridges, freezers, radio alarm clocks, central heating, TVs, satellite systems, video recorders, DVD players, gas cookers with electronic clocks, even showers that work with the hot water heated by gas not electric and again it was posted that these were all switched of for one night and his meter still recorded 8 units of electricity
"He has been checking his meter every day and is even using 8 units during the night when nothing is switched on except clocks and a 15watt low energy lamp"
So after all the rubbish that most posters posted that we did not know what we were doing I shall never ask for advice on this newsgroup again
Jackie.