ok, i an idiot when it comes to eletrical stuff, so bear with me, but hopefully i can explain my problems, if they are problems.
my original problem was that i was trying to nail down what was using most of my electricity. if i turn off everything (except alarm clocks, refigerators, etc), i was still burning over 1000 kwh/mo rate. so i went breaker by breaker to determine what was using all this electricity. my breaker box is not labeled, the house is 14 yrs old and they rewried the breaker box about 2 years ago (when we moved in). anyway, after figuring out where refigerators were (which used about
1/3 of the 1000 kwh/mo), i found out breaker 1 and breaker 2 were both guilty, both together using about 1/2 of the 1000 kwh/mo). with these two breakers off, i couldnt' figure out which used these. so i turned back on the A/C's (i have 2 units), and found that one a/c used breaker 1 (15 amp) along with breaker 8/9 (double pole). and the other a/c used breaker 2 (15 amp).so, knowing nothing about electrical wiring, is the typicall how A/C's are wired? and, why the heck is breakers 1 and 2, burning all the electricity when A/C is turned off ... could it be the fan? its costing me about $50/mo whatever it is.
should i call out an electrician? was my box rewired wrong? any help would be appreciated. i hope i didn't confuse you too much