jmaland
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Hi,
my latest power bill was double from last summer (due to the watts consumption doubling from what was used the previous summer) where I have a 2600 sq ft house in Tucson, AZ and the bill was ~$800!!! The power company is already going to change out the meter (on my request, agreeing that something seems wrong, and it's 30 yrs old), but they claim that it's most likely not the meter, but an appliance drawing the extra current.
Nothing major has been added or change onto the grid at the house over this last year and nothing funny has been occurring (no breakers tripping, nothing seems to be running constantly, and everything seems to be working as usual). The only thing to change was two weeks ago I had my heat pump unit looked over and the tech said both caps (the inside and outside ones) were not working correctly and replaced them (for ~$400), but note that the unit seemed to be working properly and cooling the house even before he replaced them (and wasn't running constantly or anything like that).
So, could these bad caps cause the power consumption to double over a month? The previous month's bill was also slightly higher (but not double), so these caps might have been bad a while and I didn't notice the slight increase.
Also, one other quick question. The outside part of the unit has a buzz sound when it is not running, which I think is normal, like a transformer, right?
Thanks for any input,
Jim
my latest power bill was double from last summer (due to the watts consumption doubling from what was used the previous summer) where I have a 2600 sq ft house in Tucson, AZ and the bill was ~$800!!! The power company is already going to change out the meter (on my request, agreeing that something seems wrong, and it's 30 yrs old), but they claim that it's most likely not the meter, but an appliance drawing the extra current.
Nothing major has been added or change onto the grid at the house over this last year and nothing funny has been occurring (no breakers tripping, nothing seems to be running constantly, and everything seems to be working as usual). The only thing to change was two weeks ago I had my heat pump unit looked over and the tech said both caps (the inside and outside ones) were not working correctly and replaced them (for ~$400), but note that the unit seemed to be working properly and cooling the house even before he replaced them (and wasn't running constantly or anything like that).
So, could these bad caps cause the power consumption to double over a month? The previous month's bill was also slightly higher (but not double), so these caps might have been bad a while and I didn't notice the slight increase.
Also, one other quick question. The outside part of the unit has a buzz sound when it is not running, which I think is normal, like a transformer, right?
Thanks for any input,
Jim