Huge Electricity Bill - Plot Thickens
Original thread here Thank you everyone for the feedback on that thread. I have some updates and the topic changes a bit so figured I would start a new thread... 1. We have tested every electric...
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beemerphile1 wrote:CavemanCharlie wrote:
...My brother on the farm has some sort of meter where the company must come out once a month read it, unlock something and push a button, then get a second reading. I don't know what that thing is....
A load meter has to be reset every month. If he has one he needs to do some research and consider getting rid of it. They are only beneficial to the power company.
Not in his case probably. A farm these days uses a heck of a lot of power. For Example, our grain dryer that lowers the moister of the grain to a level to where it can be kept in the grain bin has very large electric motor powered fans on it. Plus in the fall there are many large electric motors going to run all the augers.
It would be nice to have 3 phase power but, those lines do not run near the farm. When we told them we needed to upgrade because we were going to be using so much power they came out, changed the transformer in his yard to a different style, and added this meter at that time. They told us that he would hate it. But, there is only a few weeks a year when the power requirements are that high.
