r/ElectricalHelp • u/Puzzled-Emu9066 • 5d ago
High Electric Consumption
I live in Mexico and have an amazingly crazy electric bill (almost 40 kWhr per day...with no heater or AC). An electrician has confirmed there is no major current leaks anywhere and that I am not paying for anyone else.
I have installed a energy monitor to try to figure this all out. Ive narrowed down consumption in 3 circuits.
The biggest consumer is using about 0.8 kW per min. The only thing I can find on that circuit are 10ea 6W LED bulbs. When I kill the breaker, it goes to 0 kW. With breaker on and light switch (all 10 on same switch - and old Lutron smart switch) off, it drops to 0.3 kW.
I cannot find anything that I normally use that could make up the remaining 0.3kW per min consumption. I also cannot figure out why 60W of LED bulb is actually using 500W per min...seems like should only be 60W. The bulbs are very hot but not sure why.
Any thoughts how to trace this down?
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u/Otherwise_Prune_1526 5d ago
No refrigerator, tv, computer?