[BC] WMRO power bill

[RichardBJohnson at comcast.net]

If it is old type of meter with drag magnets, as the magnets get weak, the meter reading goes up!
When I was living in Taos, New Mexico there was a nearby lightning strike that was so powerful that it turned some desert sand to glass.

After that, my light bill was enormous. It was several months before I was able to convince the power company to change the meter. The aluminum disc was spinning so fast that it looked like a gyro wheel. This was from a single light bulb as a load. Additional loads didn't seem to affect the spin speed so I guess it was maxed out and just couldn't go any faster! After the meter change, the light company did an average gustimation for the two months in question so I didn't have to pay the obviously-wrong bill.

Cheers,
Richard B. Johnson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Bailey" <wmroradio at bellsouth.net>

Dana & Others,

   After talking with the meter reader supervisor at the Gallatin Department of Electricity today, we believe that the meter on my building has been read wrong over the past several months. I'm going to keep track of the meter readings, and so is the meter reader supervisor. It could be the meter. If so, the meter will be changed out. 

  They are going to put a device at my meter base tomorrow to see if anything funny is going on. It will be left on for a week, then I will get a call back from the supervisor about the power consumption of this building. That BE Transmitter can't be burning that much AC, and they have agreed with me on this. So we will see.

  During the summer, if the demand is too high, due to hot temps. We cut the power to 250 watts and shut off all the lights, and anything not being used in the building so we are doing our part to not put such of a demand on the TVA system. I don't have a generator, but I guess I need to invest into one at Home Depot or Lowes. Not a bad idea Dana!

Thanks Buddy!
          Scott