Hi all,
I live in an apartment building that has recently raised charging fees from $50 to $80/month for high electricity usage. This shocked me as the actual costs of electricity should not be this high given my usage.
Some Facts:
I do not have full access to the Hydro data and the other owner does not wish to participate or help in my investigation.
My theories: - Faulty electric meter for the .2 CONSTANT power draw - Phantom spikes caused by cars preconditioning or the other tesla.
Any insights or theories is greatly appreciated. BC Hydro charges $90 bucks to get meter tested so im gonna try to be sure before going through with it.
I live in an apartment building that has recently raised charging fees from $50 to $80/month for high electricity usage. This shocked me as the actual costs of electricity should not be this high given my usage.
Some Facts:
- Electricity fee here is $0.13/kwh
- The setup is 3 charging outlets (NEMA 6-50) that is connected to a single meter. No other devices are connected.
- Only two ports are being used, both the other owner (also model 3) and I are using our mobile adapters that came with the model 3s.
- The hourly electricity data shows that there is a constant 0.2 kwh draw no matter what,
- There is also random spikes to ~1.2 kwh for a few hours occasionally in the night when the cars should be charged. It is probably closer to 1 kwh after accounting for the passive draw. This "Phantom Drain" has gone as high as 5.45 kwh in feburary when the temperatures was around 4 Degrees Celcius outside (we're in a non heated underground parkade so the temps should be a bit higher)
- Some graphs i quickly made with the data. Imgur: The magic of the Internet
I do not have full access to the Hydro data and the other owner does not wish to participate or help in my investigation.
My theories: - Faulty electric meter for the .2 CONSTANT power draw - Phantom spikes caused by cars preconditioning or the other tesla.
Any insights or theories is greatly appreciated. BC Hydro charges $90 bucks to get meter tested so im gonna try to be sure before going through with it.