It was over a $1000. Really need to teach the staff how to turn the AC off when I'm not around.
If you complain about your electricity bill EDC will come to your house and force you to stop
Hmm, where I live they split the bill between normal supply and aircon, as aircon is on a separate circuit in case they need to turn the generators on (so they can run normal electricity without aircon, as that would take too much power.
My usual totals are around $50 for normal everyday supply, and $80 for aircon.
This month all of a sudden , $90+ for normal supply and $165 for aircon.
Almost double!
EDC are conning bar stewards. Their tests are crooked. They out people on Facebook which should be illegal for simply complaining about a very obvious dodgy scheme they have going on.
With the constant cuts to supply, lower energy rate going through the lines, it means the need for supply to thinks like fridges and aircons increases (fridge needs to do more work to stay cool with a lower power supply). But they charge for this at the same rate.
If they knock the amount of energy they are pumping down, they should charge less per KWH. Anything other than this is a rip off. They’re charging people for their dodgy supply and network.
My usual totals are around $50 for normal everyday supply, and $80 for aircon.
This month all of a sudden , $90+ for normal supply and $165 for aircon.
Almost double!
EDC are conning bar stewards. Their tests are crooked. They out people on Facebook which should be illegal for simply complaining about a very obvious dodgy scheme they have going on.
With the constant cuts to supply, lower energy rate going through the lines, it means the need for supply to thinks like fridges and aircons increases (fridge needs to do more work to stay cool with a lower power supply). But they charge for this at the same rate.
If they knock the amount of energy they are pumping down, they should charge less per KWH. Anything other than this is a rip off. They’re charging people for their dodgy supply and network.
Well, from the beginning of this year EDC supplies a graph on their bill comparing this year's usage against last year's. As you can see on most of the bills above, the usage is higher than last year in the same month. I have that phenomenon, too, while I'm pretty sure I'm not using anything extra, it's just the same, I didn't buy any new electrical or whatever.
The interesting thing is: the amount of my bills are not that much higher, it's just the usage of kWh. And then it hit me: wait a minute, the fee per kWh was lowered somewhere last year! Could that have anything to do with it? (EdC somehow making up for the lower fees per kWh?) My bill is quite small, but I can imagine with higher bills this can make a huge difference.
The interesting thing is: the amount of my bills are not that much higher, it's just the usage of kWh. And then it hit me: wait a minute, the fee per kWh was lowered somewhere last year! Could that have anything to do with it? (EdC somehow making up for the lower fees per kWh?) My bill is quite small, but I can imagine with higher bills this can make a huge difference.
Yeah, that is in laymen terms, what I wrote in the previous pages. Because the voltage is lower, the fridge has to run longer to create the same amount of cooling. And because the EDC does only measure the current, the total costs go up.EDCThieves wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 9:37 pmHmm, where I live they split the bill between normal supply and aircon, as aircon is on a separate circuit in case they need to turn the generators on (so they can run normal electricity without aircon, as that would take too much power.
My usual totals are around $50 for normal everyday supply, and $80 for aircon.
This month all of a sudden , $90+ for normal supply and $165 for aircon.
Almost double!
EDC are conning bar stewards. Their tests are crooked. They out people on Facebook which should be illegal for simply complaining about a very obvious dodgy scheme they have going on.
With the constant cuts to supply, lower energy rate going through the lines, it means the need for supply to thinks like fridges and aircons increases (fridge needs to do more work to stay cool with a lower power supply). But they charge for this at the same rate.
If they knock the amount of energy they are pumping down, they should charge less per KWH. Anything other than this is a rip off. They’re charging people for their dodgy supply and network.
Roughly:
Energy = Voltage x Current x run-time.
With a lower Voltage, the run-time has to go up for the same amount of energy.
Cost = Current x run-time x kwh-price.
So, cost go up because the run-time goes up.
Easy peasy.
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New all time high this month. Great...
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Why are the gods such vicious cunts?
Where is the god of tits and wine?
Why are the gods such vicious cunts?
Where is the god of tits and wine?
thanks for the good info...
I emptied my 2nd fridge and turned it off after the last few months of ass kickers.
My wife checks the meter every day and writes it down..
over the years we have lived in Sihanoukville.. Kampot and Siem Reap and these jumps are awful...she had a huge bill last year when I was in the USA and she just used 1 fan...
So, this has been helpful in understanding the up and down..
I have been telling her that since the fridges are in a room we never turn the AC on..they have to work harder...
My new apartment has a generator that kicks in during brown outs..
I am lucky to have that after a few years of suffering and bullshit rechargeable fans that are not worth a shit..
I emptied my 2nd fridge and turned it off after the last few months of ass kickers.
My wife checks the meter every day and writes it down..
over the years we have lived in Sihanoukville.. Kampot and Siem Reap and these jumps are awful...she had a huge bill last year when I was in the USA and she just used 1 fan...
So, this has been helpful in understanding the up and down..
I have been telling her that since the fridges are in a room we never turn the AC on..they have to work harder...
My new apartment has a generator that kicks in during brown outs..
I am lucky to have that after a few years of suffering and bullshit rechargeable fans that are not worth a shit..
2 months ago...265,000 riel.... last month 203,000.... This month 172,000... Hope this trend continues...
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Mine was an all time high this month.
Romantic Cambodia is dead and gone. It's with McKinley in the grave.
Just got mine, double the previous bill despite having 2 aircons out of action that would normally be on. #fishy
Meum est propositum in taberna mori,
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
You need to take a photo of your meter reading
on the previous month and the current month billing date
then challenge these guys to justify it
post it on FB and YouTube
Cambodia has extremely unreliable and expensive electricity
on the previous month and the current month billing date
then challenge these guys to justify it
post it on FB and YouTube
Cambodia has extremely unreliable and expensive electricity
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Ours was high this month, but what I call "normal high"...as opposed to last month when it was ridiculously high.
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Why are the gods such vicious cunts?
Where is the god of tits and wine?
Why are the gods such vicious cunts?
Where is the god of tits and wine?
Take care to monitor the AC voltage, there is the trick.......
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