We seldom use Aircon because dry air made us suffer from eczema outbreak

That is why we are very suspicious of it, I don't know if the meter is tempered with because it's rental, but the technician didn't made noise about it like our next door neighbour, they told them up front and ask them to sign some letter which resulted in argument

Can this be easily installed by electrician?
Is this legal?

ermmm, who use aircon for 12 hrs a day? Me, maximum 3 hours. Ayam b40. I only use it to cool the room b4 going bed

conlanfirm do something on the old meter lettew

TS, can u be more specific? Like how many fridge, whether ur light bulbs are energy efficient etc

honestly, RM 300 without aircons is quite expensive

Actually we spent more on cetaphill lotion than electric bills
Such long hours of dry air from Aircon would ko the whole family

1000 imp/kWh means that LED will flash 1000 times for 1 kWh.

There are 86,4000 seconds in a day. 2.6 million seconds in a month.

At a rate of 21s/blink, that means 123,429 blinks per month, or 123kWh. Which at 21.8sen/kWh works out to RM26.81.

At a rate of 40s/blink, that means 64,800 blinks per month, or 65kWh. At 21.8sen/kWh this would be RM14.17.

Not familiar with this model. On some meters, if you hold down the button for more than 3 seconds, it will display two decimal points after the kWh. On most homes, you should be able to see the numbers moving.

If your neighbour is stealing electricity, you should be able to see wires snaking from your house to theirs. They cannot steal electricity wirelessly.

If the LED is blinking every 40s, it will take 400s (just under 6 minutes) to reach 0.01kWh. Turn off everything. Check the meter. Waith 15 minutes. Check again. If it increased, then there is a problem with your meter. Get TNB to change it again, because this one is faulty.




This post has been edited by ycs: Aug 10 2021, 04:46 PM

bro just pay it back, tnb known, it will stabilize later
also change to inverter aircon and do not set aircon too low

Light bulbs are mix mostly t8 led, with t8 fluorescent that is not used frequently.
What used frequently has been changed to led, during bulb replacement, including the removal of ballast.

Only 1 fridge

looks like the new meter is the correct one.

Agreed. Mine 3 air cond units running 12 hours/day. Monthly bills around rm500 only. Without aircons easily below rm300

I know some people steal electricity but difference less approx rm100 every month

Someone did just that, took down the last meter reading and went for a holiday. Came back and what a shock he had.

Is your unit terrace house or apartment? If apartment, someone may be stealing electricity from you by doing an illegal connection at the meter panel. Do a check with the building maintenance.

You can also go to TNB office and request your meter to be checked. TNB will install a caliberated reference meter to check the reading. If your meter is inaccurate there is no charge.

Many ppl do bro
especially when you live with girls

If owner has no b&w, is never easy to convince tnb. No point saying reduced usage this and that ....that is about every complainant reasons.

Just install a submeter to monitor for 3 to 6 months. Is not going to be exactly the same reading with smart meter, but should be close.

Nowadays, tnb will always replace a new meter for subsale just in case the former owner did something. Even if you are the 1st owner for many many years, tnb would have upgraded 2 to 3 times.

Of course, one cannot deny a minor possibility of a faulty smart meter .... that is why owner need a sub meter.

bro looks like u enjoyed 50% rebate before all the while

Ok thanks, I will try this way