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Originally Posted by kazbates
They don't do that here anymore. Now they have a car that drives around and they pick up a radio signal from the meter. One of my husband's summer jobs was as a meter reader, walking from house to house and dodging dogs  . When we get the electric bill, he always checks the meter to make sure the bill is on target. Unfortunately, it's been correct everytime, so I can't blame the power company when our bill is high.  |
Our last bill was about 60% higher than it normally is. And that included one week when we where away so the A/C was off. We went out and looked at the meter, two weeks after the read, and it still showed a lower number than what was on the bill.
So, those auto readers aren't foolproof.
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