BOFH wrote:

Jacobincambodia wrote:Isn't it up to the landlord? It's his apartment complex.

Not really. Electricity is supplied to the person living there by the government; Electricitie du Cambodge. kWh rates are set at static rates in the prakas.

It's up to the landlord to decide the rent price. Charging outrageous amounts per kWh is a common (thieving) way of boosting the rent.

You can actually have the subscriber info changed at EDC. You are their customer, not your landlord.

Interesting. Didn't know that was within my control. Something to think about...

Jacobincambodia wrote:Interesting. Didn't know that was within my control. Something to think about...

If you want to save face you can always have EDC disconnect your landlord from the house and install your subscription separately. Then you show him his unchanged meter everytime he comes by to check.

All extra that you pay on a non-EDC electricity bill is literally tea money. Official price for going to and from EDC wouldn't be more than $5 even by taxi from the other side of town. Offer him $5 compensation or something.

BOFH wrote:

Jacobincambodia wrote:Interesting. Didn't know that was within my control. Something to think about...

If you want to save face you can always have EDC disconnect your landlord from the house and install your subscription separately. Then you show him his unchanged meter everytime he comes by to check.

All extra that you pay on a non-EDC electricity bill is literally tea money. Official price for going to and from EDC wouldn't be more than $5 even by taxi from the other side of town. Offer him $5 compensation or something.

What about my contract? It says I will pay .30/kWh. And do I mention we are in an apartment complex?

Oh and don't be surprised if the EDC subscription isn't even in your landlord's name. It's very common that people don't go through the proper procedures for changing it. Either because they're lazy or don't know how to, I don't know, but it doesn't take much more than showing up at the EDC office waving your proof of residence and paying some admin fees.

You need to go to their actual headquarters and not the branch by the way. They're on the way'ish to the Japanese bridge and speak English nicely.

Jacobincambodia wrote:What about my contract? It says I will pay .30/kWh. And do I mention we are in an apartment complex?

Setup an alternative link and I don't see the problem, you just pay .30/kWh for a disconnected line that never gets used. Apartment complex or not, wires somehow go in and out of there. Be creative

BOFH wrote:You need to go to their actual headquarters and not the branch by the way. They're on the way'ish to the Japanese bridge and speak English nicely.

Immediately across the corner from Wat Phnom.

StroppyChops wrote:Immediately across the corner from Wat Phnom.

No, the other one.

20???
set it at 24,
will take all the moisture /humidity out of the air an cool the room.
and than also run a fan at low speed aimed at ur bed.

I try and never use my air con and when i do its set at 25

A year ago around this time of the year a lot of people were complaining about their bills skyrocketing due to unstable electricity supply. The glitches would cause fridges and aircons to haywire as they would restart so frequently and consume way more electricity powering up.

It may be worth getting the voltage checked. If it fluctuates too much, install stabilizers. Normally it jumps pretty aggressively from 230V to 200V in my area, which of course leaves its marks. Make sure you get the right kVa for your W. I had to go through this equation with a 2150W washing machine that enjoyed burning extension cords off the wall. 3 kVa stabilization did the trick there for me. Never needed a battery for house utilities which is nice for my wallet I suppose.

There are definitely more short outages going on right now. My UPS is recording a lot more outages than it was a couple of months ago. The longest I recorded this month was around 40 minutes last week. This is pretty expected around March-April. Heads up, nightly glitch storms will increase your usage quite noticeably.

BOFH wrote:

StroppyChops wrote:Immediately across the corner from Wat Phnom.

No, the other one.

There's another one?

BOFH wrote:A year ago around this time of the year a lot of people were complaining about their bills skyrocketing due to unstable electricity supply.

Our power bill nearly doubled last month from $80 to $140. I firmly believe at least one of the neighbors is jacked in on our supply though. Neighbors with similar equipment/usage are paying under $50pm at the moment.