Extraordinary amount of gas!!!!

[Riley]

Chaps a little help if I may.

Glowworm 30CX

Moved a boiler for customer on Friday no probs tightness tested and on my way.

Called back today saying ignition fault. Went over, no gas on card, easily sorted.

Customer then points out that they only put £30 on the card a couple of days ago.

Yes they had the heating on solid for two days to help with drying out plaster but £30 in 2 days sounds ridiculous. There are no leaks on the system have tightness tested it at least 4 times now.

Is it likely to be a faulty meter???

Any thoughts as ever gratefully received.

Cheers

matt

 

[galaxy_plumbing]

customer lies?

 

[galaxy_plumbing]

customer lies? what did you get on gas rate?

 

[Riley]

Everything spot on and burning nicely. Customer is a really close mate of mine so am reluctant to think he'd lie. I have a suspicion that one of the chavs on the estate might've nicked their card but I don't have a lot of experience of card meters so don't know if the cards are interchangeable.

 

[galaxy_plumbing]

good thinking about stealing. I dont have much experience same as you with card meters. Hopefully somebody can share more info.

 

[Riley]

Cheers Galaxy lets hope so as £15 a day on gas seems stupid to me. !!!!!

 

[galaxy_plumbing]

how was the gas before?

 

[Killy Bing]

Permanent marker the edge of the card to see if it gets nicked.

do you know how much they pay per m3 of gas to work out the usage?

 

[Riley]

In what sense? Do you mean how much was used before?? Sadly we have no means of comparison. My friend bought the property from a guy who went bankrupt. The boiler is the only appliance in the house and had already been taken off the wall to be moved.

 

[Riley]

Hi Killy, that's a good shout re the marker as I said above my friend has only just acquired the property so don't know if he has any utility details as yet. Will find out tomorrow