Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Calis Beach Forum => Expat & Property Owners Q and A Forum => Topic started by: Rana on February 06, 2018, 19:36:52 PM
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We are currently using Aydem for our electric company which we pay via our Turkish bank. We just had a bill, one for 74TL from 3/12 to 3/1 & 85TL from 3/1 to 5/2 . The thing is, no one has been in the property since mid Nov. We queried with Aydem and they say it's correct. Has anyone ever had a bill like this before? The only appliance we have on is the fridge.
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Friends have left their fridge running & their bills are 13 - 14 try a month.
Is it possible that you have an air con unit that's on a timer that's been kicking in? That happened in another friend's apartment & it took me a while to spot it & get it fixed.
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Thanks Liz i will ask our neighbour to check the air cons. We don't have them set on a timer normally and they were all serviced last August.
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Do you have electric sockets outside? They can be popular locally if you are away for some time...
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Gosh took me a while Keith to "get your reply" and now I have! I never in a million years would dream of doing that but I guess some locals may do...Rana do you have one of the power things in the wall at yours? We always take ours out when we leave and flick all the switches off which Im very glad we do ;)
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74 and 85 TL/month are too much for an empty apartment even the fridge is running. All causes mentioned above can be the reason. I want to add something about aircons. Sometimes neighbour's remote control may cause one of your aircons to run (especially if they are same brand). Best way is to turn the fridge off and switch off all electric from main switch in the apartment.
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And leave fridge door open slightly to prevent mildew and black mould.
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I agree with Keith ,our outside electric was very popular when we weren’t there and we were getting similar sized bills !
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Oh and I forgot to add so was our outside water tap
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Thanks everyone, seriously didn't think about outside socket but i will check with neighbours. When we know the Apartment will be empty for some time then we always switch fridge off and air it but we had friends stay in November so maybe cleaner never checked fridge As you said Cenk it still shouldn't cost that much. It certainly is a mystery that needs to be sorted before we receive another bill. Will update when we get to the bottom of our disappearing electric ;)
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When I leave my Apartment everything gets turned off at sorce, power & water, just leave fridge door open.
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It could be the aircon, I've noticed that after a power cut ours turn themselves on. We now switch everything off at the mains when we leave.
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In my experience, it's not just an outside electric socket that may be "borrowed", I've known cases where neighbours pools have been filled or topped up using someones outside tap while they're away - and it's not just Turkey, Spaniards feel comfortable "borrowing" things at time. In fact, we are currently "borrowing" electricity from somewhere/someone and even our electrician can't work out where it's connected!
Agree with all the above comments regarding electricity, switch everything off at the consumer unit when you leave and then if you do get a large bill, it's time to check who's got keys...
JF
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Yes thanks John this is a practice we always follow when we know the Apartment will be empty for a long time, (switch everything off from mains) so either the cleaner has forgotten to do this or one off the mentioned comments earlier. As i remember there was a power cut recently in Fethiye area so whether that has anything to do with it. We have asked our neighbour Emre to check later for us.
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This happened to us - turned out to be the electric water heater switch was on.
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Our Apartment has just been checked by our neighbour and turns out our electric hadn't been switched off, so our hot water switch, fridge, internet switch all left on since November! Good job we discovered now rather than few months later :-\
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How lucky are you. So much mor3 cold have been used. :)
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Glad youv found out why Rana, when you say hot water switch do you mean on a boiler? :)thanks...
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We had a hot water switch fitted last year Karennina which our neighbour dealt with for us. As we know it's connected to our boiler but as we go generally in summer time we haven't needed to use it. At some point it must have been switched on, possibly by our cleaner as she cleaned in November and maybe water not hot enough.