Hello. I had a similar case. I live in a block of flats, a counter on a cage, Readings and payments every two months and suddenly almost doubled. Surprised, but I paid the more that it included the holiday season. The next one is the same, the meter reading is correct. First thought - the counter. I unscrewed all the fuses and checked whether the counter is still (still old with a shield, sometimes they punch without consumption). But ok. Then at home I connected the second one before the fuses and made measurements of the installation in case of leakage. The meter readings showed only small discrepancies, that is, it must be some kind of receiver in the house. Armed with an electronic power meter, the one inserted into a 230V socket, I checked all the devices: fridge, freezer, washing machine, dishwasher, microwave, even an oven, iron and nothing. In desperation, I checked all electronic equipment. I was in a dead end. Time was flying and I was paying. I even started to suspect my neighbor that he had connected somehow, especially since there was a change of tenant. And as usual, a coincidence helped. My wife asked me to empty the dishwasher, I open it all hot even though she finished washing a few hours earlier. I connect the meter and I do not believe it, the consumption is about 2 kW. It was enough for me to turn on the main switch of the dishwasher. I mention the dishwasher was washing properly, all programs worked fine. The reason was a sticky relay supplying the drying heater (it also switches on sometimes during washing). Replaced the relay and success. However, I left the meter plugged in all the time. The same after a few washes. The power supply was still damaged. The capacitor lost capacity, a typical fault, my fault was not fully analyzing the system, the relay powered from the voltage before stabilization, contact vibrations, sparking and sticking. The programs worked, because after stabilization the voltage was much lower, I don't remember, 5V was ok. In my opinion, a wrongly designed circuit. I led an additional LED diode on the panel, signaling the power to the heater. Very ugly damage.
Now why didn't I find out before. Most of the time, the wife turns on the dishwasher in the evening. In the morning, he turns off the main switch and goes to work, and he takes out the dishes in the afternoon. So, for several hours at night, the heater consumed 2000W. As I calculated, a new dishwasher went in the back.
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