The garage repairman : Part 2 reviews

First do you live in an apartment bidnuilg or house. And yes your dryer element is probably out.. It has broken and is welded to your dryer so the electricity is going into your dryer body and then into the ground, if appliances were not grounded they would shock you if you touched them while they are in operation. So you should get it fixed and have the service man or woman right a report as to what was wrong and how they fixed it. Then when you go to pay your rent include a copy of it. Now your power bill should be about 70 dollars a month with electric heat and about 90 or so with electric heat and an electric water heater. So I am thinking something is way wrong, so this is what you do. Get one person on the telephone and have them stand by your electric meter outside , turn off all the appliances and lights in the house , everything. then have them look at power meter. the wheel should barely move but no doubt it will be spinning fast which means you are using power somewhere. Then go to your breaker panel and turn off all the breakers. then turn them on and off one at a time. The good breakers will have no effect but the problem breaker will make your meter spin fast. Look at the door on the breaker box and it will tell you what that breaker is for, Now I have seen where one apartment was wired to another apartment. so you pay for one of their breakers and they paid for yours, I have seen this with air conditioning units. anyway more then likely it will be the breaker going to your dryer, if the dryers pigtail or the electrical plug was not installed correctly it will draw a huge amount of electricity even when it is off. Same with your oven. it is called a hot ground. But whatever is the culprit when you turn that one breaker on it will make the meter outside your house spin like crazy. If that is the case turn off that breaker and only turn it on to use whatever appliance is screwed up until you can have an electrician look at it. Remember the faster the wheel turns the more money you pay. Email me if you have any more questions.