Thanx Gurpreet
for awakening us. Although amount seems to be very small but a big
amount is going in the pocket of CSK. Today I will repeat same
experiment in my flat.
---- Sudhir Kumar
On 5/24/12, RAJ KUMAR RAJU <rajubanka@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Gurpreet,
>
> Thanks a lot for doing such kind of R&D. Although I am not a Electrical
> Engineer but I came to know how CSK/Mahagun us cheating us. We will surely
> discuss on this matter on coming GBM and then with CSK/Mahagun. I am
> requesting you to please come and join the GBM on coming Sunday so that the
> residents will be aware.
> *
> *
> *Regards,*
> *Raj Kumar Raju*
>
> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 12:52 PM, Gurpreet Singh
> <gurpreet.kohli@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> All fellow Mascotians,
>>
>> Further to my earlier mail regarding false metering by CSK on KVAH in
>> place of KWH, today I have found on more serous anomaly with the same
>> energy meter!
>>
>> Foxed by my constantly rising energy bills ever since I have moved out to
>> Mascot, I am constantly doing testing and research with the digital meter
>> being provided by Mahagun and respective billing/tariff plan in it. And I
>> have already brought below points in front of the group earlier as:
>>
>>
>> 1. The Rs 100 which is being taken as part of monthly fixed charges
>> per KVA of power backup was not being accommodated; *this has been
>> taken care now(as of 1st April) as now first 8 units of power backup
>> are
>> not charged i.e. (8*12=96)*, *but still 4 Rs are not accounted for!
>>
>> *
>> 2. *Whenever normal power is restored back from backup power, the
>> meter still remains on power backup for atleast 2 mins!* So by the
>> frequency at which we are facing power cuts this again accounts for
>> some
>> extra bucks being charged to us. May not be significant amount on
>> individual basis but collectively it would be again handsome amount
>> going
>> into CSK pocket!
>>
>> Anyone can confirm this by monitoring the digital unit installed in
>> your flat, I am sure you all would see Red LED still glowing, when
>> normal
>> power back was restored ranging from 2-3 minutes and after that only
>> it
>> will go off.
>>
>> 3. The KVAH billing in place of KWH as per my mail yesterday. Again
>> you all can verify and would agree to my findings. At any point of
>> time
>> especially when appliances like Tubelights, Washing machine,
>> Refrigerator/AC compressor etc are On, simply press the Digit '*1*' on
>> the keypad of your meter unit(installed in the flat). It would
>> display:
>>
>> On *1st* Press it would display: Days Left
>> On *2nd* Press it would display: KWH being consumed currently
>> On *3rd* Press it would display: KVAH being consumed currently
>> On *4th* Press it would display: Current Load Rate (i.e. current per
>> hour charges)
>>
>> Ideally the readings you get in point 2 and 3 above should be
>> identical, however technically due to inductive nature of the
>> appliances
>> mentioned above you are bound to see difference in the two readings,
>> i.e.
>> the KVAH reading(in point 3) could be actually higher by upto double
>> than
>> that of KWH reading! So bigger the difference, bigger chunk of your
>> money
>> you are paying is being pocketed by CSK illegally.
>>
>> 4. *Last but not the least today morning I did another test, I
>> switched each and every appliance of my home even unplugged them(to
>> remove
>> any doubt) even devices as small as video door phone, mobile chargers
>> etc
>> were also unplugged, and repeated above 4 steps to take readings. The
>> KWH
>> and KVAH readings were 0.00 as expected however to my horror and
>> surprise
>> the 4th reading showed me the meter is still charging me 0.06
>> Rs/hour!!
>> *
>>
>> How could that be possible I rechecked each and every appliance and
>> verified that all were not connected to mains at all, still I am being
>> charged???
>>
>> Unable to find any reason, *I switched off my mains MCB from the MCB
>> box, so that means even any of the devices was still left accidentally
>> earlier everything is switched off now. So again I checked the meter
>> readings and again The KWH and KVAH readings were 0.00 as expected
>> however
>> to my utter shock the 4th reading still showed me the meter is still
>> charging me 0.06 Rs/hour!!*
>>
>> So this forced me to conclude that no matter what I am being
>> constantly robbed of my hard earned money at the rate of 0.06 Rs/hour,
>> and
>> this amounts to *0.06*24*365=525.6 Rs annually!!* So guys the even
>> though the amount 0.06 seems very tiny but imagine at the rate of 525
>> Rs
>> per flat per year, how much money CSK would pocket illegally!! So
>> unless
>> I am being robbed of electricity between wiring from main meter shaft
>> near
>> lift and my MCB box, I don't find any reason why such kind of amount
>> is
>> being constantly debited from my prepaid account.
>>
>>
>>
>> Hence I would appreciate if everyone could verify about the facts so
>> that MRWA could take up this matter with CSK/Mahagun with hard data to
>> prove our point.
>>
>> Anyway I am going to confront Mr. Upendra with my findings by if not
>> tomorrow by Saturday and would ask them to get my meter checked and
>> provide
>> answers to my findings.
>>
>>
>> PS: Deepika, my finding in point 4 above could be the reason for huge
>> amounts being constantly reduced from your prepaid balance in case, as
>> you
>> never know in your case this constantly depleting amount could be higher!
>>
>>
>> Till then, Cheers,
>>
>> Gurpreet Singh
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> *Thanks & Regards,*
> *
> *
> *Raj Kumar Raju*
> *Cell# 9811922379*
> *President, MMRWA*
> *Crossings Republik Township*
> *NH-24, Ghaziabad (U.P.)*
>
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