Quick Info:
- I live in the UK, but I hope that doesn't matter to electricity.
Situation:
Awhile ago I took a shower, got out, turned off the switch and neither the light nor the ceiling rose fan turned off. The switch was not stuck – it can be flipped on/off easily (I even disconnected all the wires with no luck) – it was literally that the power to the light and fan would not turn off (there is a permanent feed which allowed the fan to stay on an extra 5 minutes after the switch was turned off).
As a side note: the fan was leaking a slightly murky-coloured liquid as well, which I believe could have been related to the issue, but never looked into it specifically.
To fix this issue, I turned off the fuse/breaker (whatever you call it) associated with the fan/light so I wasn’t paying for a constantly-on light. Problem is, I couldn’t use any lights at all in the entire house because of this.
I decided to take out the light bulb, remove the wire connections from the light switch and remove the wire connections from the inside of the ceiling rose fan. In other words: I disconnected everything I could with the light and fan.
Then I turned the fuse/breaker back on and everything seems to be working fine now; the light does not come on, the fan does not come on, nor do I hear the usual humming/crackling sound I had heard before. All other lights in the house work.
My question is this: Will the electric company be charging me as if that light and fan were on 24/7? As with before, I do not want to be paying a bunch of money because electricity is ‘operating’ to the wires of the light and fan, but they are not, themselves, ‘plugged in’.
This is probably a silly question, but I figure it should be asked before I get an extra £10 charge at the end of the month, every month.
Thanks a bunch!
- I live in the UK, but I hope that doesn't matter to electricity.
Situation:
Awhile ago I took a shower, got out, turned off the switch and neither the light nor the ceiling rose fan turned off. The switch was not stuck – it can be flipped on/off easily (I even disconnected all the wires with no luck) – it was literally that the power to the light and fan would not turn off (there is a permanent feed which allowed the fan to stay on an extra 5 minutes after the switch was turned off).
As a side note: the fan was leaking a slightly murky-coloured liquid as well, which I believe could have been related to the issue, but never looked into it specifically.
To fix this issue, I turned off the fuse/breaker (whatever you call it) associated with the fan/light so I wasn’t paying for a constantly-on light. Problem is, I couldn’t use any lights at all in the entire house because of this.
I decided to take out the light bulb, remove the wire connections from the light switch and remove the wire connections from the inside of the ceiling rose fan. In other words: I disconnected everything I could with the light and fan.
Then I turned the fuse/breaker back on and everything seems to be working fine now; the light does not come on, the fan does not come on, nor do I hear the usual humming/crackling sound I had heard before. All other lights in the house work.
My question is this: Will the electric company be charging me as if that light and fan were on 24/7? As with before, I do not want to be paying a bunch of money because electricity is ‘operating’ to the wires of the light and fan, but they are not, themselves, ‘plugged in’.
This is probably a silly question, but I figure it should be asked before I get an extra £10 charge at the end of the month, every month.
Thanks a bunch!
Anonymous User
Asked Dec 06, 2012
Edited Dec 06, 2012
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