Somebody is using my tumble dryer at night...

[RaisinBread]

I’m convinced of it.

I have a new smart meter it’s been installed for about a month. My resting house uses 9p of electric between midnight and the time we wake up. Always.

So I’ve woken up today and the meter is on 48p.... I went to bed past midnight last night, which is very unusual for me but got hooked into 24 hours in AE and ended up making the kids packed lunches at 12.30. At this point from several lights being left on and the tv running the meter was already on 8p so I knew it would be around 20p at most by the morning.

So I wake up to find it double what I’m expecting and then hear the dryer going. It’s in a building attached to the main house, sort of a boot room. When I rented the house there was no lock to that room (old house with old doors and I think the key was lost at some point) but there was to the main house which has a heavy door, locks and bolts. It didn’t bother me as in a sleepy village. My landlord lives behind me with his family in a converted barn and someone is usually home as they are renovating it.

Even weirder than my tumble dryer being on when I hadn’t turned it on is that the tray that collects the water was bone dry! My washing load in there was bulky cottons that hold a lot of water so it should have been half full/full after my load drying.

I put my load in the day before and due to the pre mentioned tv binge, forgot to take it out before bed to fold.

This has really weirded me out as this is now the second time this week that the tumble dryer has been on in the morning and the meter has been above 9p. The last time was I think Tuesday morning but I live with three kids so just shrugged it off that one of them had put it on by accident when looking for clean uniform. Although thinking about it logically now they wouldn’t have been looking for clean uniform on a Tuesday morning as we have enough sets to last until Wednesday before they need washing and drying....

So do you agree with me is someone sneaking into my house unloading my washing. Drying theirs. Emptying the tray of water and then putting mine back in to fully dry?

Update??

I can't wait to see how this pans out on Friday!

justilou1
OP started this thread last week, so the Friday she was talking about was last Friday.

Ooh, no news! I wanted to see if OP had found out what happened! not placemarking at all

Really? Oh poop! This one has kept me dangling! Thanks for letting me know, @Motoko!

Maybe the snow has stopped any nefarious tumble drying - they might not be able to disguise their footsteps in the snow.

Are you sure they are not also tapping your internet? Change your passwords to something more cunning. Do they have cameras in the house for collecting passwords and knowing when they can use the drier? They might be following this story.

... swishes hair in place in case of hidden camera.

I hope the op comes back to update!

Reckon she’s hiding in the drier..

Whata happened ? Is someone else using the tumble dryer ?

Come back OP

Maybe she's locked in the dryer....

Ugh. I really hate it when the OP doesn't come back and update on threads like this Now I'll wonder forever!

it should be in the terms and conditions of mumsnet. When a thread is started it must also be concluded. Also when discussing a parking dispute, a diagram must also be included. Like mumsnet law.

OPs rarely come back and update, it's very frustrating.. my watch/I'm on list is full of non concluded threads!

I need to know the outcome too!

I’m usually really good at rtft (honest!) but this time I don’t want to wade through 19 pages of tumble dryer chat, I’m sorry.

But at some point in 19 pages, someone has informed the op about gas and electric standing charges right? My smart meter is always on around 90p every morning even before I’ve used any utilities so would explain her higher than expected morning amount. Apologies if this has been addressed already!

@Windmyonlyfriend Yup, OP was aware of that.

@DenPerry We need to start writing our own conclusions. My list is similar

Do you think she's ok? I have visions of OP laying on the floor of her tumble dryer room having had a very unsuccessful confrontation with the mad midnight tumble dryer monster!!

come back RaisinBread

@RaisinBread PLEEEEEASE come back and let us know what happened!

Any update Op

Tumbleweed rolling by....

OP isn’t replying because her neighbour has realised that she now knows they have been stealing her power for a hydroponic cannabis set up and she has been taken into the witness protection programme, under the name Penny, until the court case....