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Somebody is using my tumble dryer at night...

494 replies

RaisinBread · 22/02/2018 09:18

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? Confused

OP posts:
steff13 · 08/03/2018 02:35

OPs rarely come back and update

They should be blacklisted of they don't come back. Along with people who reanimate zombie threads.

Zippyboo2 · 08/03/2018 09:05

I think she's been eaten by the tumble dryer...

NoKnownFather · 08/03/2018 09:45

Seems that way Zippy!!

LizzieLestrange · 13/03/2018 10:53

Still no update? Im desperate to found out the conclusion

callmeadoctor · 14/03/2018 10:43

Is OP ever going to come back?

catlady45 · 14/03/2018 11:52

Think shes been eaten by the tumble dryer...

Munchkin08 · 14/03/2018 12:33

Take the fuse out

Meowstro · 14/03/2018 19:10

I think someone has taken the fuse out of OP already, Munchkin08

MultiGrey · 15/03/2018 08:30

Having been without broadband for a few weeks I was hoping to come back to a conclusion.

MarklahMarklah · 20/03/2018 09:27

I was hoping the OP was going to come back and let us know the tumble-dryer user had been caught.

RebeccaCloud9 · 31/03/2018 05:43

@raisinbread any update?!

CircleofWillis · 31/03/2018 06:58

I reckon it was the DP all along. Forgotten camera and no casual shoes sounds highly suspicious to me. He has been living in her outhouse and now has her imprisoned there producing beautiful to scale plans of other houses he wants to quasi occupy. We can locate her by superimposing her floor plans over every house in the country using aerial photos.

Let’s get started Team Tumble!

MerryShitmas · 31/03/2018 07:05

I had someone living in my house (kind of) once without me knowing, it was very sad. Didn't post about it though.
Maybe it was actually really boring and Op has decided against updating.

Mousewatch · 31/03/2018 07:37

Was hoping there was an update. Come on op, I need to know.

Dizzywizz · 31/03/2018 21:35

What @merryshitmas, how does that even happen?!

Idontdowindows · 31/03/2018 21:38

Oh come on, I was all happy for an update and it's just us speculating about no update :(

Original poster
RaisinBread · 04/04/2018 20:11

Sorry for not updating, there wasn’t really a conclusion as such. We had a lot of snow (for England) which disrupted/took my attention away from the dryer saga.

The only real update was after both bouts of snow my landlord filled up my outside log bin with logs, I had ran out a few weeks prior. This house is bloody freezing so it was very kind of him.

DP joked that this was probably a guilt payment for the dryer usage....

Nothing really weird happened since and all electricity use back to traceable sources.

I think this will just remain a mystery. However I think we have ideas of what happened but no real proof to actually start pointing fingers.

Moral of the story keep all external doors locked.

OP posts:
SShaming · 04/04/2018 20:12

Your dp has cracked it! Smile

Thanks for the update OP

BunloafAndCrumpets · 04/04/2018 20:39

Op you came back!!! Hooray!! Glad all is well.

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