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Airbnb owner claims holiday makers running cables out the window is theft if electricity.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

According to my quick calculations- my current home tariff is 31p per kilowatt hour

A Tesla model 3 has a 62kWh - so about £19 to recharge. If I’m staying there a couple of weeks and intend to drive heavily that would mount up. I’d definitely check with the house owner as a courtesy

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Air conditioning is usually 55 kWh per day. Electric furnaces are 25 kWh per day. Going to check with them before you use that too?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Air conditioning isn't generally used in the UK, and no way would it take 55kWh a day to bring one of our houses a few degrees down. Most UK households use less than 10kWh a day total.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

There’s absolutely no way that this home owner in North Wales would have aircon.

But use of a built in appliance is not the same as running a cable out to power something that is likely to double the household’s normal usage. Just ask.