Now most of the restrictions have lifted couldn’t you pop over for a few days? Being in situ might be the most effective approach and a better use of 350€ . You can spend a very dull couple of day switching things on one by one and recoding usage.
The system has been serviced in the last few months.
Remote operation.
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I will be there to sort it out. If I find no fault on my end, I still need to go ahead with the 350 euro test as that is the only way forward according to EDF.
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It’s probably the only way that EDF will accept, but your electrician should be able to check things out to give you reliable information as to whether the meter is not registering consumption correctly. That should make it much less of a gamble of 350€
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Ok…As you can see consumptiom every half hour there’s not much risk in this.
Just while you’re sorting out when you can travel, is it worth reactivating the heating, then deactivating it, then give it 1-2 hours see if there is any change in the daily pattern?
Also can you see your water consumption remotely. I’m not sure what type of boiler it is, but, for example, what would happen if a hot tap or its pipe burst and kept pulling water through to be heated then flow out?
The EDF app reports kWh usage as zero for the half hour period when the electricity was switched off. Then it went up back to it’s usual 1000watt/hour consumption.
However, I also noticed that for shorter months such as February, the daily power consumption is slightly higher than the longer months as if the electricity consumption is programed to reach a specific amount per month. It might not mean anything, but I thought I was just mention it.
OK, so the Linky is not inventing usage that isn’t there, but it could still be measuring the usage that is there incorrectly.
Also if there is a rogue connection it is after the disjoncteur.
Actually that’s another argument in favour of switching the supply off for a full day - if there is anyone else connected then a full 24 hours without power is more likely to make them come out of the woodwork.
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Have you tried switching off all the circuit breakers and then switching each one on separately for an hour? That should enable you to identify which circuit the connsumption is on - heating, lighting, upstairs, downstairs, whatever.
Apologies if you have already done this and reported on it, it is a long thread and I only started following it recently.
Yes, will do this when I’m actually there myself.
Will try this as the next step.
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If you can get hold of an Owl electricity monitor you’ ll also be able to track in real time and not be reliant on the energy suppliers version/software.
A piece of paper and a system of reading the meter at a particular time and day will help to establish the usage.
Besides that there are other electricity suppliers than EDF!
@Linky : any news?
What you’ve been encountering is so interesting I feel I’ve been watching a series that has terminated with a cliffhanger and I can’t wait for next season to start.
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I could probably write a series of novels about the events that have occurred at my property during the last 30 years.
Hopefully, we’ll get to the bottom of this eventually, but unfortunately, no progress can be made until I can check the circuits thoroughly before asking for a “test metrologique”.
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Very true but the electrical supply & hardware (i.e. the Linky) are run by ENEDIS & that does not change if you have different energy supplier. If there’s a problem with the Linky it’s entirely down to ENEDIS - changing your supplier will not alter that.
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That is if you have installed a Linky! There are enough court decisions giving the right to consumers to refuse to install a Linky.
In regards to Enedis, they do not even ring my doorbell with my dog sign outside. They get my meter readings on a piece of paper!
Looking forward to hearing an update. When are coming over?
I’m there now.
Oh so pleased you managed to finally get over! Any headway with you problem? 
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