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Also, you can get a device that measures amperage being drawn on lines (it just clamps around and outside the wire, and doesn’t cut into wiring). You could get that or rent it or whatever, and check your circuit breaker box (take off the cover), and check the red and black wires (the “huge” ones) to see how many amps are being drawn. The wattage is going to be however many amps X the voltage on your line (if it’s 120, then multiply by 120).

Also, when you turn off everything in the house, if the meter is still running then obviously something else is drawing power. If you don’t know what else is doing it — if you want to find out if it’s inside the house or not, then switch off the master power switch in the breaker box (cuts the whole house power off, at once) to see if that stops the power draw.

Now, if *that* doesn’t stop the power draw, then you’ve really got a problem... LOL... (could be something really whacky there, or else someone has done something funny to your wiring or else the meter is plain whacko...).