These space heaters are more than just a fire hazard, they are a financial burden on a tenant who was none-the-wiser about paying $700 more per month on her bill. 

Many of us default to blaming the energy company when our electrical bill comes out to more than normal. If you live in a city like I do, there is only one option for electrical providers, so they pretty much dictate the pricing in whatever way they please. Unfortunately for us regular folks, that means our electrical bills fluctuate and can sometimes be shockingly astronomical. But this $700 increase caught the eye of a watchful father when he went to visit his kid’s apartment. 

Through scouring the fine print, this handy-dandy dad found some discrepancies that lead to an all-out search in the house for the usage discrepancy—a search that would ultimately lead this tenant to discover that their landlord had secretly set up two space heaters, running 24/7 on full blast in the attic.