Some older electricity meters have dials instead of a row of numbers.
How do you read electric meters.
On gas meters do not write down any numbers from the following if your meter has them.
The large dial the dial marked 100 or any red dials.
Reading your electricity meter is easy to do with our handy guide.
Just choose your meter type and follow the instructions.
Ignore the dial marked 1 10.
Subtract the current reading from the last reading you were billed for to get the most recent kilowatt hours used.
Calculate the kilowatt hours you have used.
Electric meters are devices used by power companies to measure how much electricity a household or apartment uses.
Find your meter type below to see how to read your smart meter.
For smart electricity meters your reading will be for a number followed by kwh.
Digital electric meters do not reset after every reading.
For smart gas meters your reading will be a number followed by m3.
The electric companies take readings on these electric meters typically monthly and charge the electricity user for the amount of power consumed for the month.
They re simple to read but it may help you to write down the numbers as you go.
On electricity meters do not write down any numbers from the following if your meter has them.
Red dials dials with no pointer dials with no numbers or dials marked 1 10.
How to read an electric dial meter.
If the pointer on a dial is between two numbers write down the lower number.
Read the dials from left to right.
This means that in order to calculate the number of kilowatt hours you have used you need to keep track of consecutive readings.
