Digital Electric Meter Reading Units

You can identify the types of meter by the units.

Digital electric meter reading units.

This is a reading taken on a british gas display screen but the provider is utility point. For gas smart meters press and hold the red button a for 5 10 seconds this will then display credit on. Digital electric meters have numeric displays that show numbers in kilowatt hours. Read your meter display from left to right.

The number shown below this is your meter reading. Economy 7 domestic economy meters. 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. Electricity mechanical digital meter single rate meter.

Ignore any numbers in red and anything that appears after a decimal point or space. A kilowatt is equal to 1 000 watts. Reading your electricity meter digital meters. Watch how to read your electricity digital meter.

Here s how to read it. If you have an electricity single rate smart meter the display will automatically show the reading. Sometimes a standard electric meter will display a set of red numbers. If this is the case with your meter then ignore these numbers and just record the black ones.

Unlike traditional analog electric meters many digital meters transmit your meter reading wirelessly to the electric company via radio frequencies. Gas meters are always in m3 or ft although suppliers convert this into kwh on your energy bills. Thus a digital electric meter is much simpler to read than a traditional meter because it has fewer readings to decipher. A digital electricity meter shows your current meter reading on a digital display.

Just write down the numbers as you read them from left to right. To take a reading from an electricity meter like this all you need to do is read the black numbers from left to right. Gas meters look similar to electricity meters and can be read in the same way. If you have an electricity dual rate smart meter press and release the blue display button and this will show rate two.

How to read your smart in home meter screen this example from british gas display unit take a look at some photos below showing a gas and an electricity reading.