The two readings allow us to distinguish how much electricity your using in the day vs the night and bill you accurately the low rate reading on the right would be 03781.
Digital electric meter reading uk.
This meter reading shows a reading of 75085.
A digital meter has an electronic or digital display which will show 5 numbers in black or white and might be followed by 1 or more red numbers.
This electricity meter type is used for prepayment and economy 7 customers who have both a peak and off peak rate.
If the pointer is between two numbers record the lower of the two.
For this meter type you ll need the following.
Press 6 on the keypad until the letters imp r01 followed by eight digits appear usually your night off peak reading.
Keep pressing 6 until you see imp r02 followed by eight digits usually your peak normal reading.
Reading a standard electric meter to give your energy supplier a meter reading is a fairly straightforward job.
Watch how to read your electricity digital meter.
Each dial turns in the opposite direction to the dial before it.
This type of meter shows a series of clock style dials with numbers from zero to nine.
The normal rate reading on the right would be 54814.
All you have to do is provide your supplier with the numbers in black or on a black surround reading them from left to right.
Firstly you can provide your meter readings directly to your supplier online.
Include any zeros at the start but ignore the red numbers and any that come after the decimal point.
Some meters show a series of clock style dials.
Just write down the numbers as you read them from left to right.
The red number at the end should be ignored.
Hi this quick video shows you how i read my dual rate normal and low electricity meter.
Here the reading is.
If the pointer is between nine and zero record it as nine.
Both 5 digit numbers on reading from left to right.
This is usually a non digital type of advanced metering with two number dials rather than a screen.
These are effectively decimals and can be safely ignored as your supplier is only interested in the whole numbers.
How to read an economy 7 smart meter this type of meter takes records day and night usage.
Electricity mechanical digital meter single rate meter.
The two dials will either be labelled normal and low or day and.
When submitting an electricity meter reading you can do it in one of two ways.
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.
This meter is based in the uk but the process will be the same or.
How to submit an electricity meter reading.
You may also notice that there are numbers in red or on a red background.
How to read a standard electric meter.
To take a reading start with the left dial and write down the number indicated by the pointer on each dial moving towards the right.