How To Read Electric Meters With Dials

Ignore the dial marked 1 10 as it is only used for testing.

How to read electric meters with dials. Some older electricity meters have dials instead of a row of numbers. Every dial on every meter revolves from 0 to 1 and through to 9 before continuing to 0 again. It is important to note that on both types of meters the hands of adjacent. Read them from left to right just as you would if you were reading a book or a set of numbers.

How to read your dial electricity meter. After you mark a number for each dial across you have the electric meter reading. Read each dial one at a time from right to left and note the direction of the numbers. Either 1 or 2 reading will be flashing enter this one into the electricity day normal box on the meter reading form.

The large dial the dial marked 100 or any red dials. They may not be exactly as those illustrated above. To read an electric dial meter correctly. Begin on the left writing the numbers down as you go.

When reading a gas meter read and write down the numbers as shown on the dials from left to right opposite of an electric meter. On gas meters do not write down any numbers from the following if your meter has them. An analog electric meter has dials from left to right measuring kilowatt hours kwh by the thousands hundreds tens and ones a kilowatt hour is the electricity needed to burn ten 100 watt light bulbs for one hour. Read the dials from left to right.

How to read mechanical dial electricity meters. To read the dial we note the lower number not the number that the dial is closest to. Do not let the direction of the numbers on each dial confuse you. Before you read your dial meter check the direction of your dials.

Ignore the dial 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. In the example above the dial meter reading shows as 44928.

Here reading 1 is 19937 and reading 2 is 11362. They re simple to read but it may help you to write down the numbers as you go. Read the dials on your meter. Then just enter the other into the electricity night low box.

To read a dial meter look at the position of the pointers on the dials and follow these instructions. Dial a in the example above is read anti clockwise. Red dials dials with no pointer dials with no numbers or dials marked 1 10. On electricity meters do not write down any numbers from the following if your meter has them.

Follow along with our helpful guide. How to read your meter. Stand at eye level with the dials on your meter. How to read a dial meter.