Electric Meters
Electric 1 - rate meter
Write down the digits as you read them, from left to right.
Include any zeros at the start but ignore any digits in red or which come after the decimal point.
Electric 2 - rate meter
If your meter has two rows of figures as seen above, it's a 2-rate economy 7 or white meter.
One reading is for your lower priced night-rate electricity - this will be marked 'low' or ‘rate 1’
The other is for your day rate and is marked 'normal' or 'rate 2’.
Write down the digits as you read them, from left to right.
Include any zeros at the start but ignore any digits in red or those which come after the decimal point.
Electric Dial Meter
An electricity dial meter has 5 or more dials. They each turn to point to a number between 0 and 9.
Starting with the far-left dial, write down the number that the pointer has just passed. For example, if the pointer is anywhere between, 4 and 5, you should write down 4.
If the pointer is sitting directly over a number, write this down and underline it.
If you’ve underlined a number, check the next dial to the right. If the pointer on that dial is between 9 and 0, reduce the number you’ve underlined by 1. For example, if you originally wrote down 4, change it to 3.
Watch the video below for more help on reading this meter type.