Meter Reading

Electricity Single Rate Meter

To read a single rate digital style meter, simply write down the numbers from left to right including any leading zeros. You should ignore any digits in red or that appear after the decimal point.

In our example below the meter reading you would need to provide is 63172.

Electricity Two Rate Meter

You may have 2 rows of figures if your electricity is supplied on an Economy 7/White Meter Tariff. One row is for the lower priced night-rate electricity - it is marked LOW or NIGHT. The other is for the day rate - it is marked NORMAL or DAY.

To read a two rate digital style meter, simply write down the numbers from left to right including any leading zeros firstly for the LOW/NIGHT rate and then to get the NORMAL/DAY reading, keep pressing the display test button until the next reading appears. Also write down the number from left to right and include leading zeros.

In our example below the meter readings you would need to provide are 17382 for the LOW/NIGHT rate and 09475 for the NORMAL/DAY rate.

Electricity Dial Meter

To read a dial meter, write down the readings from left to right, ignoring any dials in red, and including any leading zeros. Start with the highest unit first. Always write down the number that the pointer has just passed. This is not always the nearest number to the pointer. If the pointer is anywhere between, say, 4 and 5 then you need to write down the 4.

If the pointer is directly over a number (in this example 4) and the next dial (to the right) is between 0 and 1, write down 4 (see diagram below).

However if the pointer is directly over the 4 and the next dial (to the right) is between 9 and 0, you should write down 3 (see diagram below).

In our example below the meter reading you would need to provide is 56206.

Gas Imperial Digital Meter

Imperial domestic meters have 4 main digits excluding the digits in red (or any after the decimal point). To read your imperial digital style meter, simply write down the numbers from left to right including any leading zeros. You should ignore any digits in red or that appear after the decimal point.

In our example below the meter reading you would need to provide is 3715.

Gas Metric Digital Meter

Metric domestic meters have 5 main digits excluding the digits in red (or any after the decimal point). To read your metric digital style meter, simply write down the numbers from left to right including any leading zeros. You should ignore any digits in red or that appear after the decimal point.

In our example below the meter reading you would need to provide is 44917.

Gas Dial Meter

To read a gas dial meter, write down the readings from left to right from the bottom row of dials only and including any leading zeros. Always write down the number that the pointer has just passed, this is not always the nearest number to the pointer. If the pointer is anywhere between, say, 1 and 2 then you need to write down the 1.

If the pointer is directly over a number (in this example 4) and the next dial (to the right) is between 0 and 1, write down 4 (see diagram below).

However if the pointer is directly over the 4 and the next dial (to the right) is between 9 and 0, you should write down 3 (see diagram below).

In our example below the meter reading you would need to provide is 1243.