Reading Meters
Electric meters record the total amount of
electricity used. You can check your consumption by learning
to read your own meters.
Electric meter
To read your electric meter, refer to the four, or in some
cases, five dials on your meter. Go across the dials from
left to right and write down the lowest number the hand
of each dial has passed. The dials on the electric meter
below indicate 7, 3, 1, 5 and 6.
Determining consumption
To determine the amount electricity consumed since your last meter reading,
subtract the previous reading from the current reading.
Test your meter reading skills
Apply what you've learned above with our self-testing meter
reading tool. Don't forget to note the direction in which
each dial is moving.
Take the meter reading
test
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