They are read in different ways so the first step to reading your own is determining what kind it is.
New digital electric meter reading.
Department of energy estimates that nearly 70 million american homes are already using a smart meter and electric utility companies have enthusiastically replaced analog meters which are read manually each month whenever possible.
For instance if you go back to your meter later and it reads 001940 then you have used 534 kwh for that time period 001940 001406 534.
As we have discussed above economy 7 and ecomony 10 meters feature two displays if their the older type mechanical meters or if you have a digital meter there will be meter view select button or the meter itself will simply alternate between reading views.
Digital electric meter with digital usage read out.
Using our example the initial meter read is 001406.
The electric demand reading display is a kilowatt kw reading used by aep texas.
The electric companies take readings on these electric meters typically monthly and charge the electricity user for the amount of power consumed for the month.
Digital electric meters have numeric displays that show numbers in kilowatt hours.
The reference number 21 is unique to the electric demand reading display.
For this meter type you need to take two readings reading 1 and 2.
Of the varieties the easiest to read is the digital electric meter while the dial based meters require the most amount of work.
Thus a digital electric meter is much simpler to read than a traditional meter because it has fewer readings to decipher.
The meter number is a unique identifier for your meter.
How to read economy 7 and economy 10 electric meters.
First just check your meter says multirate single phase watt hour meter along the top if it doesn t you need the digital meter.
To find out how much energy you use in a given time subtract this first reading from a second reading taken at a later date.
Unlike traditional analog electric meters many digital meters transmit your meter reading wirelessly to the electric company via radio frequencies.
It is not used in billing calculations a kilowatt is a unit of electrical consumption equal to 1 000 watts.
