Both gas and electricity smart meters have a numerical keypad.
Electric smart meter reading.
Your smart meter screen will show a series of letters.
Press 9 on the keypad.
Here s what to do if you want to take a traditional meter reading.
You can read your smart meter by taking a look at your in house smart meter display unit.
How to read your smart in home meter screen this example from british gas display unit take a look at some photos below showing a gas and an electricity reading.
All 8 s or the numeric digit 8 or on some meters like the one we show here in san miguel de allende guanajuato mexico the display may display all test characters.
What makes the meters smart is their ability to provide detailed and accurate analytics on electrical usage in real time or at predetermined intervals all without a technician.
Press button a or b to wake the screen up.
If you prefer to take electricity and gas readings for yourself here s how you can check how much energy you re using by reading your smart meter.
Smart electricity meters on a standard tariff.
Press 9 on the keypad.
Thus a digital electric meter is much simpler to read than a traditional meter because it has fewer readings to decipher.
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A series of letters will appear.
0001234 5 followed by kwh at the bottom right of.
To find your electricity read you re looking for a number followed by kwh but remembering to ignore the numbers after the decimal place.
Have a look at the display panel on your smart meter normally it ll be blank.
How do i read my electricity smart meter.
Smart meters are tools used to manage and record electricity and performance of electronic devices in the home.
Smart meters will do away with having to submit manual meter readings i e.
Smart meters or smart electric meters are digital electric meters that us an lcd display that automatically cycles through the following images.
You ll see 8 digits e g.
Press button a again to show the meter reading and make a note of the numbers including any zeros.
Smart meter display test.
If you have a keypad.
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To get a reading from these smart meters.
You reading your meter and submitting that to your energy supplier and instead send those over the airwaves to help.
