Smart meters are tools used to manage and record electricity and performance of electronic devices in the home.
Electric smart meter reading.
Smart electricity meters on a standard tariff.
Your smart meter screen will show a series of letters.
To find your electricity read you re looking for a number followed by kwh but remembering to ignore the numbers after the decimal place.
Press 9 on the keypad.
If you have a keypad.
Smart meters will do away with having to submit manual meter readings i e.
You can read your smart meter by taking a look at your in house smart meter display unit.
To get a reading from these smart meters.
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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.
You reading your meter and submitting that to your energy supplier and instead send those over the airwaves to help.
You ll see 8 digits e g.
Have a look at the display panel on your smart meter normally it ll be blank.
Here s what to do if you want to take a traditional meter 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.
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.
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.
How do i read my electricity smart meter.
Unlike traditional analog electric meters many digital meters transmit your meter reading wirelessly to the electric company via radio frequencies.
A series of letters will appear.
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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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This is a reading taken on a british gas display screen but the provider is utility point.
This display will show you your daily weekly or monthly energy use in terms of money kilowatt hours.
Smart meters or smart electric meters are digital electric meters that us an lcd display that automatically cycles through the following images.
Press button a again to show the meter reading and make a note of the numbers including any zeros.