Select your electric meter type:

• DIAL METER               
  



• DIGITAL METER                    

To read your dial meter please follow these instructions:

1. Stand directly in front of the meter with the meter dials at eye level. Please note that your meter may have only four dials. See Figure 1.


    Figure 1



2. Each dial has a pointing hand that indicates a value from '0' to '9'. Read each dial carefully, starting from the right (in red) and moving to the left. See Figure 2.


    Figure 2



3. If the hand points to a value between two numbers (in this case 8 and 9), record the lower number. The value recorded here is (8). See Figure 3.


    Figure 3



4. If the hand points to a value between 9 and 0, record the dial as (9). The value recorded here is (9). See Figure 4.


    Figure 4



5. If the hand points to a value between two numbers (in this case 4 and 5), record the lower number. The value recorded here is (4). See Figure 5.


    Figure 5



6. If the hand points to a value between 0 and 1, record the dial as 0 (0). The value recorded here is (0). See Figure 6.


    Figure 6



7. If the hand points directly to a value, record the value. The value recorded here is (4). See Figure 7.


    Figure 7




In this example, this meter reads from right to left as: '8',  '9',  '4',  '0',  '4'   See Figure 8.

    Figure 8

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To read your digital meter please follow these instructions:

1. Read your meter from left to right.



The meter in this example reads as: '2', '5', '3', '8', '4'.

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