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How To Read Your Electric Meter
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The Dial Meter
The dial meter is a tricky one. There
are five dials, numbered 0 through 9, with the 0 at the top. Look
closely and you'll see that the numbers go around the face clockwise on
some of the dials, but counterclockwise on every other dial.
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The hands of the dials move in the same direction as
the counting order of the numbers. To read the meter, just write down the number
that each hand has just passed. Start with the dial on the far left, and proceed
to the right.
The reading is 66,649.
If a hand is directly on a number, look at the dial to
its immediate right. If that hand has passed zero, write down the number that
the left hand is pointing to.
The reading here is 70.
If the hand on the
right has not passed zero, write down the last number that the left hand has
passed.
Here, the reading is 69.
So, now what?
Once you know how to read your meter, it's easy to
figure out how much electricity you've used since your last electric bill.
Simply look at last month's electric bill to find the reading recorded by your
local power company. Then, subtract last month's reading from the number you
just took off your meter. What you end up with is the total number of
kilowatt-hours you've used since your last reading.
For More Information Contact:
Mayfield Electric & Water Systems
301 East Broadway, Mayfield, KY 42066
Tel: 270-247-4661
FAX: 270-247-0550
Internet: jcre@mayfieldews.com
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