how to read a smart gas meter

Emma talks us through how to read your smart meter. Ignore any digits after a decimal point if you have one.

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How to read a gas smart meter with three square red buttons.

. This is your meter reading. Your screen will show current meter reading at the top. Press the Display or Select button to wake up the display By pressing the button the meter display will scroll through to the meter reading. If you have an electricity single rate smart meter the display will automatically show the reading.

The bottom dials that have no numbers on the gas meter are testing dials. To read the meter. VOLUME will appear on your smart meter screen. The row of digits followed by M3 is your meter reading.

Learning how to read this SMETS1 i. To take a reading from your gas meter press the round button between the two arrowed buttons and the reading will show on screen. Read the dials from left to right. Your gas meter records and sends gas usage data through a smart module located behind the dials.

Check your meter says KWH after the reading. To read a meter stand in front of the meter and reach each dial from RIGHT to LEFT. Ignore any zeroes at the beginning and any numbers after the decimal point if there is one. If you prefer to take electricity and gas readings for yourself heres how you can check how much energy youre using by reading your smart meter.

Youll see 6 digits eg. When the dial points between two numbers write down the lower of the two numbers. If a pointer is between two numbers write down the lower number. 1 day agoBritish Gas customers have been complaining of faulty smart meters that display larger than normal readings - or no readings at all.

If it says M3 its a gas meter. To get a reading from these smart meters. If the dial is in-between 2 numbers but is not yet directly ON the higher number it is read as the lower number. As you read from left to right the dials will turn in opposite directions - if the first one turns clockwise the next will turn anti-clockwise and so on.

To get a reading from these smart meters. We only require the whole numbers. The number shown below this is your meter reading. Emma talks us through how to read your smart meter.

Press 9 on the keypad. For gas smart meters press and hold the red button A for 5-10 seconds. When a dial hand appears to be exactly on a number see dial. Press the orange arrow.

Press the circle button in the middle. After 30 seconds the screen will go blank again. Frustrated customers have been speaking to The Mirror about. You can read from left-to-right or right-to-left.

Press the A button. How do you get a meter reading from a smart meter. As before write down. Keep on pressing this until you get to TOTAL ACT IMPORT.

The number youre after is the one. Look at the screen - you dont need to press any buttons. In this example the meter reading is 11256. How to read a gas smart meter if you have a left arrow a circle and a right arrow.

If the hand appears directly on a number then read that number only. 1 day agoBritish Gas customers have been left spitting feathers after some of the companys smart meters appeared to show people using hundreds of. If you change supplier after weve fitted your smart meter. If you have an electricity dual rate smart meter press and release the blue display button and this will show Rate 2.

If you cant find your meter on this page. You can read your smart meter by taking a look at your in-house smart meter display unit. Press 9 on the keypad. Write down the number next to KWH from left to right.

Youll see a string of digits followed by M3. How to read a dial meter. You will need to check which way each dial turns before you read it. How to read a gas smart meter with orange and blue arrows.

Your smart meter screen will show a series. To get a reading from these smart meters. The row of digits followed by M3 is your meter reading. How do you take a meter reading on a smart meter.

Press the button on the left it may be labelled A. 001234 followed by an m3 symbol at the bottom right of the screen. How to read a smart meter. In this video I will take you through step by step tutorial showing you how you can read a Secure Liberty 100 smart meter.

The smart module moves the dials as gas is used.