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Electric L.C.D. digital display. 1 or 2 rate meter. |
Mechanical cycloidal dial. 1 rate meter. |
Mechanical clock dial. 1 rate meter. |
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Meter reading value 30540 kWh (Total value of all rates) |
Meter reading value 00033 kWh |
Meter reading value 83682 kWh |
EG. '00033.2' should be entered as '00033', and not '33.2'.
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If your meter has an old analogue clock face dial display then: What is the following reading? Click on the image above, to enter and display other values.  In the above image you could easily misread the value as 83783. But the correct value is 83682.7 The third digit (100's) is 6 and has not yet reached 7, because the forth digit (10's) is coming up to, but has not yet passed zero. Notice also that some numbers run clockwise and some anti-clockwise. In the above image they run alternately clockwise and anti-clockwise. |
| The normal day rate (Rate 2) is displayed at the bottom and the cheap night rate (Rate 1) at the top of the meter. | ||
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Multi rate meters will display each value for a few seconds or by pressing a button to display the next reading. Rate 1 will display a small 1, H or S at the start of the display. Rate 2 will display a small 2, J, L or E at the start of the display. If you have more than 2 rates then: Rate 3 will display a small 3 at the start of the display. Rate 4 will display a small 4 at the start of the display. Rate 5 will display a small 5 at the start of the display. Rate 6 will display a small 6 at the start of the display. Rate 7 will display a small 7. '  ' ' ' ' ' '' ' ' ' ' ' 'The total reading of all rates may display the letter G, T or word 'Total'. If there is a small number at the start of the display then you are reading one of the rates |
reading of 97691 kWh. 2 03927.3 is the rate 2 reading of 03927 kWh. 01619.1 is the total for rates 1 and 2. Do not enter the total value for multi rate meters. Notice: The first digit was lost in this example, as the value is over 100,000 kWh. 97691.8 + 03927.3 = 101619.1 | |