A home’s electricity meter is usually found in a box on an outside wall at the front or down the side of a house. Instructions on how to read electricity meters can usually be found on electricity retailers’ websites.
If the meter shows several clock faces, use the left-most four clock faces only. Record the number the ‘clock hand’ is pointing to (see example below). If the hand is between two numbers, use the lower number – if it is between 0 and 9, use 9 as the reading.
Write down the numbers from left to right to get your reading.
| Reading 1 | Reading 2 |
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Source: Origin Energy
For example Reading 1 is 04508 and Reading 2 is 04980 and for our example the readings were taken 21 days apart.The difference between the two readings is 472kW hours. This figure, divided by 21 days, equals around 22.5 kW hours per day.
Table 1. Worked example of electricity meter reading calculation sheet.
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BEFORE INTERVENTION DATA |
Date |
Figure |
Daily use (Reading 2-Reading 1 / number of days between readings) |
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Reading 1: |
1 Feb |
04508 |
472/21 = 22.5 kWh/day |
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Reading 2: |
22 Feb |
04980 |