How do I read my gas meter?
This is our cheat sheet for helping you to learn how to correctly read your gas meter. It can sometimes be a bit confusing at first, but hopefully these example illustrations of gas meters & their readings will help you know how to read your meter straight off the bat.
Two Important things to be conscious of when reading your gas meter:
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The measurement unit of your gas meter - this should be written actually on the meter. In the UK gas meters are typically in cubic feet (ft3) or meters (m3). When creating a gas meter in your SMEasure profile you will need to indicate the unit - if you don't know when creating the meter edit it once you have looked at the meter.
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Decimal places - some gas meters will have readings to between one and three decimal places. Typically, the decimal places will be in a smaller font to the primary digits or will have a different coloured background. The decimal point is also often marked, but can sometimes be hard to see. In SMEasure you can record your meter reading to several decimal places. If you do want this level of precision in your reading entries do remember to actually type the decimal point.
Example 1: Meter in m3 with decimal point option.
The reading for SMEasure is - (i) with no decimal point: 16151 m3, OR (ii) with 2 decimal points: 16151.94 m3
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Photo courtesy of Ariel Camilo.
Example 2: Meter in ft3 with no decimal option.
The reading for SMEasure is - with no decimal point: 7316 ft3
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If you have a different type of gas meter to one of these illustrations and you don't know how take the reading then email us a photo and we'll let you know. Also, if your meter looks different to the ones above email us a photo and we can add it to our illustrations to help other SMEasurers.