How To Read A Digital Electric Meter Ovo

The electric companies take readings on these electric meters typically monthly and charge the electricity user for the amount of power consumed for the month.

How to read a digital electric meter ovo.

Your smart meter screen will show a series of letters. First just check your meter doesn t say multirate anywhere within the large grey writing at the top if it does you need the digital meter. You will need to check which way each dial turns before you read it. If you break the seal to tamper with the meter you risk prosecution and penalties.

Begin on the left writing the numbers down as you go. 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. Read the dials on your meter. Read the dials from left to right.

Press 6 on the keypad until you see imp r01 followed by 8 digits this is usually your night off peak reading. If we don t receive a current meter reading we ll create your bill by estimating the amount of energy you ve used since the last meter read. This quick view reviews reading the digital electric meter at home and making the two calculations needed to think about energy usage. Then keep on pressing 6 on the keypad until you see imp r02 followed by 8 digits this.

After you mark a number for each dial across you have the electric meter reading. This is your read so in this case your reading would be 12565. We re committed to giving our members the best smart meter experience. Do not let the direction of the numbers on each dial confuse you.

Read them from left to right just as you would if you were reading a book or a set of numbers. In the 2020 uswitch energy awards ovo was rated the best energy supplier in 5 categories including best smart meter experience and best rewards on top of that in uswitch s latest survey of 17 000 households in the uk we scored 5 stars out of 5. This figure is your latest reading if you re giving a reading to your energy provider they only need the first 7 digits. For a single rate meter simply write down the five numbers as you read them from left to right including any zeros at the start.

You ll see 8 digits e g. How to read a dial meter. We ll take into account any meter readings given since the last bill and estimate any missing days even if it s only 1 day. Award winning smart meter service.

0001234 5 followed by kwh at the bottom right of the screen.