Electricity dial meter reading correct?

[Chris J Dixon]

Perhaps this is also the time to resolve to take your own readings regularly for future reference.

Chris

[PeterC]

Although I read the gas every week (and the water), I submit a reading on line at the end of March and the end of September. This gives me, effectively, Winter and Summer and I have readings now for 4 years on leccy and 6 years on gas. Very useful if switching as reallistic figures can be entered for useage.

[Mike Barnes]

I used to do that, but with my smart meter, it's not necessary: I download half-hourly readings from the supplier's web site.

[Chris J Dixon]

That's OK for you, but the suggestion was aimed rather more at the OP.

Chris

[Dave Liquorice]

spreadsheet so

Ignore the estimates, only pay attention to real (either yours or the suppliers) readings and go back as far as you can. Spreadsheet has a column of dates in ascending order next column the reading. Pick two dates a year or slighly more apart, take one from the other to get the number of days, take the difference between the associated readings, divide that by the number of days and multiply by 365 to get a mean annual consumption.

Simples.

Unless there have been major changes in lifestyle or occupancy it'll be close enough.

[Hugo Nebula]

If it's 11:59 on an analogue clock, the hour hand appears to be pointing to the 12, but it's not yet 12:00. So, presumably like the hands on a clock, the only way the first needle would be exactly on 5 is if all the following needles were on 0, so if the proceeding (smaller) dial's needle is on a 9, then you round down.

[Tim Watts]

Indeed - which is also why there's a 1/10 dial :)

The main other "gotcha" on dial meters is that every other dial goes counter clockwise... That does require paying attention.