How To Read A Digital Water Meter

They are in a box with a metal or plastic lid that reads water or water meter to remove the lid use a long metal screwdriver and pry gently from the side of the box.

How to read a digital water meter.

Digital water meter dials 3 4 inch 1 inch meters. For almost all water meters you use the smallest number visible in the last position of the odometer for your reading. Wear gloves for protection as the lids are often hot and because meter boxes become natural homes for wildlife including. Only the 1st 4 numbers at the far left will be programmed in 100 cubic feet and read.

There are 9 digits bars on the sensus iperl meter at the top of the digital display. If present use the odometer reading first. Subtract the first water meter reading from the second. Just read the largest row of numbers shown to see how much water you ve used.

Read your water meter and record the numbers in the boxes we ve provided fill in your meter readings fill in your meter readings. If you have an older analog meter write down the number that s displayed on its large circular dial. Note that the reading is not 182 471 cubic meters because the number 0 in the last position read the odometer from left to right is still visible. To read your water meter you ll have to find it first.

That will record the higher value water usage the ones tens hundreds thousands ten thousands etc. If the utility bills in units of 100 cubic feet they would read this meter as simply 817. The meter reads 81710 03 which is the total number of cubic feet of water recorded since the meter was installed. Have a newer digital meter instead.

The red circle thing in the corner is called a low flow indicator. To read a water meter start by removing its cover. Use the number indicated by the sweep arm as the final digit. General rules for reading your meter.

Then replace the last digit of that number with the number the meter s needle is closest to.