| HOW TO READ YOUR GAS METER |
| Your gas meter is an accurate
automatic measuring instrument. Your gas meter is read monthly, and your
consumption is determined by subtracting the previous month's meter reading from
the current month's reading. The part of a meter that shows the amount of
gas used is called an index. In our system, there are two basic types of
indexes. |
| If your meter has round dials
(as shown below) and the pointer is between two numbers, always record the lower
number. The one exception is if the pointer is between 9 & 0 (zero);
you then read 9 because the zero represents the completion of a cycle.
When the pointer is directly on a number, check the dial to the right. If
the dial to the right has not passed zero, record the lower number for the dial
on the left. To obtain a reading, read the dials right to left, recording
the numbers in the same order, right to left. |
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| The
correct reading for this meter is 1378.
This means that 1378 hundred cubic feet (MCF) of
gas has passed through the meter since all dials
were on zero. Another way to write this
amount is 137,800 cubic feet. |
| The other type of meter index
you can see is called a direct read. An example is shown. This type
of index works much like an odometer on your car. To take a reading, all you
have to do is read the number. Each of the numbers would correlate to one
of the dials shown. |
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| The set marked "half
foot" and "two feet" are not used in the meter reading.
These dials are only used for test purposes. To determine how much gas has been
used since the previous reading, simply subtract last month's reading from the
current reading. |
