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Flashing LED on electric meter?

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Mr23
Mr23 Posts: 94 Forumite
in Energy
Can someone explain what this LED is? I see it starts when I put my electric boiler on. It says 1000imp/kwh on it, does each flash mean something per appearance?

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  • Woby_Tide
    Woby_Tide Posts: 5,344 Forumite
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    every 1000 blinks you've used 1 kwh I believe
  • Paul_Varjak
    Paul_Varjak Posts: 4,627 Forumite
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    edited 8 June 2009 at 11:05PM
    Digital meters have a flashing LED that is the equivalent of the rotating disc on older analogue meters. I think the LED just flashes more often the more electricity you are using - on an analogue meter the spinning disc just spins faster!

    I think 1000 imp/kWh just means 1000 impulses (flashes) for every kWh of electricty consumed.
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