A little help please. Who knows how to read a gas meter?

dreamsaremadeof

Hi all,

I'm sure that I've been ripped off by Southern for my gas however, I cannot prove this because I don't know what the numbers on the meter mean and also, the people in their call centre are not helping me.

I have a digital prepayment meter and I'm supposed to be on Ebico's Equigas at 3.5 per KWh..

There is a screen on the meter that reads:

Meter Index: 00548.250m3

Is that my meter reading? I'd like to know because I wish to enter it into a price comparison site to see what I could be saving.

And if that is my meter reading, when the comparison sites ask if my usage is:
*Monthly
*Weekly, or
* Annually...

What on EARTH do I select?

Kind regards,

Dreamy

Tupperware_Queen

you need to know what it was in the past to compare. I suggest you read it again in a week and then use that figure.
this link may help

http://www.moneymatterstome.co.uk/interactive-workshops/ReadingYourMeters.htm

Tupperware_Queen

or t his one

http://www.uswitch.com/gas-electricity/gas-meter/

Premier_2

dreamsaremadeof wrote: »

Hi all,

I'm sure that I've been ripped off by Southern for my gas however, I cannot prove this because I don't know what the numbers on the meter mean and also, the people in their call centre are not helping me.

I have a digital prepayment meter and I'm supposed to be on Ebico's Equigas at 3.5 per KWh..

There is a screen on the meter that reads:

Meter Index: 00548.250m3

Is that my meter reading? I'd like to know because I wish to enter it into a price comparison site to see what I could be saving.

And if that is my meter reading, when the comparison sites ask if my usage is:
*Monthly
*Weekly, or
* Annually...

What on EARTH do I select?

Kind regards,

Dreamy

You should be provided with an estimated annual usage as part of your billing - use that data

(If you've not got it for any reason, contact your supplier who will galdly provide it)