What does the reading mean

seven-day-weekend

If my electricity meter clicks up by one, does this mean I have used a Kwh?

If not, what does it mean?

Thanks

and.why.not

Yes.
(my thing is too short so I had to lengthen it)

seven-day-weekend

Thanks (*and sorry about your thing ).

dogshome

Your Leccy meter is counting up in Kwh, (Kilo Watt hours), and your supplier charges for each KWh that your meter records.
This means that if you have an appliance that is useing 100 Kwh while it's on, it will take 10 hours to register one whole KWh

My computer, (an old one), together with it's Broadband box is useing 105 Kwh whilst I write this, so if I spend 9.5 hours replying it will cost the price of one whole KWh.

If you want to get control of what each appliance is costing, buy a "Watt Meter" for around £10- This goes into the wall socket and your appliances plug into it , the screen will tell you how mant KWh you are useing from moment to moment

PS Seven Day week End
You are posting this subject in the wrong area of the Forum ( Not your fault, the headings aren't that clear) - For Gas & Elec, click on the word ENERGY in orange

Carrot007

dogshome wrote: »

This means that if you have an appliance that is useing 100 Kwh while it's on, it will take 10 hours to register one whole KWh

You mean Wh (watt hours) regarding the 100 bit ;-)

seven-day-weekend

Thanks, my husband said that the poster had a decimal point in the wrong place, it makes sense once corrected

Thanks all for your help.

Cardew

This means that if you have an appliance that is useing 100 Kwh while it's on, it will take 10 hours to register one whole KWh

Carrot007 wrote: »

You mean Wh (watt hours) regarding the 100 bit ;-)

I am afraid both quotes are using the wrong terminology.

An appliance rated at(and using) 100 watts will take 10 hours to consume 1 kWh.

As far as meter readings are concerned there are several types.

The most common types of electricity meters are single-rate digital meters, variable-rate digital meters and dial meters.

Single-rate digital electricity meters

Electricity meters measure energy use in kilowatt hours (kWh). A single-rate meter has one set of numbers to refer to.

1. Write down all the numbers before the decimal point, from left to right.

2. Ignore any numbers after the decimal point (which may be shown in red).