Gas meter Imperial or metric

brickers911

I,ve been giving my meter readings online to the supplier today and it got me thinking, how do they know that I have an imperial gas meter for which every unit is 1 cubic foot of gas as opposed to a cubic metre of gas which is considerably more. So as I give the readings in units ie this month it was 819 as opposed to the last reading 720, ive used 99 units this month. how do I know if im being billed for 99 cubic ft or 99 cubic metres?

matelodave

Have a look at your gas bill and see what they've used for the calculation. Have a shufti hetre to see the difference. Actually the units used are 100's of cubic ft - they dont count the red numbers

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/gas-meter-readings-and-bill-calculation

dogshome

Your meter is marked m3 if it's Metric, or ft3 if it's Imperial

Imperial meters deliver 100 cubic feet of gas for each meter unit
Metric meters deliver 1 cubic metre of gas fer each meter unit, which is 183% less than an Imperial meter

Suppliers mixing up the type of meter you have are not uncommon - A quick check is to divide the number of KWh charged on the bill by the meter units used - If the answer is appx 11.2 you are being charged as having a Metric meter. - If the answer is appx 31.5 they think you have an Imperial meter

Ectophile

dogshome wrote: »

Imperial meters deliver 100 cubic feet of gas for each meter unit
Metric meters deliver 1 cubic metre of gas fer each meter unit, which is 183% less than an Imperial meter

That doesn't make any sense. If your meter has gone up by 1m³, then the gas supplier has sucked 83 cubic feet of gas out of your home?