Silly Question - How to read that old fashioned Metter

[Jeremy2014]

HNY 2024 !
So we have this meter for our freehold that British Gaz have not checked for ages but sadly i am unsure how to interpret and do a proper readin.
Any guidance by any chance please?
Many thanks

 

[crystal ball]

How to read your gas or electricity meter

Find out how to read different types of gas and electricity meters.

www.citizensadvice.org.uk

 

[DAZB]

I am seeing 09186. Check where the arrow is and take the lower number. The direction of the dials alternates but easy once you know how.

 

[Jeremy2014]

Gosh, you need to be good in numbers. So hopefully I have read it right and have calculated 8286. Finger cross that is correct.

 

[Murdochcat]

how did you get 8286?

 

[conny]

You need to read the five dials on the top row, so ignore the red one on the bottom. Starting from the right, work to the left, and note them down from right to left.
So the first is between 6 and 7. Note it down as the lower number, in this case 6
Now read the second from the right, between 8 and 9, so therefore it's 8.
The middle seems to be on the 2, however, because the previous is between 8 and 9 it hasn't actually reached 2 yet, so this remains as 1
The fourth number from the right is just coming off the 9 so is a 9
The last number, on the left is almost on the 1, but because the previous number is 9, it remains a 0
Therefore reading is
09186, as indicated by @DAZB

 

[Jeremy2014]

oh gosh, I misread the instruction. thanks so much for your help and clarification! really appreciated.

 

[Notch7]

oh gosh, I misread the instruction. thanks so much for your help and clarification! really appreciated.

The dials are often slightly misaligned, so you have to go to the next dial and that helps you work it out.

your meter for example:

left dial seems to be on 1 but the next dial says 9 so that tells you the first dial is not quite 1.

 

[Murdochcat]

These are far easier to read than smart meters