Reading Solar Panel Meters

On the meter there will be code shown on the side.

Reading solar panel meters.

Though this is only when changes are made to the way they use their energy. When it is understood how to read a smart meter with solar power smart meters work well for helping consumers save money on their power bill. Your solar will not be connected to your economy meter so it will make no difference to that part of your bill. When viewing the digital meter you ll need to wait until code 74 appears on the left side of the display.

Code 74 represents your solar net production and generation. If you get solar power the output of the system is usually wired into the regular meter input 5 so your solar offsets the most expensive electricity. This is the actual register read quantity as defined by the register indicator. With the industry shift from analogue meters to digital meters to now bi directional smart meters it s easy for the average home owner to get confused when they read their house meter especially once they ve installed a solar electric system.

To read a digital meter simply read the meter left to right just like reading a car odometer to track your usage.