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.
To read a digital meter simply read the meter left to right just like reading a car odometer to track your usage.
For this reason we only need to read your regular meter to work out how much solar power will save you.
When viewing the digital meter you ll need to wait until code 74 appears on the left side of the display.
The code on the meter will show the representation of kw h production and net generation.
The digital meter keeps a running total of your usage just like your car odometer tracks miles.
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.