Reading Solar Panel Meters

For this reason we only need to read your regular meter to work out how much solar power will save you.

Reading solar panel meters.

Though this is only when changes are made to the way they use their energy. 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. Your solar will not be connected to your economy meter so it will make no difference to that part of your bill. 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.

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. When viewing the digital meter you ll need to wait until code 74 appears on the left side of the display. To read a digital meter simply read the meter left to right just like reading a car odometer to track your usage.

Code 74 represents your solar net production and generation.