How to read your meter - Electricity meter

Electricity meter - electromechanical dial meters instructions

Always write down the number the pointer has passed (this is not necessarily the nearest number to the pointer).

So if the pointer is anywhere between, say, 4 and 5, write down 4.
If the pointer is directly over the figure, say 6, write down that figure and underline it. The sample meter reading shown will be 96160

This reading now requires adjusting to eliminate small variations to the pointer positions. Look at the figures underlined. If one of these is followed by a 9, reduce the underlined figure by 1. The correct reading in this example is 96160

Please be aware the dials alternate between being read clockwise and anti-clockwise.