Calculate your gas bill from meter reading - Gas meter reading calculator 2023

There are 2 types of meters, Images are listed below:

  • Imperial Meter ( Old meter )
  • Metric Meter ( New Meter )

How to calculate your gas kwh from meter reading?

Type of gas billing meters

How do you read a gas meter reading?

  • From the above Metric meter, the meter is reading 2,418,368 cubic meters. You need to provide reading of 02418 to the supplier that is 2,418 cubic meters.
  • From the above Imperial meter, the meter reading is 476,230.6 cubic feet. You need to provide reading of 4762 to the supplier that is 4,762 cubic feet.

Steps to work out gas bill from meter reading

  • Subtract your previous reading from current reading to get the number of units used for billing period.
  • If you have a Metric Meter Ignore this step. If your meter is Imperial, you need to convert cubic feet to cubic meters. you need to multiply the units you’ve used by 2.83
  • Next, This figure is multiplied by calorific value that is 39.5.
  • Multiply this number with 1.02264 to get the correction factor. This corrects the volume of gas to account for temperature and pressure (as gas expands and contracts)..
  • Divide the number by 3.6.This converts it to kWh.
  • Last step is to multiply this with price-per-kWh (price per kilowatt hour as detailed on your gas bill ).

Gas meter reading calculator 2023

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