Despite the war, Ukrainians must pay utility bills, but in some cases, citizens are exempted from paying for a communal apartment. Electricity meters come in different types and help save money on paying electricity bills. To correctly take readings from the light meter, you need to know its type.

How to take readings from a multi-tariff meter.

Such electricity meters record the consumed kilowatts in two or three time zones..

So, a two-tariff meter displays data on the current time, date, amount of electricity consumed in general and separately for the "

Readings should be taken separately for each zone - " Based on the characteristics of the meter, an invoice for the consumed electricity is formed.

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How to take readings from the electricity meter.

If a two-tariff meter is installed, the consumption of electrical energy occurs in two zones:.

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To take readings, you should determine the designation " More often they are designated as follows (depending on the manufacturer of the meter):.

NiK: \;

GAMA: " 1" 2\;

STK: "

Indexes are displayed on the counter screen one by one.

To take a reading from the meter, you must:.

to switch the value, press the \;

switch the display to the tariff " View and record readings;

switch the display to the tariff "

The daily average should not be recorded.. It is calculated by the electricity supplier, taking into account the relevant coefficients.

When the consumer reads the meter, he must indicate only the numbers before the decimal point (in black), which indicate whole kilowatt-hours. Digits after the decimal point and zeros are not written.

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How to save money on paying for electricity using a two-tariff meter.

Savings are achieved through the coefficients:.

calculation by coefficient 1 - from 7:00 to 23:00, the subscriber pays the full tariff;

coefficient 0.5 - valid from 23:00 to 07:00 and helps to save.

Earlier we wrote whether the electricity tariff for the population in Ukraine will change in 2023.