Category Archives: Reading Utility Meters

Reading your Electric Meter

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In our continuing series on reading your actually going to combine meters, we are running through the four main types of meters in use today (Water, Gas, Propane, and Electric) along with a few helpful tips for possibly troubleshooting that dreaded “this just can’t be right…” Generally, our final item is well known for causing
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Reading your Propane Gauge

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In our continuing series on reading your actually going to combine meters, we are running through the four main types of meters in use today (Water, Gas, Propane, and Electric) along with a few helpful tips for possibly troubleshooting that dreaded “this just can’t be right…” Generally, if you live in a very rural area
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Reading your Natural Gas Meter

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In our continuing series on reading your actually going to combine meters, we are running through the four main types of meters in use today (Water, Gas, Propane, and Electric) along with a few helpful tips for possibly troubleshooting that dreaded “this just can’t be right…” 2 Types of Natural Gas Meter: Generally, if you
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Reading your Water Meter

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For many of us, we simply wait for the utility bill to show up, and never give it a second thought unless something just does not seem right. Now all of a sudden we are staring at this bill and we start asking questions like, did they read the meter right, do I have a
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Monitoring your Electricity Usage with MyUsage and Smart Meters

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While catching up on my reading I came across an interesting piece in the Alabama Living magazine & that was that Cullman Electric Cooperative was now allowing one to view their daily electricity usage online. They have joined up with MyUsage.com that provides this service for 41 different utilities, located in 13 different states (3
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