How to Read Your Smart Meter

Learn how to read your SMECO smart meter to find out how much electricity you’re using. The displays on the smart meters cycle through seven screens, which change every few seconds.

[steadyeddie]

So what is the purpose of screen #2, #4, and #6, all marker screens? Why do we need marker screens? Why the confusing nomenclature LST003 to let me know screen 3 is next? Then LST0031 to indicate screen 7 is next?? Why not a simple SC3 to indicate screen 3 is next, then SC5 to indicate screen 5 is next, then SC 7 to indicate screen 7 is next?

[jeff]

Thoughts on what LST053 represents? I'm looking to measure realtime usage and suspect that might be it.

[EXCELSIOR_INC]

Does the meter show current useage
I shut all the breakers off in the panel in my apartment to see if it zeros out, it didn't
I think my landlord is running other stuff on it
No way my bill should be that high

[walterlwoodford]

I have a cst010 on the display wondering what it means

[rudypadilla]

what servol on a meter means pls let me kn

[earlcarmichael]

My display only show E 8000 all others are blank what's going on I installed solar

[testos]

Smart foking meters, yeah the good old story applies. Is all about profits, this is what smart meters will do for your country. Increase unemployment, have you thought about that part? Lot's of people will be looking for jobs, increase profits for the electric company, increase your electric bills, expose you to more RF signals, and allows them to know exactly when you are home or not. Last but not least, they will know how much electricity it takes to generate the electricity you use to include wire losses, and they will charge you for it, this is on top of the additional monthly fee for the smart meter they put in your house and if you "opt out" they will charge you even more. Have fun folks, welcome to the united states of corporate america! HEY?

[ChrisOakesCO]

What about seeing current usage at the moment as in something useful to us the customer who's paying! I turned on everything that uses electricity in my house and looked at the meter and then turned everything off see NO F*UCKEN difference!

[trespasser]

What does it mean "a marker for the next screen"?

[excaliburhead]

Question: whoare the idiots who decided on this type of display sequence?

[Jason-ypph]

Meters are pieces of shit. The old meters you could Estelle usage by how fast or slow the wheel moved. These aren't smart meters, they are dumb neters