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Read a high up electricity meter

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truman Wed 04-Jun-25 09:40:23

My electricity meter is high up on the inside of my garage wall.
I need a torch and stool to read it. The gas one is at normal height. Also the digits are tiny. I do not want a smart meter. At the moment the stool is fine and also my husband reads it most of the time. I am just thinking about the future when I am not so agile.. Does anyone know if there is a telescopic tool which I could point at it to read the digits. I have looked and I cannot find anything. The digits on this meter are so small its silly. At my last house I had an old fashioned black meter with the spinning wheel. The numbers on that were so big and clear. The gas meter digits are big as well. Any ideas?

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NotSpaghetti Thu 05-Jun-25 22:16:37

Mojack26

Take a photo with your phone on zoom. I have the opposite my electric meter is on the floor in hall cupboard.

She doesn't have a phone with a camera

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NotSpaghetti Thu 05-Jun-25 22:19:57

In my case M0nica whilst it's annoying to have your meter so high up it does mean you never see it on a day to day basis - so it doesn't spoil our pretty Victorian porch.

Sometimes we make choices that don't make a lot of sense in some ways because they make things harder for us...
If I was living alone I suppose I'd be forced to rethink...

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JennyCee Fri 06-Jun-25 11:21:02

Truman
You need a periscope. A teenager who is handy could make you one with cardboard and 3 mirrors. At least I think its 3

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Whitewavemark2 Fri 06-Jun-25 16:40:06

Just get a smart meter.

Saves so much hassle and you can monitor your fuel usage.

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kittylester Sat 07-Jun-25 13:57:43

What WWM2 said.

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Happilyretired123 Tue 10-Jun-25 12:28:03

We had to have our meters changed as they were the RTS type. We are with Octopus who changed the meters and fitted a small type of SMART meter which works with the Octopus App. No more having to get down to floor level to squint at those tiny figures. Haven’t had any issues.
I doubt it could be used to control fuel supply as that is done at national level and having a SMART meter makes no different.
Maybe ask your supplier how they can help if you can’t safely or easily read the meter?

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