How To Read Your Prepaid Meter In Nigeria

First, you have to make sure there is unit in the meter, or you load the prepaid meter with units

Then, you write down the available units in the meter to the last decimal

After which, you are to put on all your appliances

Set an alarm for 1 hour, when it is time take the reading again

Minus the second reading from the first reading and that would be your meter unit consumption for every hour electricity is available, that is your Kw/H

Multiply the reading by the hours of electricity supply mostly available in your area, that would likely be the numbers of electricity units you use daily

That is how you can read your prepaid meter in Nigeria

Note: it is best to estimate the reading, so you have an accurate time of reloading your meter as there are factors that can either reduce or increase the number of units you use a day
Factors like;
1. Not switching on all the bulbs during the day or not generally using all your appliances at a go.
2. Charging your power-banks or other electrical appliances you use as backup.
3. Charging the phones of your neighbors, visitors, customers, or even strangers passing by.
Many Nigerians do carry their chargers about and would charge their phones at any available powered extensions.

An Example of the above explanation E.g
Let say you load your prepaid meter with 100 units, and you put on all your appliances for 1 hour, then you took the reading and found 99 units left after 1 hour of usage, this means it would take you 1 unit to power all your appliances for 1 hour, now you can always multiply this by the hours of electricity available in your area, let’s say 12hours, which means your daily electricity unit usage would over 12 units

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