Pete Brown wrote:

However, it looks as if the red digit is 0.1 ft^3. *So wouldn't the red
digit get advanced for every 1.4 revolutions of the dial?

No, the red digit is 10 ft^3 and your meter is displaying 961290 ft^3. For
the purpose of your gas bill the red digit and the static zero are ignored
and the "units" are hundreds of cubic feet

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Mike Clarke