Have I got the conversion factors correct? I run a spreadsheet to convert gas and electric usage to MJ.
My gas bill, 12,7 Therms times 105,4804 equals 1 340 MJ. (the conversion factor from NIST metric guide) My electric bill 612 kWh times 3,6 equals 170 MJ. Seems to me that I have a high MegaJoule count for gas, which in summer only heats my water. Whereas my electric bill reflects most everything else in the house including air conditioning. BTW, the comma above is the decimal marker. Michael Payne > [Original Message] > From: Joseph B. Reid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 20/8/03 20:32:11 > Subject: [USMA:26684] Re: Slightly less off topic: Electricityconsumption] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in USMA 26681; > > The conversion factor is probably because the meter is probably > reading volume but that's converted to energy at a standard rate, but > the energy content is changing slightly, hence the correction. A > therm is 10 000 BTU.. > > The Canadian Metric Practice Guide, December 2000, indicates that > 1 therm = 100 000 Btu (Internatioal Table) = 105,506 MJ. > -- > Joseph B. Reid > 17 Glebe Road West > Toronto M5P 1C8 Telephone 416-486-6071 > > > > > > > > --- Michael Payne --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet.
