On Thursday 16 June 2005 07:26, Stephen Humphreys wrote: > like most things commercial the BTU is seen as a reference. I'm not sure > that if I bought a boiler that was in kW I would try to break down the > units and work out the laws of thermodynamics. > > Its interesting that with electric heaters I've always seen kw. Thus if I > was purchasing one for, say £19.99 and one was 1kW and the other 2kW then > I'd buy the second one. > Similarly if I were buying a boiler in BTU I'd apply the same price/figure > equation.
What if you're comparing a boiler to an electric heater? Or if you want to know the efficiency of a heat pump, that is, how many watts of heat it can pump per watt of applied power? phma -- GCS/M d- s-: a+ C++ UL++++$ P+ L+++ E- W+++ N+ o? K? w-- O? M- V- Y++ PGP++ t- 5? X? R- !tv b++ DI !D G e++ h+>---- r- y>+++
