2010 will make a difference all right, because it involves all measuring
units on labels, in instructions and handbooks, etc. The Units Directive
means that all exports to the EU will have to be in SI only and it will be
the end of the antics of anti-metric industries which abuse the present
arrangement.
Radiators, central heating etc. use the kilowatt here, not this idiocy, and
so should air conditioners. And as you probably do not know, Stephen, the
watt is a metric unit of British origin.
The BTU/h is not a standard unit at all. Using it in metric countries is
sheer madness. It was utterly unknown here (we used the kcal/h and should go
to kilowatt throughout), until the American air conditioning industry
started to 'market' it here. There are manufacturers who do the right thing,
like the German company Bosch, who use the kilowatt. There is no need for
this miscreant called 'BTU' whatsoever. And the antics of that industry
forcing it on countries that never used it make my blood boil.
Han
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Humphreys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, 2006, June 20 9:53
Subject: [USMA:36951] RE: Seasonal unit
In the UK radiators are sold that way too.
In my local B&Q I was looking for a new towel warmer/radiator combination
and it stated watts and BTH/hr.
On a massive hoarding above the 'zone' it explained how to work out the
BTU/hr needed and claimed that it was a "standard unit".
I don't believe that 2010 will have any impact on this because you are not
buying "numbers of btu/hr", ie they can't sell "by the btu/hr".
From: "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:36945] Seasonal unit
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 19:05:12 +0200
When the temperature rises into the high twenties and then into the mid
>thirties a 'seasonal unit' rears its ugly head again. The BTU/h,
'marketed' world wide by the air conditioning industry. I saw an ad for an
air conditioner, with 8 000 BTU/h of cooling power.
One very valid reason for implementing the EU units directive in 2010. Then
such antics will come to an end.
Han
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