Abd ul-Rahman Lomax <[email protected]> wrote:
> They were not regulating flow in the 18 hour test. It was a direct feed >> from the tap (or spigot), and the utility water-meter served as their >> impromptu flow meter. > > I don't think it was impromptu. It was installed in the line to the machine, as far as I know. A sub-meter. > The 120kW spike could merely be a water pressure drop from someone >> flushing a toilet. >> I'm only half-joking. >> > > It's not a joke, that's a real possibility. No, it isn't. The water meter shows total consumption, not just instantaneous demand. If the flow rate had changed for a long time the total consumption would have fallen and this would have shown up in the final numbers. That would be true even if they used the building meter. - Jed
