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[email protected] nicksanspam@ece.villanova.edu is offline
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Default "R" for insulation????

m Ransley errs again:

... R6 added with 2 sheets of foil does not exist anywhere in
reality or at any store on this planet, or it would be sold as
R 12.8* polyiso


It can work that way in the real world, but it's illegal to advertise R12.8,
according to US federal regs, because the R-value depends on the installation
conditions, which is confusing to the general public. Altho we can measure and
calculate and advertise the "system R-value," if we have the merest grasp of
physics :-)

Nick