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Default Internal wiring of USA v UK mains plug
On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 07:23:07 +0100, Eeyore
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Spurious Response wrote:

Eeyore wrote:
bz wrote:

It take 1 cal to raise 1 ml of water by 1 degree.
A watt is about 0.239 cal/second.

Does the USA still teach calories rather than Joules ?


kiloCalories. Based on (utilizes) BTUs.

Bizarre.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_thermal_unit
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