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Default Water Heater Energy Use, How calculated?


"harry" wrote in message
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On Apr 13, 4:01�am, "Ed Pawlowski" wrote:
"harry" wrote

A gallon of water wieghs around 10 pounds.
Every pound of water takes 1BTU to raise it 1deg Fah.
There are 3412 Btu in I Kwh.
There yah go. Doncha wish you was metric like us over here?


The news has been full of stories about how Americans are gaining weight.
�I
never realized how bad it was until now. �Even water has gained a coupe
of
pounds since I was in school.


Our gallon in the UK is bigger than yours!


Ah, true 8.33 X 1.2 You have both water and money by the pound!