On Thursday, November 17, 2016 at 10:00:54 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Thu, 17 Nov 2016 19:13:57 +0000, Stormin' Norman
wrote:

On Thu, 17 Nov 2016 14:07:46 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 11/17/2016 10:02 AM, trader_4 wrote:
On Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at 7:21:43 PM UTC-5, Buzz wrote:
On 11/16/2016 6:29 PM, trader_4 wrote:
On Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at 10:59:19 AM UTC-5, wrote:
do you have a separate hot water hater or does your furnace also supply hot water for your house?
I've never seen a furnace heat water. Furnaces heat air, boilers
heat water. But then the post did come from home moaners hub,
so who knows, you may be on to something....


Or maybe you're an idiot?

https://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+furnace

an appliance fired by gas, oil, or wood in which air or water is heated to be circulated throughout a building in a heating system.

Instead of going to google for a definition, why don't you look at
how the manufacturers use the terms, how the HVAC trade uses the terms?
That's what we're talking about here, a home heating system. Show us
some manufacturers of boilers that call them furnaces or vice-versa.
Show me a spec sheet for some home boilers where they call it a furnace.


Today we accept any definition we think sounds good or makes us have
good self esteem. Many years ago I worked for a company that made HVAC
products. I was taught by the head engineer: Boiler = water Furnace =
air.

That was HIS definition and opininion.

Agreed, and here is some additional reinforcement for your definition.

http://www.slantfin.com/difference-b...oiler-furnace/

You are both wrong. or at least pedantic.


(Dictionary definitions snipped)

There sure are a lot of "pedantic" companies and government agencies out
there...

http://www.sunsetair.com/blog/furnac...pros-and-cons/
http://www.slantfin.com/difference-b...oiler-furnace/
http://www.kompareit.com/homeandgard...s-furnace.html
http://wilcox-energy.com/the-differe...-and-a-boiler/
http://energy.gov/energysaver/furnaces-and-boilers
http://www.timothyoffheating.com/how...es-vs-boilers/

I could go on (and on).

I'll stick with the definitions/descriptions from those in the heating
industry.