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The Natural Philosopher[_2_]

On 01/03/17 15:32, wrote:
On Wednesday, 1 March 2017 15:25:15 UTC, jim wrote:
compared with generic pressed steel panel radiators, how
efficient are column rads aka school rads, for same height &
length?

all radiators are 100% efficient.

well in terms of watts in per watts out yes, but in terms of power per
unit area per degree C they differ markedly

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