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Roger Hayter[_2_]

T i m wrote:

On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 22:00:01 +0000, (Roger Hayter)
wrote:
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No, you may well be right but that might at least open up a trading
standards question?

It would have to be an unequivocally false statement rather than simply
marketing hype for a business customer to have a valid complaint.

Sure, I'm not saying it would be black and white etc.

After all, they probably do provide 2kW in the open air at -10degC.

They also provide 2kW for around two hours in a room that is around
(if I remember correctly) sub 16 DegC.

dave also reported that the surface temperature of the radiator was
about 98 DegC so that is quite a differential?

Cheers, T i m

Yes, but for a business to business transaction I reckon that falls
under caveat emptor. A consumer might have a pretty hard task proving
it wasn't accurately described to a small claims court, but I don't
think Trading Standards would be very interested even then. It might
help if anyone knows how common such limited heat convection is among
competing products.

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Roger Hayter