In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Andy Hall wrote:

On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 00:54:05 +0000 (UTC), "Michael Chare"
wrote:


The new Potterton boiler
catalogue that I happen to have gives the boiler ouput in Btuh/hr
with the kW figure in brackets!!

I'm not surprised. Potterton has been noted for trading on its past
glories and producing junk products. A search through Google Groups
will reveal some of their more recent horror products.




I'm sure it's good for marketing hype too! Since 1 kW is equivalent to about
3.4 kBThU/Hr, you get a number that's 3.4 times as big (or even 3400 times
as big - depending on how you express it) if you quote the output in old
units.

For example some may be misled into believing that 68,000 BThU/Hr is better
than 20 kW!
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