On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 11:08:37 -0000, "IMM" wrote:




The makers stated overload was fine.

Really? In writing?


When privatisation comes along, there
is none and the punter pays through the nose. As time went on and houses
became insulated and boilers more efficient using less gas, overload was far
less of a problem.

I see. Here comes the fudge.



Did you get fired for incompetence?

They wanted to keep me on and gave shining references.

I guess something along the lines of:

"IMM worked for us for 20 years, during which time he was seldom
late".



If the manufacturers intended their meters to run as a design goal at
50% over stated capacity, they would rate them that way.

How do you know?

If there is overdesign on the part of the manufacturers it is for
reasons of a safety or accuracy purpose.

If I recall, the meters were not recommended to operate at 100% overload at
100% of the time.

The subtle change of tune.


A domestic boiler is intermittent in operation, and
modern boilers modulate down, meaning meter overload is even more feasible
these days.

Accompanied by more fudge.

It's getting very sweet and sticky here.....






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