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Wirt Atmar <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 23 Apr 2003 12:54:42 EDT
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Gavin just wrote me privately:

> >      1 kilowatt-hour = 3413 BTU's
>  >
>  > That is, a 100W (or 100VA) device will emit at maximum 3,413 BTU's in one
>  > hour.
>
>  Er, 1000W device maybe?

Yes, a damnable typing mistake. Although I properly divided the number in my
head for a 100W device, my fingers still went ahead and typed out the
conversion number, not the correct number. The proper answer is of course
that a 100W device will emit 341 BTU's.

Wirt Atmar

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