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jim monaco
Mar 22, 2010, 11:23 AM
Watts to Btu's conversion

KISS
Mar 22, 2010, 10:59 PM
See: British thermal unit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_thermal_unit)

And

Fuel and Energy Conversion & Equivalence Chart (http://www.cogeneration.net/FuelAndEnergyConversionandEquivalence.htm)

Questions?

InfoJunkie4Life
Mar 23, 2010, 09:26 PM
At 100% efficiency each watt emits 3.412 Btu's. Most heating systems are in the high ninety's as far as efficiency, but not always.