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All-Purpose OWF Discussions => General Outdoor Furnace Discussion => Topic started by: rosewood on October 05, 2011, 08:50:11 PM

Title: how do you figure out btu output
Post by: rosewood on October 05, 2011, 08:50:11 PM

heres one for the math guys. my furnace ,with no heat load took 1 hour to raise 1200 gallons of water 20 degs . how much btu output would be reqiured to do this? and how many btu's would be stored? wheres wiilie g when ya need him! lol.

Title: Re: how do you figure out btu output
Post by: RSI on October 05, 2011, 09:31:11 PM

1200 gallons of water weighs about 10,000 lbs.
It takes 1 btu per pound of water to raise it one degree.
If my math is right that is 200K btu