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From: liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design
Subject: Re: British (european?) kitchen counter electric outlets
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 11:03:54 +0100
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KevinJ93 <kevin_es@whitedigs.com> wrote:

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> The US uses the antiquated British Thermal Units (BTU) for gas billing.

Be careful when comparing historic matrial.  A BTU was Board of Trade
Unit which was equivalent to a kilowatt-hour, the BThU was the British
Thermal Unit.

When BTUs were phased out in favour of kWh, the redundant abbreviation
'BTU" was repurposed as an alternative to "BThU".  So depending on when
it was written, "1 BTU" could mean either 1 kWh or 1 BthU.



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