GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agohow much power does your system need?message-squaremessage-square132fedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1103arrow-down1message-squarehow much power does your system need?GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square132fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejg1i@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day ago 3,157,200,000J Or just 3.1572GJ. Which apparently is how this Canadian natural gas company bills its customers: https://www.fortisbc.com/about-us/facilities-operations-and-energy-information/how-gas-is-measured
minus-squarestevedice@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 hours agoI guess it wouldn’t make sense to measure energy used by gas-powered appliances in Wh since they’re not rated in Watts. Still, measuring volume and then converting to energy seems unnecessarily complicated.
Or just 3.1572GJ.
Which apparently is how this Canadian natural gas company bills its customers: https://www.fortisbc.com/about-us/facilities-operations-and-energy-information/how-gas-is-measured
I guess it wouldn’t make sense to measure energy used by gas-powered appliances in Wh since they’re not rated in Watts. Still, measuring volume and then converting to energy seems unnecessarily complicated.