You’re having your home’s heating system replaced, and the heating contractor has specified a new system that supplies energy at the maximum rate of 40 kW. You know that your house loses energy at the rate of 1.3 kW per temperature difference between interior and exterior, and the minimum winter temperature in your area is You’d like to maintain indoors. Should you go with the system your contractor recommends?

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what temp outside?
what temp inside?

kw needed = 1.3(temp difference)

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You’re having your home’s heating system replaced, and the heating contractor has specified a new system that supplies energy at the maximum rate of 40 kW. You know that your house loses energy at the rate of 1.3 kW per temperature difference between interior and exterior, and the minimum winter temperature in your area is You’d like to maintain indoors. Should you go with the system your contractor recommends?

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what temp outside?
what temp inside?

kw needed = 1.3(temp difference)

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what temp outside? what temp inside? kw needed = 1.3(temp difference)