Arkansas HVACR NewsMagazine January 2022

HVACR NewsMagazine January 2022

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this case if it was an 80% furnace the input is 81,820 btu/hr and the output would be 65,456

Clocking a Gas Meter Bryan Orr

Pretty cool huh? –Bryan

I’ve heard a lot made of clocking gas meters over the years and honestly, in Florida there isn’t too much call for heat and even fewer furnaces. I was pleasantly surprised when I found out how easy it actually is. Here is how you do it, step by step. #1 – Make sure all gas appliances are off other that the one you are clocking. Even shut off pilot lights or it can mess with your reading. #2 – Make sure the appliance you are checking is running at high fire (max output) #3 – Get a stopwatch (your phone has one) #4 – Watch the smallest unit dial on the gas meter, it will often be 1/2 cubic ft #5 – Time how long that dial takes to make one full revolution with the stopwatch #6 – Multiply the dial size by 3600 (3600 is the # of seconds in an hr) so if it’s a 1/2 cu/ft dial it would be 1,800 #7 – divide that # by the # of seconds it took. So lets say it took 22 seconds that would be 1,800 / 22 = 81.82 #8 – Multiply that # by the BTU heat content of 1 Cu/Ft of gas provided by the utility. If it is 1,000 (which is common for NG) the total BTU per hr would be 81,820 The complete formula is Cubic Feet per Hour (CFH) = (3600 x Dial Size) / Time (seconds) Then to get the ACTUAL device output in BTU’s you would multiply for the AFUE efficiency. In

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