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Calculating volume in Gallons
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Karis hvac
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Is there a forula for calculating gallons of water in relation of E.D.R. in a radiator? I am attempting to size an Amtrol tank on their website and they require gallons of water in a system. I have all answers except the amount of gallons and heave already sized the tank according to the info by Dan. I was just curious if there was a fomula.
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Old Rule of Thumb
IN PINTS! AND PER SQUARE FOOT OF EDR!
Column rad: 1.5 pints/sqft EDR
Flue rad: 1.75 pints/sqft EDR
Thin-fin tube: 0.807 pints/sqft EDR
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Thank you this is helpful and will be added to notes in Dan's
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Came from a book (Mechanical Equipment of Buildings, volume 1) that I bought from Dan during his most charitable book auction!
Believe Dan said in description, "Most of what I know comes from this book."
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