Cohousing-L Mailing List: re: metering common heating system

[Deborah Behrens (debbeh]

> Tom Lent wrote
> We will put four water flow meters on each water heater, 
> one for each unit's domestic water usage and one for each 
> unit's hydroniv space heating loop. 

what's the accuracy of your water flow meters?  when we checked
into meters, the ones we found that weren't too expensive were only
about +/- 15 to 20%.  The more expensive and accurate meters we
thought weren't cost effective.
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