In reply to Stephen A. Lawrence's message of Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:02:22 -0400: Hi, [snip] >If the effluent isn't flowing, however, the >temperature rise is limited only by the need to heat the thermal mass of >the device, which is fixed. > >The "linearity" argument is very far from conclusive, of course, but >it's one more thing that bothers me.
If one were trying to reach the operating temperature of the device, wouldn't it make sense to have no water flowing until it was reached (or at least close)? Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
