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    Principles of Refrigeration- Roy J Dossat



    Ive started to read back through the above book that i bought online last year but it is in imperial units and i'm finding it really difficult to constantly keep converting it to SI units.

    I've been looking online to see if i can get it with SI unit of measurements but i'm not sure where i can get it from.

    I've seen on amazon that the 5th edition uses both imperial and metric which i imagine will still be confusing.

    Is it not possible to get this book in just SI?

    I have the 4th edition.


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    Re: Principles of Refrigeration- Roy J Dossat

    Hi Marc
    I have the second edition SI version. I would say it's pretty old but you might find one on the net. There are no imperial units in my book.
    Good Luck
    The ISBN 0-471-05271-X soft cover, I bought it in NZ. You could try Amazon - but I wouldn't cause they tried to get in the way of Wikileaks.
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    Re: Principles of Refrigeration- Roy J Dossat

    Hi Tesla, i've been hunting all over but can't find the 2nd edition 1981 version, it's seems that it is a pretty rare copy you have there.

    I've come across a 4th edition SI version that i will probably buy but i do want to get hold of the 2nd/3rd edition as i beleive it has a section on motors that the later books don't have.
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    Re: Principles of Refrigeration- Roy J Dossat

    Yes Marc there is an electric motor and control chapter at the end of this book of 23 pages. I did a quick search and found a few 1961, 1978 and 1981 on http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=Dossat and http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/Se...ossat&sortby=3 with the ISBN but they don't say they are SI version. I should imagine the one from Ausi on the site should be the SI version. There are many great motor books out there if you can't obtain one. I have read many refrig books and none come even close to uncle Dossat for pure refrigeration theory with in depth calculation - even from where the original formula is derived. I don't think the newer versions of this book are near as good either. I hope you find one.

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    Re: Principles of Refrigeration- Roy J Dossat

    I emailed a few companies from abebooks last night to check if they are SI versions but haven't heard back from them yet.
    I read that somewhere that they brought out the 1981 version purposely in SI format so i'm going to try and get hold of that one but no luck as of yet.

    I'm sure i'll come across it somewhere.
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    Re: Principles of Refrigeration- Roy J Dossat

    Just to update;
    I ended up buying 2, one from the phillipines which was an international 4th edition and then i found a 2nd edition international edition which i bought...... so i now have 3
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    Re: Principles of Refrigeration- Roy J Dossat

    Quote Originally Posted by marc5180 View Post
    Just to update;
    I ended up buying 2, one from the phillipines which was an international 4th edition and then i found a 2nd edition international edition which i bought...... so i now have 3
    One less than me
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    Re: Principles of Refrigeration- Roy J Dossat

    Ive no excuse to read it now
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    Re: Principles of Refrigeration- Roy J Dossat

    Ive got 5 .............

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    I'm wondering how this can be so ... but WH Smiths are selling this book for £21.95

    http://www.whsmith.co.uk/CatalogAndS...=9780137140077
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    Good book for basic reference or initial learning ......why would anyone want more than 1 copy?
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    Re: Principles of Refrigeration- Roy J Dossat

    Quote Originally Posted by nevgee View Post
    Good book for basic reference or initial learning ......why would anyone want more than 1 copy?
    I have got one more than the only one only a joke

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    Quote Originally Posted by nevgee View Post
    I'm wondering how this can be so ... but WH Smiths are selling this book for £21.95

    http://www.whsmith.co.uk/CatalogAndS...=9780137140077
    Wow, the best price I have ever been offered - I'm going to order a copy...
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    Re: Principles of Refrigeration- Roy J Dossat

    If you've been to tenerife...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gingerair View Post
    If you've been to tenerife...
    I've been to elevenerife !!!

    I can better that

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    "You don't know you've been born.."
    A classic that's stood the test of time!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by DTLarca View Post
    Wow, the best price I have ever been offered - I'm going to order a copy...

    4 week delivery ...will be interesting to see what turns up.
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    Re: Principles of Refrigeration- Roy J Dossat

    Quote Originally Posted by nevgee View Post
    4 week delivery ...will be interesting to see what turns up.
    I checked out the ISBN - it's the paperback third edition - I already have that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DTLarca View Post
    I checked out the ISBN - it's the paperback third edition - I already have that.
    Ok, I ordered it anyway for my lad ...so I guess its got to be a good buy either way.
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    Re: Principles of Refrigeration- Roy J Dossat

    Ok I'm sold Can someone point me in the direction of buying a metric version?
    Cannot wait to get my hands on and read this book

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    Re: Principles of Refrigeration- Roy J Dossat

    Quote Originally Posted by nevgee View Post
    I'm wondering how this can be so ... but WH Smiths are selling this book for £21.95

    http://www.whsmith.co.uk/CatalogAndS...=9780137140077
    I chased up W H Smith's to find out when we would expect a delivery of this book ..... they cancelled the order.
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