Re: refrigerator

[John Mallinckrodt <ajmallinckro@CSUPomona.Edu>]

On Thu, 14 May 1998 graham-engineering@juno.com wrote:

> Bob Sciamanda wrote:
>
> > I believe that a ton of air conditioning is the amount of air
> > conditioning equivalent to melting a ton of ice per day. 
>
> Dave, I think you are wrong.  I do believe that Bob has it right. 
> One Ton Air Conditioning is approx. 1200 btus. I hope this helps you
> answer your question.

First of all I assume you mean BTU/hr not BTU.  But by Bob's definition I
calculate that 1 ton AC is approximately 12,000 BTU/hr or 3500 W.  That
may be reasonable.  I know that houses use as large as 5 ton AC units
(17500 W) which would require a little over 70 A at 240 V with a
coefficient of performance of 1.  With a little more help from little help
from the coefficient the current might be reduced to a more reasonable
level.

John
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