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   From: petertrei@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/10/2026 4:31 AM, Thomas Koenig wrote:   
   > Lynn McGuire  schrieb:   
   >   
   >> We ran on our 38 kW whole house generator last summer for four days   
   >> after hurricane Beryl in the Houston area.  It runs our 7 tons of air   
   >> conditioning easily,   
   >   
   > 7 tons of air conditioning?   
      
   Freedom units!   
      
    From Wikipedia:   
      
   "A ton of refrigeration (TR or TOR), also called a refrigeration ton   
   (RT), is a unit of power used in some countries (especially in North   
   America) to describe the heat-extraction rate of refrigeration and air   
   conditioning equipment. It was originally defined as the rate of heat   
   transfer that results in the freezing or melting of 1 short ton (2,000   
   lb; 907 kg) of pure ice at 0 °C (32 °F) in 24 hours.[1][2]"   
      
   Is also 12,000 Btu/hour, or 3.5 kW.   
      
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