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   From: lynnmcguire5@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/10/2026 3:31 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?   
      
   Two units, 3 tons (36,000 btu/hr, 10.5 kW, of a/c and 80,000 btu/hr, 23   
   kW, of heat) and 4 tons (48,000 btu/hr, 14 kW, of a/c and 100,000   
   btu/hr, 29 kW, of heat) for our 3,300 ft2 (307 m2) house with lots of   
   insulation and triple pane windows.   
      
   The 4 ton a/c is oversized, it could be 3 tons easily, especially since   
   I converted it into two 60% zones with multiple thermostats.   
      
   Our outside extreme temperatures in the area range from 6 F (-14 C) to   
   113 F (45 C) over the last 40+ years.  Our average temperatures range   
   from 25 F (-4 C) to 105 F (41 C).   
      
   My office building is 5,300 ft2 (492 m2) and has two four ton a/c units   
   with lots of insulation and double pane windows.  The north side (cold   
   side) unit is a heat pump and south side (hot side) has electric strip   
   heat (10 kw).  We do not need much heat due to the 12 computers that run   
   constantly plus the extra disk drives, laser printers, communication   
   equipment, etc.   
      
   Lynn   
      
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