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   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   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?   
      
   Weird American unit.  Air conditioning system with the equivalent cooling   
   capacity of seven tons of ice melting.  We use BTUs too, God only knows why.   
   Even the British don't use BTUs anymore.  I think a ton is about 3.5kw.   
   --scott   
      
      
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