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   From: bcfd36@cruzio.com   
      
   On 1/10/26 18:31, Scott Dorsey wrote:   
   > 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   
   >   
   >   
   I have never run across "tons" when talking about cooling. I don't think   
   it is common. I have seen BTUs, CFM at xxx degrees, etc. Google AI says   
   the following about European units:   
   "European air conditioning uses the International System of Units (SI),   
   primarily Kilowatts (kW) for cooling/heating capacity, Watts (W) for   
   power, and Joules (J) or Kilowatt-hours (kWh) for energy, alongside   
   efficiency metrics like SEER, but you'll still see BTU/h on some labels   
   due to global standards, with the EU Energy Label specifying kW, kWh,   
   and SEER ratings."   
      
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