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   From: tkoenig@netcologne.de   
      
   On 2026-01-11, 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.   
      
   A BTU isn't too bad - it is very close to one kJ.   
      
   But when discussing units with US colleagues, I usually cheat -   
   I have MathCad, which converts units just fine.   
      
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