The “ton” in 10-ton air conditioner refers to its ice melting equivalent. This simply means that every 24-hours this air conditioner can remove the same amount of heat that it would take to melt 10-tons of ice. Another term you may have heard of is a BTU. A ton of air conditioning is about 288000 BTUs (British Thermal Units) per day or 12000 BTUs per hour (288000 / 24).
A DAY DEFINED BY TONS. WHAT IS A TON? The other day around 4 in the afternoon I realized that my day had become defined by tons. I started my day, in New Braunfels, by hooking the trailer to my ¾-ton pick-up. I drove to the HVAC supply shop in San Antonio. We loaded a 10-ton Daikin air conditioner […]
