Understanding common heating and cooling concepts and terminology can help inform the decisions you make for your home.
One BTU is equivalent to the amount of energy required to raise one pound of water by one Fahrenheit at sea level.
There's misconception that A C tons refer to the weight of the air conditioning unit.
While the weight of HVAC unit can play in your decision to invest in one system over another, cooling power is far more important to consider..
it's important to calculate the tonnage your unit needs to cool your home or business adequately.
This equals the number of BTUs you'll need to cool the entire space.
The fewer the floors, the less tonnage is required to cool the space.
The first digits in M N number indicate the unit type and SEER rating.
The second set of numbers within M N number.
This number indicates BTUs of the unit 024, for instance, equals 24,000 BTUs...
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