On May 20, 2009, at 1:10 PM, Ethan Swint wrote: > >>>>> I think it's a 60 ton. >>>> Or it's a 60 kbtu, I don't recall - it's got "60" in the model >>>> number >>> 60 tons would be almost enough for a big-box store! 60kbtu sounds >>> more >>> like it, ~5 tons, enough for a 3000 sq ft house. >>> >> >> And neither makes dimensional sense ;-) >> > 1 ton refers to the equivalent cooling power as melting 1 ton of ice -
Still not dimensionally right. Need time in the denominator. Why do engineers use so many whacky units? Why pretend Rumford and Joule never existed? What's wrong with watts? > back when A/C units would freeze ice at night and let it melt > during the > day. Not a bad way to level the electrical load, really. I've > thought > about putting a couple of 500 gal tanks in my crawl space to do > something similar... I use these: http://www.thenaturalhome.com/heatstorage.htm in my sunroom. > > -Ethan > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > geda-user@moria.seul.org > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user > John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd. http://www.noqsi.com/ j...@noqsi.com _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user