What does the term Btu/h in Airconditioners means?

Question

An airconditioner comes with a capacity of 10,500 BTU/h? What does the term BTU/h mean?

Answer 1

Thats how much it cools...Btu = 'British thermal unit'. A 4800 Btu air-conditioner will cool a small to medium sized room. 10,500 Btu is a pretty big air-conditioner that will cool two rooms or more.

Answer 2

BTU/h is British Thermal Units per hour

Answer 3

British Thermal Units per Hour

Answer 4

Lots of good info in your answers. I would add that there are
12, 000 B.T.U's per ton of air, so your unit (I am assuming it is a "window shaker") would be rated just under 1 ton.

A bit of trivia that you can live without. The British Thermal Unit was actually established by the heat of 1 wooden kitchen match. A "ton" was established by the energy it took to melt and freeze a ton of ice (2000 pounds), the primary source of cooling in the day.

Answer 5

It takes one BTU to raise one Kg of water, one degree. Use it as a reference to know the effectiveness of an air conditioner or heater. Bigger number is more capacity. Also look for efficiency as it takes more power to achieve this, however some products are more efficient than others. Check the SEER label.

Answer 6

British thermal unit
n. (Abbr. BTU or Btu)
The quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water from 60° to 61°F at a constant pressure of one atmosphere.
The quantity of heat equal to 1/180 of the heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water from 32° to 212°F at a constant pressure of one atmosphere.

Answer 7

british thermal units per hour

Answer 8

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