Re: Air conditioning question, more

["Stephen Bigelow" <sbigelow@sprint.ca>]

>> Input from members of this esteemed list finds HP draw of an a/c
compressor
>> to be in the region of 5 HP, or thereabouts.
>>
>> At 746 watts = 1 HP, that's 3,730 watts, so lets use 4KW instead.
>
>Something seems wrong here somewhere.  4kw worth of AC ought to be able
>to freeze a small building.


>From the info plate on the A/C unit in my bedroom window..

BTU's/hr  5900
Amps  7.5
Watts  740
Volts  110

I'd _love_ to have that much cooling power in Audrey...

Steve Bigelow
Ottawa ON
1984 5000S "Audrey"