What is 1 ton, 1.5 ton, and 2 ton in AC?
Today, we will know how many types of AC (Air Conditioners) are there? And what is the meaning of 1 ton, 2 ton, and 3 ton in AC? what is the difference between 1 star, 3 stars, and 5 star AC? Will get information about this.
Air Conditioners becomes very important during the summer season for the cooling room, but when we go to buy AC and the salesman asks you which AC will you take 1 Ton, 2 Ton or 3 Ton, Window AC or Split AC. Sir, how many star rating AC do you want. So at that time, our mind boggles that what is this? And what does 1 ton, 2 ton means in Air Conditioners?
Perhaps this will be going to happen with you as well, so let's know about it in detail, but before that, let us know about the main question related to air conditioners.
What is the meaning of 1 ton, 2 ton, and 3 ton in AC?
Now let's come to the most important question of today, that is what is 1 ton, 2 ton, and 3 tons in AC? Or the Ton given in it means the weight of the air conditioner or something else? if you are thinking that Ton means AC weight then you are absolutely wrong, here Ton means something else in the air conditioner.
First of all, let us understand what is a ton of air conditioners?
Ton is the measure of weight and a ton with AC means to cool the house and its energy and 1 ton are considered equal to 1000kg. In AC, ton directly can be considered in this way, the more the ton, the more energy and the distance it will get cold, according to the standard of the company.
What is TON in AC?
We will know what is the meaning of Ton in AC, apart from this we will know how to convert AC Ton to KW.
When we keep any vegetable or fruit in the fridge, it becomes cold, the reason behind this is that the fridge absorbs the heat energy present in our vegetables. And as soon as the heat energy present inside the vegetable is exhausted, in the same way, our vegetables or fruits become cold and AC also works same. AC absorbs the heat energy of our room, and as soon as the heat of the room ends, our room becomes cold.
What is Ton?
Ton is the unit of measurement of mass. Its full form is Tonnage. 1Ton is equal to 1000 Kg.
What is Ton in AC?
To understand what is TON in AC, we should know that in olden times there was no AC. At that time people used to bring a lot of ice to keep their house cool so that it remains cool inside the house. But after some time the modern era came and AC started being used and 1 Ton, 1.5 Ton such different types of ACs started coming.
Here many people understand that 1 Ton AC means that that AC will be of 1000 Kg whereas it does not happen. As I just told you that earlier people used to use ice, then based on the same ice, AC started being divided among Ton.
How is AC divided into Ton?
Here the calculation was made in such a way that as much heat as 1 Ton means 1000 kg of ice dissipated in an hour, the same heat of 1 Ton AC will also dissipate in an hour.
If we talk about how much heat 1000 kg of ice dissipates in 1 hour, then its value comes to 12,000 BTU and the same heat means 12,000 BTU 1 TON of AC will also finish in one hour.
What is BTU?
BTU stands for British Thermal Unit. As we all know that there is definitely a unit to measure everything. For example, kilogram to measure weight, kilometer to measure distance, in the same way, how much heat is changing, the unit of measurement of that is BTU.
What is TON in AC and how to convert AC Ton to KW?
How to convert KW to Ton of AC?
We can find out with the help of Ton, how much input power means Watt demands to dissipate our Ac heat energy. As I told you that 1 Ton means 12000 BTU. Similarly, if we convert BTU to watt, then 12000 BTU is approximately equal to 3516 watts. Means 1 Ton = 3516 watt.
But now you will say that 3516 (3.51KW) is not written on the nameplate of our 1 TON AC so much watts, so what is the reason behind it now? We know that with the help of an example.
Example- Let us suppose that we have a 1.5 Ton Ac. First of all, we have to convert it into watts, then it is very easy because we know that 1 TON = 3516 watts. That is, 1.5 * 3516 = 5274Watts.
Now we will convert it to KW. For this, we will divide 1000 by 5274, and by doing this we get KW of 1.5 TON AC, which is 5.274KW.
But now if we look at the nameplate of 1.5 Ton AC, then we do not get to see 5.274KW there. The reason behind this is that the KW that we calculate on the nameplate of AC is done according to the cooling capacity. Apart from this, how much input power means watts our AC will take to dissipate the heat, depends on the star rating of the AC.
Star rating of the AC
The higher the star rating, the less power that AC consumes. Apart from this, this star rating keeps changing every year.
How many star rating AC should you take?
You should always take AC according to your usage. If you use AC less, then you should take AC of low star rating because you get it at a low price.
If you run AC for 6 to 8 hours daily, then 3 to 4 star AC is right for you. The thing is completely clear that if your AC runs for less than 8 hours a day, then you should not take more than 4 star AC because we know that for those with more stars the cost of AC is also high. If we do not run the AC much, then that high star rating AC becomes a wrong deal for us.
Because if we bring a 5-star rating AC by paying more money, and we run it very little throughout the day, then we will never be able to save the extra money we gave in the beginning to save electricity bills.
Air conditioner for different rooms size based on Ton of air conditioner
For a 100-200 sq ft room, 1 ton of AC can be cooled.
For a 201-300 sq ft room, 1.5 ton AC is needed, then it will be received a little.
1 Ton AC if you are going to buy an air conditioner in the market and the salesman tells you that it is 1 ton AC, then here it means that as much as 1 ton of ice can cool a room, as much as 1 ton of AC can do.
Similarly, 2 and 3 tons of AC can cool a room as much as 2 and 3 tons of ice can cool a room. It just means this simple thing about which very few people know.
How many types of AC are there?
Very few people know about it, how many types of AC are there? And which AC works how. Air conditioners are mainly available in 2 types.
1. Window AC :
As its name Window, it clearly shows that in this way air conditioners are applied on the window. You must have been seen such AC on the windows of many of the neighbor houses. A part of it is outside the house with the help of a window and the cooling part is inside the house.
2. Split AC
This is an advanced version of window AC, which has been made such that it can be installed in the house with a window and without a window. Split AC has two main parts - one from where the hot air of the room goes out and the outside air comes in and the other which acts as a cooling. It can be set anywhere inside the room and can be attached to the first part with the help of pipes.
What happens to 1, 3, and 5 Star AC?
AC star rating has nothing to do with cooling, 1 ton AC will do cooling as much as 5 stars, Here star rating directly means power consumption and this rating is related to energy efficiency.
The higher the star air conditioner has the less power it will consume. For example, a 1 star A/C will spend more power than a 5 star A/C. This is a recent rating chart in which energy and all the related information has been told.
But as a customer gets a good rating of the air condition, there will be a huge jump in its price because the company invests money to make power-saving technology, and because of this, the price of Air conditioners increases.
How to buy the right AC?
If your plan is made that this year you will buy a new air conditioner and you are getting information about it both online and offline and you do not understand which AC will be suitable for the room of your house which you could make full use as per the room.
While buying the AC you have to ask yourself some questions, such as
How big is the room where you are going to install AC?
How many hours a day will you use the AC?
If you understand these two questions correctly, then you will definitely be able to buy such an AC which will prove to be your value for money product. Because air conditioners come with different specifications according to different types of conditions.
A 1 ton AC is suitable for cooling a 100 square foot room, a 2 ton one is suitable for 200 square feet, and a 3 ton one is suitable for a 300 square foot room.
In such a situation, if your room is bigger than 100 square feet and bought your 1-ton air conditioner then it will not be able to cool the room properly and if your room is 150 square feet and you bought 3 ton AC then this Will cool the room but there will be a lot of energy waste and your electricity also bill will come very high.
So I hope you have got complete information about what is the meaning of ton in AC? and you have been able to buy the right air conditioner for your house room.
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