Efficient use of Air conditioner

[~^Johnny^~]

But if you walk on a flat sidewalk long enough you will have hot dogs.

[~^Johnny^~]

You can be sure (even if it's not Westinghouse). :-)

1 ton = 2000 lb in the U.S. Heat of fusion of water at the triple point is 144 BTU / lb Therefore, 1 ton of ice melt yeilds 144 x 2000 = 288000 BTU. Divide that by 24, the number of hours in a day, and you have 12,000.

[The Ghost In The Machine]

In sci.physics, ~^Johnny^~

wrote on Wed, 18 Aug 2004 02:24:16 -0700 :

Interesting. I'll have to remember that; thank you. :-)

(Even if it is in non-metric units. :-) ;-) :-) )

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