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From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Air conditioners
Summary: energy rating
Message-ID: <761@corpane.UUCP>
Date: 6 Jun 89 17:27:39 GMT
References: <8777@fluke.COM>
Reply-To: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks)
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Organization: Corpane Industries, Inc.
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In article <8777@fluke.COM> strong@tc.fluke.COM (Norm Strong) writes:
 >Room air conditioners carry an energy efficiency rating.  It's a number
 >ranging from around 6 to 10.  How is this number determined?  What units
 >are we talking about?  My best guess--without knowing what I'm talking
 >about--is that the number represents number of BTU's per watt of power
 >consumption under some set of standard conditions.

You got it! I just bought an A/C and it had a tag on it with the 'energy
efficiency rating' on it. It said it was the BTU's divided by the wattage.
Refrigerators also carry this number.

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