What is the difference between 1 ton and 1.5 ton ac?
When your room is a single bedroom which is two people sleeping or a small portion with 20 feet width and 20feet other side, then 1 ton ac is good, it consumes less power and saves power bill.I have got some useful data from a technical sources says as follows:
Ton or Tonnage measures the cooling capacity of an air conditioner as per the size and requirement of the room. The cooling capacity of an AC is its ability to extract a certain amount of heat from a room in an hour, which is measured in Btu/hr (British thermal unit/hour). The AC is considered to be more powerful when the Btu/hr value is higher. The Btu for an AC usually ranges from 5,000 to 24,000, with 12,000 Btu being equivalent to one ton.
When it comes to air conditioners, bigger is not necessarily better – an oversized air-conditioner is less effective and less energy efficient. If the unit is too large, it will cool the room quickly, but only remove some of the humidity, leaving the room damp. A right sized unit removes humidity effectively as it cools. In order to cool a room uniformly while maximizing efficiency, the direction of the cooled air should be delivered to the center of the room rather than the left or right.
Here is an approximation to assist you in picking the right sized AC for your room:
Room Size (Sq Feet)
Capacity Needed (Tonnage)
Up to 120
Up to 0.75
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121 – 150
Up to 1
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151 – 250
Up to 1.5
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251 – 400
2 or above
The actual tonnage considers a number of factors such as the actual size of the room, ambient climate, amount of light that enters the room, area and direction of windows, the floor on which your room is situated, number of people occupying the room and the number of lights and computers in the room.
So if you are really looking for a good air conditioner in India within a middle budget then go for 1 ton ac, if you are looking for a big size room then go for a commercial 1.5 or above range ACs.
