How Quickly Should An Air Conditioner Cool Down?

Generally speaking the faster an air-conditioner cools the better it is. Air conditioner capacity is defined as "tons" that is a particular amount of tons of refrigeration. Each ton can be described as the cooling that is achieved by two thousand pounds or nine hundred and seven kilograms of ice that melts over a period of twenty four hours.

This is however in laymen's terms scientifically this can be equated to twelve thousand BTU or British thermal units every hour. Twelve thousand BTU is equal to approximately three thousand five hundred watts. Air conditioners that are used for residential purposes are around two to five tons of capacity. The higher capacity air conditioners naturally are more powerful and cool faster but consume much more energy. Other factors and level of ergonomics used in the building's design also affect the rate at which the air conditioner cools.