He holds an HVAC associate degree and EPA & R-410A Certifications.2 thoughts on “How to Find Tonnage Size & SEER from Trane Model Number” Dan Hmmm, I have an older 1999 Trane Dual Compressor 2 stage Heat pump, 5 Ton unit and the numbers don’t match up. I have a variable ...
Size of the HVAC system (1.5 to 5.0 tons) Rating of the blower in CFM (Most are 350-400 CFM per ton) Square foot of the space served by the HVAC system The equation is: Tonnage x CFM of the blower / Number of square feet Example: 4-ton AC x 400 CFM blower / 2,000 square fe...
There's a reason pros go to school and serve apprenticeships before sizing ductwork for residential HVAC systems. This complicated process involves such variables as the output of the system, the airflow needs of the conditioned space as well as the furnace or air conditioner, the friction genera...
This is quite a large spectrum of questions (we calculated both forcooling modeandheating modeindividually, and created4 calculatorsand5 charts). In order to figure out your much electricity your heat pump uses (and how much it costs to run), you have to consider 4 main factors that the ...
Department of Energy, the ballpark figure is 20 BTU per sq ft. That is a very good estimate already. The simplest BTU calculation formula for an air conditioner looks like this: BTU = Square Footage × 20 However, to get a perfectly-sized air conditioner with just right enough cooling ...