Convert 5,500 Watts to Tons of Refrigeration
How much power is 5,500 watts? What is 5.5 thousand watts in tons of refrigeration? 5,500 W to TR conversion.
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5,500 Watts ≈
1.5638980 Tons of Refrigeration
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Result in Plain English
5,500 watts is equal to about 1.56 tons of refrigeration.
In Scientific Notation
5,500 watts
= 5.5 x 103 watts
≈ 1.5639 x 100 tons of refrigeration
Watts
A watt is the standard unit of power. It is the power needed to do one joule of work per second. A typical incandescent light bulb uses 40-100 watts.
Tons of Refrigeration
A ton of refrigeration is a unit of power sometimes used in the United States. It is defined as the energy put off by melting a ton of ice every 24 hours, and is approximately 12,000 BTUs per hour.