I don’t understand how an A/C’s power could be measured by horsepower. Is it the volume of air coming out? Is it how much colder the exhaust temperature is to the intake? What does it control exactly?
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Power is traditionally expressed as Watt(s) (W) but you can of course convert into any other unit of power.
If my A/C unit is rated at 3000 Watts (meaning it can consume 3000 Watts under full capacity) it can also be expressed as being rated at 3 kW (kilo Watts).
Horsepower is just another unit of power (1 horsepower = 746 Watts).
That means that a 3000 Watt A/C unit has around 4 horsepower.
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