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Another nice tweak for demonstrating calculations is to have the correct number of digits and decimal places, such as showing 1500 for the number 1500 rather than 15000. Just a nice tweak, so it’s not off by, oh, a factor of 10 or so. Thanks. Reply Hello Handsome Dan, it’s true that AC units have a startup surge. Depending on the unit it can be 1.04 to 2.00 times the running wattage. Now, in the worst case, an 11 amps Frederich 15,000 BTU unit will have a 22 amps surge. But most likely, the max. amps are much lower; below 15 amps.

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You’re right, we don’t have adequate knowledge about these surge wattages/amps because manufacturers don’t really include them in the specification sheets. Hopefully this would change in the future. Example: Some homeowners are interested in how many amps does a 5,000 BTU air conditioner use. Of course, you also have 6,000, 8,000, 12,000, 15,000, and 18,000 BTU devices that use more amps than 5,000 BTU units. That means it needs 27 amps to power the whole AC unit. That is, in comparison, higher amperage than it’s needed to power an 18,000 BTU portable air conditioner (about 13-19 amps). Advice On Buying Cost-Effective Air ConditionersStay cool this summer with our range of air conditioning units! Our selection includes top brands like Meaco, Midea, Honeywell, and more! From the table above, it’s evident that window and portable air conditioners can draw anywhere from 3.52 amps to almost 20 amps. We see that this AC unit uses 7.25 amps to deliver 10,000 BTU of cooling power. Comparatively, the 5,000 BTU AC unit from Example 1 delivers 5,000 BTU of cooling power using 4.35 amps. Hi, I’m a mathematician so your formula 1 and 2 interests me. I wanted to suggest to use the multiplication symbol for multiplying and the divide symbol for dividing. 13,500 is not equal to 1500 divided by 9.

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Example 2: How many amps does a 12,000 BTU mini-split use? We can see from the air conditioner amperage chart that it draws about 13 A. Yes, 5 amp is a continuous draw. For batteries, that will be 5 amp-hours; that’s the more relevant information there. However, you need to take into account voltage as well. What really matters is watt-hours. Usually, you have 120V and 5 amps which equals 600 watts; hence 600 watt-hours. Batteries don’t run on 120V; instead, most of them run on 12V. To achieve 600W at 12V, you will need 50 amps; so the draw would be 500 amp-hours (instead of 5 amp-hours). Watt-hour draw, however, will be the same for 12V and 120V voltage. Reply However, it doesn’t draw 100% more amps. In fact, it draws 67% more amps to achieve a 100% more powerful cooling effect. It is thus more cost-effective.