{"id":962,"date":"2012-08-13T08:00:54","date_gmt":"2012-08-13T12:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/?p=962"},"modified":"2012-08-10T15:30:33","modified_gmt":"2012-08-10T19:30:33","slug":"pittsburgh-air-conditioning-faqs-how-do-i-determine-the-cooling-capacity-of-my-central-ac-or-heat-pump-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/air-conditioning\/pittsburgh-air-conditioning-faqs-how-do-i-determine-the-cooling-capacity-of-my-central-ac-or-heat-pump-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Air Conditioning FAQs: How Do I Determine the Cooling Capacity of My Central AC or Heat Pump System?"},"content":{"rendered":"

For any type of air conditioning system in Pittsburgh<\/a>, the cooling capacity is measured in BTU’s. This is important to know if the system doesn\u2019t seem to be adequately cooking your home, and there are many different ways to check the cooling capacity of your AC system.<\/p>\n

1. Air Conditioning System\u2019s Age and Serial Numbers<\/h3>\n

An air conditioner\u2019s age will usually give you a general idea for its cooling capacity, and if you aren\u2019t sure, you can always check the serial number. Because serial number formats vary by the year the equipment was made, you can check to see how old an air conditioner is from looking at the serial number.<\/p>\n

The first four digits of every serial number is the week and year the unit was manufactured.\u00a0 For example, the serial# 1188E53294 on a compressor unit tells us that it was made between 1980 and 1990, and to be more exact, week 11 in 1988.<\/p>\n

2. Air Conditioner\u2019s Model Number<\/h3>\n

You should also look at the model number for your specific model because some manufacturers also vary how they assign each number in the serial number; however, they usually stand for tonnage or MBTUH. You can always call us if you aren\u2019t sure how to read the serial number or model number.<\/p>\n

3. AC Equipment\u2019s RLA Numbers<\/h3>\n

RLA stands for \u201cRated Load Amps,\u201d which means that it\u2019s the manufacturer’s rate of the cooling capacity (also known as the draw) or load while it\u2019s operating (minus the draw when you start the system). Most air conditioning compressor or condenser units will draw 5 to 6 RLA per ton of cooling capacity. You can check the data tag on the compressor for the RLA rating; however, this will need to be translated into BTUH for the total cooling capacity.<\/p>\n

Feel free to call one of the Pittsburgh\u00a0air conditioning experts at Boehmer Heating & Cooling Company<\/a>\u00a0if you have any questions how to calculate your AC system\u2019s cooling capacity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For any type of air conditioning system in Pittsburgh, the cooling capacity is measured in BTU’s. This is important to know if the system doesn\u2019t seem to be adequately cooking your home, and there are many different ways to check the cooling capacity of your AC system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[275,214,132,76,126,113],"class_list":["post-962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-air-conditioning","tag-air-conditioning","tag-air-conditioning-capacity","tag-air-conditioning-installation","tag-jefferson-hills","tag-murrysville","tag-pittsburgh"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=962"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":964,"href":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962\/revisions\/964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}