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TenOC
Nomad
Aug 05, 2016

13.5K BTU vs 15.0K BTU Air Conditioners -- HOW????

Question for my RV Air Condition Experts. What is the difference in 13.5K BTU and 15.0k BTU? I know what a British Thermor Unit is. My question is HOW does the A/C achieve the difference in the R...
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Old-Biscuit
Explorer III
Aug 06, 2016
2oldman wrote:
Of course not, so what's the only other thing I could be measuring?


Infrared Thermometers measure reflected infrared light
Distance and Emissivity (reflectivity of object measured) are 2 factors that greatly influence measurements.

The 'laser' does not measure anything..it is just a pointer used for aiming

The infrared thermometer does NOT measure air temps

And the surface temps you are measuring can be/are deceptive due to the 'emissivity' factor


Believe it or not...........

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