Seer Guide

It is possible for your new air conditioning system to pay for itself in less than five years. Air Conditioning systems are rated based on energy efficiency. This rating is called a SEER or Seasonal Energy Efficiency Rating. A SEER relates to the amount of electricity used in cooling. A SEER rating is like miles per gallon in an automobile. It is not related to a brand. That is, each SEER represents the number of BTU’s of cooling per watt of electricity used. All 10 SEER rated units produce 10 BTU’s of cooling per watt regardless of the brand of the unit.  Find the tonnage of your system below and compare the annual operating costs for various SEER ratings

	SEER
SIZE (Tons)		6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
2		672	574	504	448	406	364	322	301	280	259	245
2 1/2		840	714	630	560	504	462	420	378	357	329	308
3		1008	861	756	672	602	546	497	462	427	399	371
3 1/2		1176	1008	875	784	707	644	588	539	504	469	427
4		1344	1148	1008	896	805	728	672	616	567	539	490
5		1680	1435	1260	1120	1008	910	819	770	714	665	609