The cooling capacity of an air conditioning (AC) unit is typically measured in British Thermal Units (BTUs) per hour. However, you can convert BTUs to watts to determine the power consumption of an AC unit.
One ton of cooling capacity is equivalent to 12,000 BTUs per hour. To convert BTUs to watts, you can use the conversion factor of 1 BTU/hr = 0.29307107 watts.
Therefore, the power consumption of a 1-ton AC unit would be approximately:
12,000 BTU/hr * 0.29307107 watts/BTU = 3,516.85 watts
So, a 1-ton AC unit would consume around 3,516.85 watts or approximately 3.5 kilowatts (kW) of power.