BTU's and tons both refer to the rates of moving heat energy
over time. They are different units, but they both refer to
moving heat over a period of time.

A BTU is the ammount of heat required to raise one pound of
water on degree farenheit.

Now, for AC we talk about BTU per hour.

A ton is the ammount of heat needed to melt one ton of ice
over a 24 hour period (which oddly enough works out to be
12,000 BTU every hour for the 24 hour period).

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Stormin Mormon wrote:

BTU per hour compared to ton per day. It all works out in
the end.

Indeed it does, in typical HVAC fuzzy thinking, but
Btus are energy, and tons are power, and failing to
recognize the difference (eg to write and think Btu
PER HOUR) is a source of great confusion to people
who know anything at all about physics :-)

Nick