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Why is refrigeration capacity measured in terms of “Tons”?

April 26, 2017measured refrigeration terms tons

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Why is refrigeration capacity measured in terms of “Tons”?

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Many thousands of BTUs are needed to achieve a change in temperature in homes and other buildings, or to freeze water or melt ice. The term “Ton” is used to abbreviate the large number of BTUs required to melt 1 ton of ice at 32F (into 1 ton of water at 32F).