HVAC Decoder

Carrier Tonnage From Model Number

Where Carrier puts the capacity code, what each code means, and the readings that look like capacity but are not. Read out of 7 documents Carrier publishes itself, named further down with the date each was fetched.

Field brief

24ABC636A0030is 3 tons (36,000 BTU/h). Capacity code 36, read at characters 7-8.3 ton

Where it sitspositions 7-8, the two digits after the series letters and the SEER digit, per Carrier's own nomenclature table.3 layouts

Divide by 12works on every code in Carrier's printed table. Other brands in this family print codes where it does not.0 off-ladder

SourceCarrier's own Catalog No 24ABC6-8PD and 2016cac_nomen and Catalog No. 24-25-2SM and 27SCA5-02PD and 26SCA5-02PD and Form 38TDA-4PD and Form 38-12SM, fetched 2026-07-24 and 2026-09-17 and 2026-10-01.7 docs

Brand

Model number (from the outdoor unit nameplate)

Starting the decoder. The capacity tables below this box are already loaded, so you can read your code off them now.

Nominal capacity from a model number is a nameplate convention, not a measurement. Actual delivered capacity depends on the matched indoor unit, line set, airflow and conditions. Confirm against the data plate's BTU/h rating and the AHRI certificate for the matched system.

Carrier Capacity Codes and Tonnage

24 and 25 families (current lettered series)

Capacity sits at positions 7-8, the two digits after the series letters and the SEER digit, per Carrier's own nomenclature table. Example: 24ABC636A0030.

Read from the model-number position a manufacturer nomenclature document defines. That document defines where the capacity code sits; the capacity figure itself is this tool's reading of it.

The 6 capacity codes 2016cac_nomen prints for this generation, each decoded here by the same engine the calculator above runs on.
Code	Nominal BTU/h	Tons	Code / 12
18	18,000	1.5	same answer
24	24,000	2	same answer
30	30,000	2.5	same answer
36	36,000	3	same answer
48	48,000	4	same answer
60	60,000	5	same answer

Table transcribed from 2016 Nomenclatures: Air Conditioners, Heat Pumps, Fan Coils, Evaporator Coils, 90% Gas Furnaces and 80% Gas Furnaces (2016cac_nomen, 2016), published by www.shareddocs.com, fetched 2026-07-24.

24 and 25, 2008 layout (Major Series A or R)

Capacity sits at positions 7-8, after the Major Series letter at position 5 (A = Puron, R = R22) and the SEER digit at position 6, per Carrier's own 2008 service manual nomenclature. Example: 24ABR636A003.

Read from the model-number position a manufacturer nomenclature document defines. That document defines where the capacity code sits; the capacity figure itself is this tool's reading of it.

The 7 capacity codes Catalog No. 24-25-2SM prints for this generation, each decoded here by the same engine the calculator above runs on.
Code	Nominal BTU/h	Tons	Code / 12
18	18,000	1.5	same answer
24	24,000	2	same answer
30	30,000	2.5	same answer
36	36,000	3	same answer
42	42,000	3.5	same answer
48	48,000	4	same answer
60	60,000	5	same answer

Table transcribed from Residential Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps Using R-22 and Puron Refrigerant: Application Guideline and Service Manual (Catalog No. 24-25-2SM, Edition Date 04/08), published by www.shareddocs.com, fetched 2026-09-17.

27SCA5 and 26SCA5 (R-454B)

Capacity sits at positions 7-8, after the refrigerant and outdoor type at positions 1-2 and the SEER2 digit at position 6, per Carrier's own 27SCA5 and 26SCA5 nomenclature. Example: 27SCA536A003.

Transcribed from the manufacturer's own capacity legend for the Carrier product-category scheme. The capacity, not just the position, is printed in a document this tool holds.

The 7 capacity codes 27SCA5-02PD prints for this generation, each decoded here by the same engine the calculator above runs on.
Code	Nominal BTU/h	Tons	Code / 12
18	18,000	1.5	same answer
24	24,000	2	same answer
30	30,000	2.5	same answer
36	36,000	3	same answer
42	42,000	3.5	same answer
48	48,000	4	same answer
60	60,000	5	same answer

Table transcribed from 27SCA5 Comfort™ Series Single-Stage Heat Pump with Puron Advance™ Refrigerant Product Data (27SCA5-02PD, Edition Date: 05/25), published by www.shareddocs.com, fetched 2026-10-01.

Worked example: Carrier 24ABC636A0030

24ABC636A0030Carrier3 tons

Capacity code 36 at characters 7-8 of 24ABC636A0030: 36,000 BTU/h, which is 3 tons at 12,000 BTU/h per ton. 2 digit BTU/1000 capacity code; the digit before it is position 6, which Carrier's 2016 Nomenclatures heads SEER.

Product family: AC condenser. Leading digits 24 (24 = AC condenser, 25 = heat pump, 58/59 = gas furnace).
Efficiency: 16 SEER. Carrier's 2016 Nomenclatures prints "6 = 16.0" under "SEER" for its Air Conditioners (position 6): the series' class, not this unit's rating.
Refrigerant: R-410A (Puron). Position 5 reads "C". Carrier's 2016 Nomenclatures prints Major Series "A,B,C = Puron® refrigerant", and Catalog No 24ABC6-8PD prints the refrigerant as "Puron® (R−410A)".

Carrier has 3 documented layouts: 24 and 25 families (current lettered series) reads capacity at positions 7-8; 24 and 25, 2008 layout (Major Series A or R) reads capacity at positions 7-8; 27SCA5 and 26SCA5 (R-454B) reads capacity at positions 7-8. They agree on where the capacity sits and differ in what the surrounding positions mean, so the size decodes the same way on both while the refrigerant and efficiency digits do not.

What is specific to Carrier

01Carrier

Carrier's condenser codes are all divide-by-12, and Carrier's fan coil codes are not

Every capacity code in the Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps rows of Carrier's own residential nomenclature is exactly the nominal BTU/h divided by 1,000, so the divide-by-12 shortcut holds on every row of that table. The same sheet, two columns over, prints the fan coil capacities in PAIRS: 018 and 019 are the same size, so are 024 and 025, 030 and 031, 036 and 037, 042 and 043, 048 and 049, and 060 and 061. So the odd codes that break the shortcut on Trane, Lennox, Goodman and Amana are not foreign to Carrier at all. Carrier uses them, on the indoor half of the same system. The shortcut is a property of a particular table, never of a brand, and this is the one document that shows both cases side by side.

02Carrier

The document that names the position does not print the sizes, and we do not pretend otherwise

Carrier's 24ABC6 product data numbers the model positions and labels 7-8 Cooling Capacity, which is where this decoder reads. What it does not contain is a list of what those codes mean: its only BTU figures are AHRI rated capacities like 34,400 and 41,500, which are measured performance, not nominal size, and six of the seven are not the code times 1,000. A tonnage cannot be transcribed from a table that is not there. So the sizes on this page come from a second Carrier document, the 2016 residential nomenclature, and, for the 2008 layout (tier B, C, P or N and Major Series A or R, where the 2016 sheet does not already read the model), from Carrier's 2008 service manual, Catalog No. 24-25-2SM, and each is cited separately for what it prints.

Carrier equipment in the decoder

The decoder reads or identifies these Carrier lines; each one says what it rests on. Open an example to see the decoder's full answer for it.

Each line is identified from the maker document in its Document column. The example is a model in that line's layout, and the reading is what the decoder returns for it.
Line	Example model	What the decoder reads	Document
Carrier N coil (CNPVP, CNPVT, CNPVU, CNRVU)	CNPVP1814ACA	An indoor coil: 1.5 tons (18,000 BTU/h)	PDSCNPV-08
Carrier 27SCA5 heat pump	27SCA524A003	2 tons (24,000 BTU/h)	27SCA5-02PD
Carrier 26SCA5 air conditioner	26SCA524W003	2 tons (24,000 BTU/h)	26SCA5-02PD
Carrier 38TDA two-speed air conditioner	38TDA036301	3 tons (36,000 BTU/h)	Form 38TDA-4PD
Carrier 38 Puron split system (Form 38-12SM)	38TXA018301	1.5 tons (18,000 BTU/h)	Form 38-12SM
Carrier CVAMA V coil	CVAMA3617XMA	An indoor coil: 3 tons (36,000 BTU/h)	CVAMA-01PD
Carrier 30RB AquaSnap air-cooled chiller	30RB060	An air-cooled chiller: large commercial equipment, outside this tool's range, so no tonnage is read	Form 30RB-27PD Rev. I
Carrier 30XA AquaForce air-cooled liquid chiller	30XA080	An air-cooled liquid chiller: large commercial equipment, outside this tool's range, so no tonnage is read	Form 30XA-22PD Rev. F
Carrier 37MUHA outdoor variable speed heat pump	37MUHAQ36AA3	The outdoor unit of a split system heat pump: 3 tons (36,000 BTU/h)	37MUHA-01PD

Carrier small packaged unit (50VG, 48VG, 50VR, 48VR, 50VL, 48VL, 50VT, 48VT, 50ZP, 50ZH): packaged or light commercial; its capacity is read from the maker's own printed legend or table, for the codes it prints.
Carrier Aquazone water-source heat pump (50PCH, 50PCV, 50PSH, 50PSV, 50PTH, 50PTV, 50PSW, 50HQP, 50VQP, 50PEC): packaged or light commercial; its capacity is read from the maker's own printed legend or table, for the codes it prints.
Carrier Omnizone indoor self-contained unit (50XC, 50BV): packaged or light commercial; identified by its maker's form, and no capacity legend for it is held, so no tonnage is read.
Carrier packaged rooftop (48 family): packaged or light commercial; its capacity is read from the maker's own printed legend or table, for the codes it prints.
Carrier packaged rooftop (50 family): packaged or light commercial; matched by its model prefix, with no maker legend held, so no tonnage is read.

CPSC recall notices naming Carrier

Recall 20-009 · 2019-10-10

Carrier Recalls Carrier- and Bryant-Branded Heat Pumps Due to Fire Hazard

Hazard, in the notice's words: “The fan motor on the heat pumps can fail, causing the units to overheat, posing a fire hazard.”

Recall 17-150 · 2017-05-11

Carrier and Bryant Recall Heat Pumps Due to Fire Hazard

Hazard, in the notice's words: “The capacitors in the fuse boards in the heat pumps can stop working causing the unit to overheat, posing a fire hazard.”

Recall 97-012 · 1996-10-29

CPSC and The Ducane Company Announce Recall of Upflow Horizontal Oil Furnaces

Hazard, in the notice's words: “Heat exchangers in the furnace can crack.”

Whether a particular unit is inside a recall depends on the models and serials the notice lists. The Carrier serial number lookup checks a unit against the notices.

Bryant, same family as Carrier

Bryant is in Carrier's family. These are Bryant's lines; each one says what it rests on.

Each line is identified from the maker document in its Document column. The example is a model in that line's layout, and the reading is what the decoder returns for it.
Line	Example model	What the decoder reads	Document
Bryant 310AAV/310JAV gas furnace	310AAV066135	A gas furnace: its size field is heating input, so no cooling tonnage is read	PDS310A-11

Bryant packaged rooftop (580J, 581J, 582L, 559L; 3 to 27.5 tons): packaged or light commercial; its capacity is read from the maker's own printed legend or table, for the codes it prints.

The Carrier documents behind this page

Catalog No 24ABC6-8PD · Edition Date 05/19

Product Data 24ABC6 Comfort 16 Air Conditioner with Puron Refrigerant, 1-1/2 to 5 Nominal Tons

Published by carrier.com.pr. Fetched 2026-07-24. Covers the position only: its MODEL NUMBER NOMENCLATURE table numbers positions 1-13 over Carrier's own worked example and prints position 6 as SEER and positions 7-8 as Cooling Capacity. It prints no code-to-tonnage table, so no tonnage on this page comes from it.

2016cac_nomen · 2016

2016 Nomenclatures: Air Conditioners, Heat Pumps, Fan Coils, Evaporator Coils, 90% Gas Furnaces and 80% Gas Furnaces

Published by www.shareddocs.com. Fetched 2026-07-24. Covers the code-to-tonnage table itself, for both residential families: the Air Conditioners row (Product Series 24) and the Heat Pumps row (Product Series 25) each print positions 7-8 as Cooling Capacity over the same six-code capacity column, transcribed cell by cell into this generation's capacity receipt. It also independently confirms the position claim above.

Catalog No. 24-25-2SM · Edition Date 04/08

Residential Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps Using R-22 and Puron Refrigerant: Application Guideline and Service Manual

Published by www.shareddocs.com. Fetched 2026-09-17. Covers page 2, "AIR CONDITIONER AND HEAT PUMP MODEL NUMBER NOMENCLATURE": positions 1-2 Series (24 = AC, 25 = HP), 3 Family (A = A/C, H = HP), 4 Tier (B, C, P, N), 5 Major Series (A = Puron, R = R22), 6 SEER (3, 5, 6, 8), 7-8 Cooling Capacity (Tons), 18 to 60 with 42. It is the page a model off the 2016 layout with major series A or R is read on..

27SCA5-02PD · Edition Date: 05/25

27SCA5 Comfort™ Series Single-Stage Heat Pump with Puron Advance™ Refrigerant Product Data

Published by www.shareddocs.com. Fetched 2026-10-01. Covers the 27SCA5 Model Number Nomenclature on p2: positions 1-2 27 = Puron Advance (R-454B) HP, position 6 5=14.3 SEER2, positions 7-8 Nominal Cooling Capacity 18 to 60, for the 27SCA5 series only.

26SCA5-02PD · Edition Date: 06/25

26SCA5 Comfort™ Series Single-Stage Air Conditioner with Puron Advance™ Refrigerant Product Data

Published by www.shareddocs.com. Fetched 2026-10-01. Covers the 26SCA5 Model Number Nomenclature on p2: positions 1-2 26 = Puron Advance (R-454B) AC and the same capacity column as 27SCA5, for the 26SCA5 series only.

Form 38TDA-4PD · 2-99

SYNERGY 2000 38 TDA (60 Hz) Two-Speed Electric Air Conditioner Sizes 036, 048, and 060

Published by www.shareddocs.com. Fetched 2026-10-01. Covers the 38TDA model number nomenclature on p2: Nominal Capacity 036, 048 and 060 printed in Btuh, and the physical data's refrigerant on p3 (R-22).

Form 38-12SM · 4-05

Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps Using Puron® Refrigerant Application Guideline and Service Manual

Published by www.shareddocs.com. Fetched 2026-09-17. Covers Fig. 9 Model Number Nomenclature on p13: nine 38 series (38TXA, 38TZA, 38TSA, 38EZA, 38EYA, 38YXA, 38YZA, 38TDB, 38YDB) with their printed type words, and Nominal Capacity 018 to 060 in Btuh; Puron is printed as R-410A on p2.

Scope, stated

What these documents do not cover

Seven Carrier documents, each cited for what it prints. For the 24 and 25 families, Catalog No 24ABC6-8PD gives the POSITION and prints no capacity table at all, so nothing here rests on it for a tonnage. The 2016 residential nomenclature gives the code-to-tonnage TABLE for the 24 and 25 families, and it is a 2016 sheet, so it is older than the catalog beside it. That table prints six codes and does NOT include 042, although Carrier sells three-and-a-half ton condensers: the decoder reads 42 for these two families by the BTU/1000 convention and reports it as an estimate where Catalog No. 24-25-2SM does not print the model's letters and SEER digit, because the 2016 sheet does not print it for its layout (Carrier's 2008 service manual, Catalog No. 24-25-2SM, prints 42 as 3-1/2 tons for its own layout, which is read below, and the 26SCA5 and 27SCA5 sheets print 42 for their own series). 24ABC6-8PD does print the size 42, in its Standard Features columns and in the AHRI-rated model 24ABC642A**30 at 41,500 BTU/h, so what is missing is the code-to-tonnage row and not the code. The older 38 family carries its capacity as a 3 digit group after the series letters (38CKC036); Carrier's own sheets print it for 38TDA (Form 38TDA-4PD) and for nine Puron series, 38TXA, 38TZA, 38TSA, 38EZA, 38EYA, 38YXA, 38YZA, 38TDB and 38YDB (Form 38-12SM), in Btuh, and any other 38 series, 38CKC among them, stays a pattern estimate. The 38 family also includes Carrier's ductless outdoor units. Three of them, 38MHRC, 38MARB and 38MAQB, are read off their own Carrier product data (38MHRC-01PD, 38MARB-01PD and 38MAR-06PD), whose legends print 09 = 3/4 ton up to 24 = 2 tons on 38MHRC and up to 36 = 3 tons on 38MARB and 38MAQB, and no 15; any other 38M series is read by pattern as an estimate. For the 24 and 25 families, position 5 is the Major Series, which the 2016 nomenclature prints on both rows as "A,B,C = Puron® refrigerant", and 24ABC6-8PD prints the refrigerant as "Puron® (R−410A)", so a model on that printed layout is named R-410A (Puron). Catalog No. 24-25-2SM, Carrier's 2008 service manual, prints the same position as "A = Puron" and "R = R22", so a model on its layout (tier B, C, P or N) is named R-410A (Puron) or R-22 from it, with its size and SEER where the manual prints them; a size the 2016 sheet does not print, such as 42, is read from the manual for a model whose letters both pages print. A position 5 letter neither document prints names no refrigerant, and its size is an estimate; the R-454B 26SCA5 and 27SCA5 series print it, at positions 1-2, and their own sheets (26SCA5-02PD and 27SCA5-02PD) are what this page reads them from.

Frequently asked questions

How do I find the tonnage of a Carrier unit from the model number?

Read the capacity code: on Carrier it sits at positions 7-8, the two digits after the series letters and the SEER digit, per Carrier's own nomenclature table. On 24ABC636A0030 that code is 36, which is 36,000 BTU/h, or 3 tons, because one ton of cooling is 12,000 BTU/h. Use the OUTDOOR unit's model number for system cooling capacity; the indoor air handler or coil carries its own number. This position comes from Carrier's own Catalog No 24ABC6-8PD, not from a third-party chart.

Does dividing the Carrier capacity code by 12 always work?

On the codes in Carrier's printed table, yes: each one is the nominal BTU/h divided by 1,000, so dividing by 12 gives the tonnage. That is not true of every brand. Trane, Lennox, Goodman and Amana each print codes where dividing by 12 is wrong, so do not carry the shortcut across brands.

Where is the model number on a Carrier unit?

On the rating plate on the side of the outdoor condenser, near the refrigerant line connections, labeled MODEL NO. It is labeled M/N, MODEL or MODEL NO., usually printed directly above or beside the serial number. The model number describes what the unit is, including its capacity. The serial number describes when it was built and carries no capacity information at all.

Which Carrier document is this based on?

Product Data 24ABC6 Comfort 16 Air Conditioner with Puron Refrigerant, 1-1/2 to 5 Nominal Tons (Catalog No 24ABC6-8PD, Edition Date 05/19), published by carrier.com.pr and fetched 2026-07-24, which covers the position only: its MODEL NUMBER NOMENCLATURE table numbers positions 1-13 over Carrier's own worked example and prints position 6 as SEER and positions 7-8 as Cooling Capacity. It prints no code-to-tonnage table, so no tonnage on this page comes from it. 2016 Nomenclatures: Air Conditioners, Heat Pumps, Fan Coils, Evaporator Coils, 90% Gas Furnaces and 80% Gas Furnaces (2016cac_nomen, 2016), published by www.shareddocs.com and fetched 2026-07-24, which covers the code-to-tonnage table itself, for both residential families: the Air Conditioners row (Product Series 24) and the Heat Pumps row (Product Series 25) each print positions 7-8 as Cooling Capacity over the same six-code capacity column, transcribed cell by cell into this generation's capacity receipt. It also independently confirms the position claim above. Residential Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps Using R-22 and Puron Refrigerant: Application Guideline and Service Manual (Catalog No. 24-25-2SM, Edition Date 04/08), published by www.shareddocs.com and fetched 2026-09-17, which covers page 2, "AIR CONDITIONER AND HEAT PUMP MODEL NUMBER NOMENCLATURE": positions 1-2 Series (24 = AC, 25 = HP), 3 Family (A = A/C, H = HP), 4 Tier (B, C, P, N), 5 Major Series (A = Puron, R = R22), 6 SEER (3, 5, 6, 8), 7-8 Cooling Capacity (Tons), 18 to 60 with 42. It is the page a model off the 2016 layout with major series A or R is read on.. 27SCA5 Comfort™ Series Single-Stage Heat Pump with Puron Advance™ Refrigerant Product Data (27SCA5-02PD, Edition Date: 05/25), published by www.shareddocs.com and fetched 2026-10-01, which covers the 27SCA5 Model Number Nomenclature on p2: positions 1-2 27 = Puron Advance (R-454B) HP, position 6 5=14.3 SEER2, positions 7-8 Nominal Cooling Capacity 18 to 60, for the 27SCA5 series only. 26SCA5 Comfort™ Series Single-Stage Air Conditioner with Puron Advance™ Refrigerant Product Data (26SCA5-02PD, Edition Date: 06/25), published by www.shareddocs.com and fetched 2026-10-01, which covers the 26SCA5 Model Number Nomenclature on p2: positions 1-2 26 = Puron Advance (R-454B) AC and the same capacity column as 27SCA5, for the 26SCA5 series only. SYNERGY 2000 38 TDA (60 Hz) Two-Speed Electric Air Conditioner Sizes 036, 048, and 060 (Form 38TDA-4PD, 2-99), published by www.shareddocs.com and fetched 2026-10-01, which covers the 38TDA model number nomenclature on p2: Nominal Capacity 036, 048 and 060 printed in Btuh, and the physical data's refrigerant on p3 (R-22). Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps Using Puron® Refrigerant Application Guideline and Service Manual (Form 38-12SM, 4-05), published by www.shareddocs.com and fetched 2026-09-17, which covers Fig. 9 Model Number Nomenclature on p13: nine 38 series (38TXA, 38TZA, 38TSA, 38EZA, 38EYA, 38YXA, 38YZA, 38TDB, 38YDB) with their printed type words, and Nominal Capacity 018 to 060 in Btuh; Puron is printed as R-410A on p2. Every capacity value in the capacity tables above traces to one of those documents, and each is named with the date it was fetched so you can pull it yourself. The sizes in the equipment table are read from the document named in its Document column, listed on this page's source receipt.

Is the decoded tonnage the size I should install?

No. Nominal tonnage is what the unit was built to deliver, not what the building needs, and the old unit may have been oversized or sized before insulation and window changes. Treat it as a starting clue and run a load calculation before matching a replacement. Actual delivered capacity also depends on the matched indoor unit, line set, airflow and conditions.

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Got a central system's tonnage? Check it against the house's load.

The old unit's nominal size is a clue, not a load calculation. Oversized systems short-cycle and dehumidify poorly. For central equipment that conditions the whole house, run the numbers before you match a replacement. A PTAC, a single package vertical unit, a room air conditioner or one unit of a VRF system conditions a room or a zone, which this load calculator does not size.

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Where this page's Carrier decodes come from

The tonnage this page reports for Carrier is decoded by the same locked decoder as the all-brand page. Listed below: Carrier's own model number documents; the documents behind Carrier's other equipment; those of the same family (Bryant and Payne), as theirs. The decoder also reads other makers' model numbers; the documents behind those are listed on the all-brand page's receipt, linked at the end.

Carrier's own model number documents: Carrier's nomenclature7 documents
Each row is a maker document this page cites, for its capacity tables or for the model layout it prints.
Carrier
24ABC6 Product DataCarrier Corp. · retrieved 2026-07-24
Series and equipment type: “24=AC” (the 2nd page of the linked document). SHA-256 4398931148c5bc92b5b554c6dbb58ceee1b9bdffb5089c4aa42a1a0d94b75ae4, 1,024,414 bytes
“2016 Nomenclatures: Air Conditioners, Heat Pumps, Fan Coils, Evaporator Coils, 90% Gas Furnaces and 80% Gas Furnaces”published by www.shareddocs.com
Residential Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps Application Guideline and Service ManualCarrier Corp. · retrieved 2026-09-17
Serial number date code: “Week of Manufacture” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Serial number date code: “Year of Manufacture” (the 2nd page of the linked document). SHA-256 76c467e415a6f29f4cb53128d42af422a875a0e7aad0ec1678e293c488cf0511, 1,566,634 bytes
27SCA5 Comfort™ Series Single-Stage Heat Pump with Puron Advance™ Refrigerant 1-1/2 To 5 Tons Product DataCarrier · 27SCA5-02PD · retrieved 2026-10-01
Series and equipment type: “Comfort™ Series Single-Stage Heat Pump” (the 1st page of the linked document). Capacity code: “5=14.3 18 = 18,000 BTUH (1.5 Tons)” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “SEER2 24 = 24,000 BTUH (2 Tons)” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “30 = 30,000 BTUH (2.5 Tons)” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “36 = 36,000 BTUH (3 Tons)” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “42 = 42,000 BTUH (3.5 Tons)” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “48 = 48,000 BTUH (4 Tons)” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “60 = 60,000 BTUH (5 Tons)” (the 2nd page of the linked document). SHA-256 f614ce644b3baafa5d49c22b275b977ebe2ebadf7911eaa1827246794e3a6aa7, 1,355,367 bytes
26SCA5 Comfort™ Series Single-Stage Air Conditioner with Puron Advance™ Refrigerant 1.5 To 5 Tons Product DataCarrier · 26SCA5-02PD · retrieved 2026-10-01
Series and equipment type: “Comfort™ Series Single-Stage Air Conditioner” (the 1st page of the linked document). Capacity code: “5=14.3 18 = 18,000 BTUH (1.5 Tons)” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “SEER2 24 = 24,000 BTUH (2 Tons)” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “30 = 30,000 BTUH (2.5 Tons)” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “36 = 36,000 BTUH (3 Tons)” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “42 = 42,000 BTUH (3.5 Tons)” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “48 = 48,000 BTUH (4 Tons)” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “60 = 60,000 BTUH (5 Tons)” (the 2nd page of the linked document). SHA-256 4d7d1fbd35a3e9b5babfa70f5515539ad8bc0f9fa39ad6d4cdfbcbfa684ec608, 1,658,288 bytes
Product SYNERGY 2000 Data 38 TDA (60 Hz)Carrier Corporation · 38TDA-4PD · retrieved 2026-10-01
Series and equipment type: “2-Speed Electric Air Conditioner” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Factory refrigerant: “R-22” (the 3rd page of the linked document). SHA-256 12fdcf951a43b0b096704ae417088feec8c22160864e166c09492d0dfc0479b2, 201,264 bytes
Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps Using Puron® Refrigerant Application Guideline and Service ManualCarrier · 38-12SM · retrieved 2026-10-03
Series and equipment type: “Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps” (the 1st page of the linked document). Capacity code: “018 - 18,000 Btuh” (the 13th page of the linked document). Capacity code: “024 - 24,000 Btuh” (the 13th page of the linked document). Capacity code: “030 - 30,000 Btuh” (the 13th page of the linked document). Capacity code: “036 - 36,000 Btuh” (the 13th page of the linked document). Capacity code: “042 - 42,000 Btuh” (the 13th page of the linked document). Capacity code: “048 - 48,000 Btuh” (the 13th page of the linked document). Capacity code: “060 - 60,000 Btuh” (the 13th page of the linked document). SHA-256 e9f4098eae35d1606abb07ea0199b9a5781ba7194c38c9da4a53cf13c4fdbb00, 419,626 bytes
The documents behind Carrier's other equipment: The forms each capacity position is read from3 documents
Each row is a maker document a capacity position is read from. Where a line quotes the document, the words in quotation marks are its own, with the page of the linked document they are printed on.
Carrier
38MHRC Outdoor Unit Single Zone Ductless System Sizes 09 to 24 Product DataCarrier Corporation · 38MHRC-01PD · 04/21 · retrieved 2026-09-25
Series and equipment type: “C = COOLING ONLY” (the 3rd page of the linked document). Series and equipment type: “Q = HEAT PUMP” (the 3rd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “09 - 3/4 TON” (the 3rd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “12 - 1 TON” (the 3rd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “24 - 2 TONS” (the 3rd page of the linked document). SHA-256 11361dc4678612bb618fac759714c8f6e50484461312244591d524331a666f1d, 3,111,996 bytes
38MARB Outdoor Unit Single Zone Ductless System Sizes 09 to 36 Product DataCarrier Corporation · 38MARB-01PD · 01/21 · retrieved 2026-09-25
Series and equipment type: “Q = HEAT PUMP” (the 3rd page of the linked document). Model number layout: “NOMINAL CAPACITY” (the 3rd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “09 - 3/4 TON” (the 3rd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “18 - 1-1/2 TONS” (the 3rd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “36 - 3 TONS” (the 3rd page of the linked document). SHA-256 658f75bbb7480107ba89e2e32078177934f1f04e222c7a52dd5668298ec68762, 3,806,004 bytes
38MA*R Outdoor Unit Single Zone Ductless System Sizes 09 to 36 Product DataCarrier Corporation · 38MAR-06PD · 07/19 · retrieved 2026-09-25
Series and equipment type: “Q = HIGH WALL” (the 3rd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “09 - 3/4 TON” (the 3rd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “18 - 1.5 TONS” (the 3rd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “36 - 3 TONS” (the 3rd page of the linked document). SHA-256 cc1034c758dc9ef0250d57f2973ac3a6ce90871bd5523ccc7f48c559d47537b0, 3,352,247 bytes
The maker forms that identify each packaged or light commercial line7 documents
Each row is a maker document that prints the line's model prefix, and where it prints one, its capacity field: what the line is identified by, and where its legend is held, what its capacity is read from.
Carrier small packaged unit (50VG, 48VG, 50VR, 48VR, 50VL, 48VL, 50VT, 48VT, 50ZP, 50ZH)
A World of ComfortCarrier · 04-811-51011D · retrieved 2026-09-30
Series and equipment type: “Small Packaged Products” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Series and equipment type: “Indoor Self-Contained Systems” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Series and equipment type: “water source and geothermal heat pumps” (the 2nd page of the linked document). SHA-256 044c81ea6977dc262f89ef2a4295403a9f5941e176da8e003bff704d55e653ed, 1,556,723 bytes
Single and Three PhaseCarrier · retrieved 2026-09-30
Series and equipment type: “50VR --- Single Packaged” (the 3rd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “24 --- 2.0 Tons” (the 3rd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “60 --- 5.0 Tons” (the 3rd page of the linked document). SHA-256 6c7ef6c61601d4e661a9a8e3813f009322719a9d34bcfae4393df77971dd6ca2, 4,173,763 bytes
48VL-K Comfort™13.4 SEER2 Single-Packaged AirCarrier · 48VL-21PD · retrieved 2026-09-30
Series and equipment type: “48VL - Single Packaged” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “024 - 2.0 Tons” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “060 - 5.0 Tons” (the 2nd page of the linked document). SHA-256 05f70305886642e4236fd053127a5180e175645b4eb9c12475c7f618bd4d2d9e, 3,293,926 bytes
48VRCarrier · OM48VR-07 · retrieved 2026-09-30
Series and equipment type: “2-Stage Packaged HYBRID HEAT® Dual Fuel System” (the 1st page of the linked document). SHA-256 a2b1ab6a5170fb660919a93ca051e938e6a22158364f388c4f9be67531e9250c, 936,460 bytes
Carrier Aquazone water-source heat pump (50PCH, 50PCV, 50PSH, 50PSV, 50PTH, 50PTV, 50PSW, 50HQP, 50VQP, 50PEC)
Product Data Aquazone™ Compact Water Source Heat PumpsCarrier · 50PC-16PD · retrieved 2026-09-30
Series and equipment type: “Compact Water Source Heat Pumps” (the 1st page of the linked document). Capacity code: “070 – 6” (the 5th page of the linked document). SHA-256 bd3e85fd7f4774c688664edd5ea0b5b33598ad7fc0dd10760e9b64dd7a9284ef, 1,020,795 bytes
Product Data Aquazone™ Water Source Heat Pumps Console UnitCarrier · 50PEC-17PD · retrieved 2026-09-30
Series and equipment type: “Console Water Source Heat Pump” (the 4th page of the linked document). Capacity code: “12 – 1 Tons” (the 4th page of the linked document). SHA-256 351a79bb63589fe3c139b5ba4c63b5a1514a523224c4e441c223904cdef2ba5a, 4,087,317 bytes
Carrier packaged rooftop (48 family)
Product Data Single Package Rooftop Gas Heat/Electric Cooling Vertical Air Flow Unit 15, 17.5, 20, 25, 27.5 TonsCarrier · 48TC-17-30-V-06PD · Rev. B · retrieved 2026-09-29
Maker's description of the equipment: “48 - Gas Heat Packaged Rooftop” (the 4th page of the linked document). Capacity code: “17 = 15 tons” (the 4th page of the linked document). Capacity code: “24 = 20 tons” (the 4th page of the linked document). Capacity code: “28 = 25 tons” (the 4th page of the linked document). Factory refrigerant: “with Puron® (R-410A) Refrigerant” (the 1st page of the linked document). SHA-256 00db7c6a96eff95eca9048caac6e5aad09a1744e696b0360164785d0eb37fda8, 7,859,205 bytes
Maker documents for series this tool decodes1 document
Each row is a maker document that prints the series' capacity codes; the capacity this tool decodes for the series matches the code the document prints.
Carrier 37MUHA heat pump
37MUHA Outdoor Unit Variable Speed Heat Pump Sizes 18K to 60K Product DataCarrier · 37MUHA-01PD · retrieved 2026-09-29
Series and equipment type: “37 = OUTDOOR UNIT” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Series and equipment type: “Q = HEAT PUMP” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “18 - 1.5 TON 36 - 3 TON” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “24 - 2 TON 48 - 4 TON” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “30 - 2.5 TON 60 - 5 TON” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Factory refrigerant: “The outdoor units are shipped with a full charge of R-454B” (the 134th page of the linked document). SHA-256 2acfe301ff00650e7a6aa5e4e31778d683c21a3d7b216adde194882c49608f36, 8,658,281 bytes
Maker documents for indoor units that carry no cooling tonnage1 document
Each row is a maker document for an air handler or a fan coil this tool publishes no tonnage for.
Carrier FV4A fan coil
FV4A Direct Expansion Variable Speed Fan CoilCarrier · FV4A-4PD · retrieved 2026-09-29
Series and equipment type: “Variable Speed Fan Coil” (the 1st page of the linked document). SHA-256 f1eddcef968634818122b467a75d8e2322167e00d3aa53f9ab6c31766d649d36, 332,449 bytes
The maker legends read before any brand rule4 documents
Each row is a maker document that identifies the line, and for most rows prints its model number layout: what the line is, and which of its fields is a heating input, an airflow class, a cabinet width or a kit code rather than a cooling capacity, so none of those is ever read as tonnage.
Carrier N coil (CNPVP, CNPVT, CNPVU, CNRVU): an indoor coil
CNPVP, CNPVT, CNPVU, CNRVU Evaporator Coil N Coil – Cased and UncasedCarrier · PDSCNPV-08 · retrieved 2026-10-01
Series and equipment type: “N Coil – Cased and Uncased” (the 1st page of the linked document). Capacity code: “60 = 5 Ton” (the 2nd page of the linked document). SHA-256 57f88b07b5129539a61d4a4febe02e100857506fc7813a20801398b69e7b0258, 1,396,153 bytes
Carrier CVAMA V coil: an indoor coil
CVAMA Evaporator Coil with Vertex™Technology for Puron Advance™ (R-454B) RefrigerantCarrier · CVAMA-01PD · retrieved 2026-10-01
Series and equipment type: “Evaporator Coil with Vertex™Technology” (the 1st page of the linked document). Capacity code: “36 - 41 = 3 Ton” (the 2nd page of the linked document). SHA-256 c7a6ff71a16f2f81a0d692b88802599a5c1c2bd2cf9a987f85311a97f9d47f05, 2,804,830 bytes
Carrier 30RB AquaSnap air-cooled chiller: an air-cooled chiller
Air-Cooled ChillersCarrier · 30RB-27PD · retrieved 2026-10-06
Series and equipment type: “Air-Cooled Chillers” (the 1st page of the linked document). SHA-256 4c0ac124f0e4f5679fc3f2fcdac22de64dbf8f4b570d7a3004eb31bf62fb51a8, 10,742,509 bytes
Carrier 30XA AquaForce air-cooled liquid chiller: an air-cooled liquid chiller
Fixed Speed Air-Cooled Liquid ChillersCarrier · 30XA-22PD · retrieved 2026-10-06
Series and equipment type: “Fixed Speed Air-Cooled Liquid Chillers” (the 1st page of the linked document). SHA-256 e1d2390fb19644b8cdd9b0f8c173caa011cd6a5dc092cc1757270cf8f28212f7, 16,765,680 bytes
The furnace documents that identify a furnace by its series14 documents
Each row is a maker's furnace installation, service or user document. A model that begins with a series the document is for is answered as a gas furnace naming that document, and no cooling capacity is read from it. Each link opens the manufacturer's own copy, except where a line says it is a distributor's copy of the manufacturer's document. Words in quotation marks are the document's own, with the page of the linked document, counted from its first page, they are printed on.
Carrier
Installation, Start–Up, Operating and Service and Maintenance InstructionsCarrier · retrieved 2026-09-24
Series and equipment type: “4-Way Multipoise, Non–Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). Series and equipment type: “58SB0A/58SB1A 80% AFUE, Single Stage, Multi-Speed ECM, 4-Way Multipoise, Non–Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). SHA-256 048889dda2dabec780cebeb1c130ef771e79c72ea29bf4935b6be64cafb55100, 5,679,781 bytes
Installation, Start–Up, Operating and Service and Maintenance InstructionsCarrier · retrieved 2026-09-24
Series and equipment type: “4-Way Multipoise, Non–Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). Series and equipment type: “58SB0B/58SB1B 80% AFUE, Single Stage, Multi-Speed ECM, 4-Way Multipoise, Non–Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). SHA-256 e126ed40f14520d4c92bc73ac03fdecd0bceb5dceb49d78d500bd73dc6499855, 7,242,359 bytes
Installation, Start–Up, Operating and Service and Maintenance InstructionsCarrier · retrieved 2026-09-24
Series and equipment type: “4-Way Multipoise, Non–Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). Series and equipment type: “58SC0A/58SC1A 80% AFUE, Single-Stage, Multi-Speed ECM, 4-Way Multipoise, Non–Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). SHA-256 daf0277559edefbbaa95a95c98183361993d4455d6e87cb907539048ffb51d45, 5,753,701 bytes
Installation, Start–Up, Operating and Service and Maintenance InstructionsCarrier · retrieved 2026-09-24
Series and equipment type: “Non-Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). Series and equipment type: “58SP0A/58SP1A” (the 1st page of the linked document). SHA-256 3e6f18a03705b94450ce4567869684efb939aab92e58a8dab08854bba6ac52df, 5,171,446 bytes
Installation, Start-up, Operating and Service and Maintenance InstructionsCarrier · retrieved 2026-09-24
Series and equipment type: “Non-Condensing Gas Furnace, Series A” (the 1st page of the linked document). Series and equipment type: “58TP0A/58TP1A 80% AFUE, Variable-Speed, ECM Motor, Two-Stage, 4-Way Multipoise, Non-Condensing Gas Furnace, Series A” (the 1st page of the linked document). SHA-256 aab5f4f45fa3aade3f0c9c1cbe8ce7c245ddb25de5c2a66a2f5ac3be0b2fcab5, 6,783,472 bytes
Installation, Start-up, Operating and Service and Maintenance InstructionsCarrier · retrieved 2026-09-24
Series and equipment type: “Furnace, 4-Way Multipoise” (the 1st page of the linked document). Series and equipment type: “59MN7C Modulating, High Efficiency Condensing Gas Furnace, 4-Way Multipoise” (the 1st page of the linked document). SHA-256 2b7eaf7b002719bf9915f1cf68b15f41379ad8b7ccd0ec7aa2e32730c6ddd08d, 11,420,044 bytes
Installation, Start-up, Operating and Service and Maintenance InstructionsCarrier · retrieved 2026-09-24
Series and equipment type: “High Efficiency Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). Series and equipment type: “59SC2E” (the 1st page of the linked document). SHA-256 65f86ca0203ad00ddefbf14e659dbe7369380217644dbb46aeeb581936ac03ff, 9,383,150 bytes
Installation, Start-up, Operating and Service and Maintenance InstructionsCarrier · retrieved 2026-09-24
Series and equipment type: “35-in. (889 mm), Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). Series and equipment type: “59SC5B Single-Stage, High Efficiency, 4-Way Multipoise 35-in. (889 mm), Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). SHA-256 128938baecf0e5a7f738de12523f1fce4a004a24404e0228a19c6c6b1ad18692, 15,924,009 bytes
Installation, Start-up, Operating and Service and Maintenance InstructionsCarrier · retrieved 2026-09-24
Series and equipment type: “35-in. (889 mm), Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). Series and equipment type: “59SC6A Single-Stage, High Efficiency, 4-Way Multipoise 35-in. (889 mm), Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). SHA-256 1206797529c37e1f66e943953442ac676dd12896641d445821d285760a8109d2, 16,530,037 bytes
Installation, Start-up, Operating and Service and Maintenance InstructionsCarrier · retrieved 2026-09-24
Series and equipment type: “35-in. (889 mm), Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). Series and equipment type: “59SC6A Single-Stage, High Efficiency, 4-Way Multipoise 35-in. (889 mm), Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). SHA-256 d707c28bdc2f0fb1c594977cd30d9a3f7b9b677259303dc1d9bb47606ae26630, 9,986,355 bytes
Installation, Start-up, Operating, Service and Maintenance InstructionsCarrier · retrieved 2026-09-24
Series and equipment type: “ECM Multipoise, Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). Series and equipment type: “59SP6A Single-Stage, Non-Communicating, Variable-Speed, ECM Multipoise, Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). SHA-256 51773f9b8bcd68d4fdbf5fc328789bcf3f386204cc0d30bf010c8eafbc43238d, 15,675,661 bytes
Installation, Start-up, Operating, Service and Maintenance InstructionsCarrier · retrieved 2026-09-24
Series and equipment type: “35 in. (889 mm) Tall, Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). Series and equipment type: “59TN6C” (the 1st page of the linked document). SHA-256 f93fb338d133f3a724d6134921899bf0ee59d33168e703669ed753ee2b2991f2, 12,044,928 bytes
Installation, Start-up, Operating and Service and Maintenance InstructionsCarrier · retrieved 2026-09-24
Series and equipment type: “ECM Multipoise, Condensing Gas Furnace with InteliSense™” (the 1st page of the linked document). Series and equipment type: “59TP6C” (the 1st page of the linked document). SHA-256 cf7818c8e5a74abea0d07dd19e3e3382e0f0807522bf8fdc609e927a786fa057, 11,799,122 bytes
Installation, Start-up, Operating and Service and Maintenance InstructionsCarrier · retrieved 2026-09-24
Series and equipment type: “ECM Multipoise, Condensing Gas Furnace with InteliSense™ Technology” (the 1st page of the linked document). Series and equipment type: “59TP7A” (the 1st page of the linked document). SHA-256 cc4ff8ffaad83f673385c5246f7c5d0063e86c4f6869c9ea5600c89c065a2caa, 12,366,324 bytes
Same family: Bryant and Payne: The forms each capacity position is read from9 documents
Each row is a maker document a capacity position is read from. Where a line quotes the document, the words in quotation marks are its own, with the page of the linked document they are printed on.
Payne
PA13NA 13 SEER Split---System Air Conditioner PA13PA With R---410A Refrigerant Single & Three Phase 1---1/2 To 5 Tons Product DataPayne Heating & Cooling Systems · retrieved 2026-10-03
Capacity code: “018 --- 1 ---1/2 Ton” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “024 --- 2 Ton” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “030 --- 2 ---1/2 Tons” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “036 --- 3 Tons” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “042 --- 3 ---1/2 Tons” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “048 --- 4 Ton” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “060 --- 5 Ton” (the 2nd page of the linked document). SHA-256 36415efd32a29637e110fbce8a295036b54e24552f683277b9d3ad691ab69da9, 1,674,678 bytes
PA16NA Product DataPayne Heating & Cooling Systems · retrieved 2026-10-03
Capacity code: “024 --- 2 Tons” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “030 --- 2 ---1/2 Tons” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “036 --- 3 Tons” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “037 --- 3 Tons” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “042 --- 3 ---1/2 Tons” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “048 --- 4 Ton” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “060 --- 5 Ton” (the 2nd page of the linked document). SHA-256 7fc67852874054a2daac71d3f20ee9be93a9d7635e7e1d2e97a2a6f13614452d, 687,053 bytes
PA5SAN5 Single-Stage Air Conditioner with R-454B Refrigerant 1.5 to 5 Tons Product DataCarrier · SSG-PA5SAN5-02 · 06/25 · retrieved 2026-08-27
Factory refrigerant: “5 = R-454B” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “24 = 24,000 BTUH (2 Tons)” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “36 = 36,000 BTUH (3 Tons)” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “60 = 60,000 BTUH (5 Tons)” (the 2nd page of the linked document). SHA-256 4ed06024acfffbfb30fb713e085f0c6ae109e1dbf94339ba7c051238cc038a8f, 1,045,584 bytes
PA5SAN5 Single-Stage Air Conditioner with R-454B Refrigerant 1.5 to 5 Tons Product DataCarrier · SSG-PA5SAN5-01 · 07/24 · retrieved 2026-08-27
Factory refrigerant: “5 = R-454B” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “24 = 24,000 BTUH (2 Tons)” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “36 = 36,000 BTUH (3 Tons)” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “60 = 60,000 BTUH (5 Tons)” (the 2nd page of the linked document). SHA-256 c1f62cc2c4d8fb125f4832dcb6775a2986bd05c5b2d56078a4fda794d602e59a, 1,056,412 bytes
PA16NA 16 SEER Split System Air Conditioner with R---410A Refrigerant 1.5 To 5 Nominal Tons Product DataPayne Heating & Cooling Systems · retrieved 2026-10-03
Capacity code: “018 --- 1 ---1/2 Ton” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “024 --- 2 Tons” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “030 --- 2 ---1/2 Tons” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “036 --- 3 Tons” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “042 --- 3 ---1/2 Tons” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “048 --- 4 Ton” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “060 --- 5 Ton” (the 2nd page of the linked document). SHA-256 71d58f7a4135911f1b17cdbe37b5b6e52d67ff16c42491f86f2722ea0e03b288, 1,680,356 bytes
PA13NA 13 SEER Split---System Air Conditioner PA13PA With R---410A Refrigerant Single & Three Phase 1---1/2 To 5 Tons Product DataPayne Heating & Cooling Systems · retrieved 2026-10-03
Capacity code: “018 --- 1 ---1/2 Ton” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “024 --- 2 Ton” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “030 --- 2 ---1/2 Tons” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “036 --- 3 Tons” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “042 --- 3 ---1/2 Tons” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “048 --- 4 Ton” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “060 --- 5 Ton” (the 2nd page of the linked document). SHA-256 7fcc26a345a7de80656462ec06ca1dc369141d7bcd58b46325e75b393197da49, 1,803,380 bytes
PH5SAN5 Single-Stage Heat Pump with R-454B Refrigerant 1-1/2 To 5 Tons Product DataCarrier · SSG-PH5SAN5-02 · 06/24 · retrieved 2026-09-25
Factory refrigerant: “5 = R-454B” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “24 = 24,000 BTUH (2 Tons)” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “36 = 36,000 BTUH (3 Tons)” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “60 = 60,000 BTUH (5 Tons)” (the 2nd page of the linked document). SHA-256 f15dbe9e219e36151eb3c0ea029418938fbd517c9ebf5aa2b885bc5fd3b1fe4a, 1,138,443 bytes
Bryant
MODEL 126B Product DataBryant Heating & Cooling Systems · retrieved 2026-07-24
Series and equipment type: “1=AC” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Factory refrigerant: “B=Puron” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Model number layout: “Cooling Capacity” (the 2nd page of the linked document). SHA-256 03d6f68fa6ec83f2f34d2b2be6e2a4f34451bb34023f793a4c878b33f394dd7d, 847,789 bytes
113A Product DataBryant Heating & Cooling Systems · retrieved 2026-07-24
Series and equipment type: “1=AC” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Model number layout: “Cooling Capacity” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Model number layout: “1,000 Btuh” (the 2nd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “1--1/2 to 5 Nominal Tons (Sizes 018- 060)” (the 1st page of the linked document). SHA-256 79e85cad1bf0bf69fcd0af1b0ff2a9247176fe5913bdf151fc45fc8d84ea9cee, 1,451,592 bytes
The maker forms that identify each packaged or light commercial line5 documents
Each row is a maker document that prints the line's model prefix, and where it prints one, its capacity field: what the line is identified by, and where its legend is held, what its capacity is read from.
Bryant packaged rooftop (580J, 581J, 582L, 559L; 3 to 27.5 tons)
580J Single Packaged Rooftop Gas Heat/Electric Cooling 6 to 15 Nominal Tons Product DataCarrier · PDS580J-7-16-03 · retrieved 2026-09-30
Maker's description of the equipment: “580J Single Packaged Rooftop” (the 1st page of the linked document). Series and equipment type: “580 - Gas Heat RTU Legacy™ Series” (the 3rd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “07 - 6 tons” (the 3rd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “08 - 7.5 tons” (the 3rd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “12 - 10 tons” (the 3rd page of the linked document). Capacity code: “16 - 15 tons” (the 3rd page of the linked document). Factory refrigerant: “J - Puron® (R-410A) Refrigerant” (the 3rd page of the linked document). SHA-256 18b5129be48cd3dfaf3def8736412c416098b5f8d38993ca9c9f037513c4275f, 6,366,008 bytes
15, 17.5, 20, 25, 27.5 Tons Product DataCarrier · PDS580J-17-30-V-04 · Rev. A · retrieved 2026-09-30
Model number layout: “580J UNITS MODEL NUMBER NOMENCLATURE” (the 4th page of the linked document). Factory refrigerant: “with Puron® (R-410A) Refrigerant” (the 1st page of the linked document). SHA-256 f886c0f1341fa8a775017e4c199edd95e75d607c1b15e2e85eef0a23a7ad5ded, 4,659,877 bytes
Gas Heat/Electric Cooling Packaged Rooftop Units 3 to 12.5 Nominal Tons Product DataCarrier · PDS581J-4-14-05 · retrieved 2026-09-30
Maker's description of the equipment: “Gas Heat/Electric Cooling Packaged Rooftop Units” (the 1st page of the linked document). Series and equipment type: “581J Sizes 04 to 14” (the 1st page of the linked document). Capacity code: “04 - 3 ton” (the 4th page of the linked document). Capacity code: “06 - 5 ton” (the 4th page of the linked document). Capacity code: “14 - 12.5 ton” (the 4th page of the linked document). SHA-256 2cc4a13de43f63e65c5e3dc627b8a6286bb077ba1ac0e455cce8182852e49dba, 5,161,608 bytes
15 to 25 Nominal Tons Product DataCarrier · PDS581J-17-28-03 · retrieved 2026-09-30
Maker's description of the equipment: “Packaged Rooftop Units with Gas Heat” (the 1st page of the linked document). Model number layout: “581J MODEL NUMBER NOMENCLATURE” (the 4th page of the linked document). SHA-256 da6a6771a0ac676d753f6fc60336158401c7160b127e1f5de16e01f939b52773, 6,129,799 bytes
3 to 6 Nominal Tons Product DataCarrier · PDS582-559L-4-7-01 · retrieved 2026-09-30
Maker's description of the equipment: “582L: Single-Package Gas Heating/Electric Cooling” (the 1st page of the linked document). Series and equipment type: “582 = Gas Heat/Electric Cooling RTU” (the 4th page of the linked document). Capacity code: “04 = 3.0 tons” (the 4th page of the linked document). Capacity code: “05 = 4.0 tons” (the 4th page of the linked document). Capacity code: “06 = 5.0 tons” (the 4th page of the linked document). Capacity code: “07 = 6.0 tons” (the 4th page of the linked document). Factory refrigerant: “L = Puron® Advance (R-454B) Refrigerant” (the 4th page of the linked document). SHA-256 a9200dcf2ee97b1a3194a8c8128b2f655f4e4da60fa689d93117f2e3ce25c3dd, 6,343,300 bytes
The maker legends read before any brand rule1 document
Each row is a maker document that identifies the line, and for most rows prints its model number layout: what the line is, and which of its fields is a heating input, an airflow class, a cabinet width or a kit code rather than a cooling capacity, so none of those is ever read as tonnage.
Bryant 310AAV/310JAV gas furnace: a gas furnace
310AAV/310JAV 4−Way Multipoise Induced Combustion Gas FurnaceBryant Heating & Cooling Systems · PDS310A-11 · retrieved 2026-10-01
Series and equipment type: “4−Way Multipoise Induced Combustion Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). Capacity code: “045 - 45,000” (the 9th page of the linked document). Capacity code: “110 - 110,000” (the 9th page of the linked document). SHA-256 b62e5afa6281322a5c3cfbe22dc51382633e4aca1d0aabdb01599c7852d8edbf, 1,645,329 bytes
The furnace documents that identify a furnace by its series14 documents
Each row is a maker's furnace installation, service or user document. A model that begins with a series the document is for is answered as a gas furnace naming that document, and no cooling capacity is read from it. Each link opens the manufacturer's own copy, except where a line says it is a distributor's copy of the manufacturer's document. Words in quotation marks are the document's own, with the page of the linked document, counted from its first page, they are printed on.
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Installation, Start–Up, Operating and Service and Maintenance InstructionsCarrier · retrieved 2026-09-24
Series and equipment type: “4-Way Multipoise, Non–Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). Series and equipment type: “800SB/801SB 80% AFUE, Single Stage, Multi-Speed ECM, 4-Way Multipoise, Non–Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). SHA-256 91099cb431fd40e943a4a439fc27a45c77af4215df88c2c220a50d6b73d101a7, 7,194,102 bytes
Installation, Start–Up, Operating and Service and Maintenance InstructionsCarrier · retrieved 2026-09-24
Series and equipment type: “Non-Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). Series and equipment type: “820SA/821SA 80% AFUE, Non-Communicating, Single Stage, ECM Motor, Variable Speed, 4-Way Multipoise, Non-Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). SHA-256 5233136a0e80508a3093f3543e5e96632c75dc23afe62438a500cb37a9005d2e, 5,148,070 bytes
Installation, Start-up, Operating and Service and Maintenance InstructionsCarrier · retrieved 2026-09-24
Series and equipment type: “Non-Condensing Gas Furnace, Series A” (the 1st page of the linked document). Series and equipment type: “820TA/821TA 80% AFUE, Variable-Speed, ECM Motor, Two-Stage, 4-Way Multipoise, Non-Condensing Gas Furnace, Series A” (the 1st page of the linked document). SHA-256 0545c3045e322f83d77e8a4664777dc44d7b2eb21383716e7da5ea4c7ec0a7c2, 6,776,704 bytes
Installation, Start-up, Operating and Service and Maintenance InstructionsCarrier · retrieved 2026-09-24
Series and equipment type: “High Efficiency Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). Series and equipment type: “912SE” (the 1st page of the linked document). SHA-256 8d0998553ca778556b32ad539470a9d1289a0f293d917cea6815d0c9d02a47ce, 9,468,891 bytes
Installation, Start-up, Operating and Service and Maintenance InstructionsCarrier · retrieved 2026-09-24
Series and equipment type: “35-in. (889 mm), Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). Series and equipment type: “915SB Single-Stage, High Efficiency, 4-Way Multipoise 35-in. (889 mm), Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). SHA-256 f933ca3c35d7ba73adb4b31a30d69f4f04b4616ef6a06010425a05aba9728793, 10,309,848 bytes
Installation, Start-up, Operating and Service and Maintenance InstructionsCarrier · retrieved 2026-09-24
Series and equipment type: “35-in. (889 mm), Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). Series and equipment type: “916SA Single-Stage, High Efficiency, 4-Way Multipoise 35-in. (889 mm), Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). SHA-256 cd2d67e7cc43c03903e400d9e34fb7d392d519da199a852f065fbc81b8e280e2, 10,060,259 bytes
Installation, Start-up, Operating, Service and Maintenance InstructionsCarrier · retrieved 2026-09-24
Series and equipment type: “ECM Multipoise, Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). Series and equipment type: “926SA Single-Stage, Non-Communicating, Variable-Speed, ECM Multipoise, Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). SHA-256 be1f4ff676d0d817dd8d9572411cd4a71e7ad02f2d1f4dec9e00e01a0a0c1fa8, 15,627,369 bytes
Installation, Start-up, Operating and Service and Maintenance InstructionsCarrier · retrieved 2026-09-24
Series and equipment type: “ECM Multipoise, Condensing Gas Furnace with InteliSense™” (the 1st page of the linked document). Series and equipment type: “926TC” (the 1st page of the linked document). SHA-256 83c1ccd1e6da3fe86d1acbcdb974cafcd5d2f6fbfddc95e20eb2d035d345450f, 11,801,940 bytes
Installation, Start-up, Operating, Service and Maintenance InstructionsCarrier · retrieved 2026-09-24
Series and equipment type: “35 in. (889 mm) Tall, Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). Series and equipment type: “986TC Two-Stage, Variable-Speed, Multipoise 35 in. (889 mm) Tall, Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). SHA-256 4afa03db228f5cce950684c1d9726193917380eb5bff8f3c467ba65a5a776e94, 14,082,068 bytes
Installation, Start-up, Operating and Service and Maintenance InstructionsCarrier · retrieved 2026-09-24
Series and equipment type: “Furnace, 4-Way Multipoise” (the 1st page of the linked document). Series and equipment type: “987MC Modulating, High Efficiency Condensing Gas Furnace, 4-Way Multipoise” (the 1st page of the linked document). SHA-256 c53d2db32d25d8522d44e2d0b6f2576ebb630fd5a9044028587bd843f8502540, 11,486,268 bytes
Installation, Start–Up, Operating and Service and Maintenance InstructionsCarrier · retrieved 2026-09-24
Series and equipment type: “4-Way Multipoise, Non–Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). Series and equipment type: “PG80MSA/PG80MSLA 80% AFUE, Single-Stage, Multi-Speed ECM, 4-Way Multipoise, Non–Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). SHA-256 ac9f42edb903cd2528122744fd1cfca91cb2fd070c00a10acffd68018b1931fa, 4,449,716 bytes
Installation, Start-up, Operating and Service and Maintenance InstructionsCarrier · retrieved 2026-09-24
Series and equipment type: “High Efficiency Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). Series and equipment type: “PG92MSA” (the 1st page of the linked document). SHA-256 5dd29baf1b6c6dbb46d286831ad15c6549e5e4f7804f653df4c8d47d8ac85e8b, 9,312,630 bytes
Installation, Start-up, Operating and Service and Maintenance InstructionsCarrier · retrieved 2026-09-24
Series and equipment type: “35-in. (889 mm), Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). Series and equipment type: “PG96MSA Single-Stage, High Efficiency, 4-Way Multipoise 35-in. (889 mm), Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). SHA-256 1ce26cc4b0187eaec160093ce9abe819cd268990faca566399e9e8fc59f89675, 9,616,859 bytes
Installation, Start-up, Operating and Service and Maintenance InstructionsCarrier · retrieved 2026-09-24
Series and equipment type: “Condensing Gas Furnace” (the 1st page of the linked document). Series and equipment type: “PG96VTAB” (the 1st page of the linked document). SHA-256 1165b3c897cf0bc2643d8ccc039a5640636272a1b016ca6bdc7219c902646460, 11,495,019 bytes
The documents behind other makers' models: Where they are listed1 document
The all-brand tonnage page's receipt lists the maker documents behind the decoder's readings of other makers' models.
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The all-brand tonnage decoder's source receipt

These are manufacturer model-number conventions, looked up and decoded by the engine from the digits you enter, not a measurement of the installed unit. Nomenclature varies by brand and changes across product generations, so where a brand's fixed capacity position is not verified the tool labels the reading a pattern-based estimate rather than a confident decode. The unit's rating plate and its BTU/h rating have the final say; always confirm the decoded tonnage against the nameplate.

Intry Verified

The Carrier capacity codes on this page are transcribed from Carrier's own published nomenclature tables (2016cac_nomen and Catalog No. 24-25-2SM and 27SCA5-02PD and 26SCA5-02PD and Form 38TDA-4PD and Form 38-12SM, published by www.shareddocs.com, fetched 2026-07-24 and 2026-09-17 and 2026-10-01). Catalog No 24ABC6-8PD is listed for what it prints about the model layout, not for these codes. They are looked up, not calculated: where Carrier's printed table and the divide-by-12 shortcut disagree, the printed table is what this decoder publishes. The nominal tonnage and BTU/h figures shown above are read out of the locked tonnage decoder on every build, so a sentence on this page cannot drift away from what the decoder answers, and a deterministic test re-checks that agreement before each deploy. This covers Carrier capacity decoding only, and only what a Carrier document prints. This is our own deterministic gate, not a third-party audit. What Intry Verified means

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