Amps = Watts/Volts = 4.16. The smallest breaker in a house panel is 15 amps. You will need a 2 pole 15 amp breaker. On a # 14 wire you can load that circuit up to 12 amps.ou need a 50 amp breaker for 120 volt operation, though 120 volt operation is not advised. You need a 30 amp breaker for 240 volt operation.      As always, if you are in doubt about what to do, the best advice anyone should give you is to call a licensed electrician to advise what work is needed.
1 The process involves the ice melting to water, the water heating from 0 Â°C to 100 Â°C, then the water boiling to steam.  The energy absorbed will be the heat of fusion + the change in temperature of the liquid + the heat of vaporization, qfusion + qheating + qvaporization.
Divide 286,000 (amount of energy to melt a ton of ice), by 24 (hours in a day), the result is 11,917 BTUâs of energy per hour to melt the ton of ice. The industry rounded up to 12,000 Btu/h to reference 1-ton of air conditioner capacity.