3-ton unit

[gmcwelder]

is a 3-ton unit to big for a 1300 sq. ft. house

[tinner73]

are the windows open or closed?

[hvac hero]

Originally posted by tinner73
are the windows open or closed?

Muhahahaha you crack me up tinner.

[dash]

Do the required load calculation right here,

http://hvaccomputer.com/talkref.asp

for a small fee.Or call around and find a Pro to do it for yoy,for a fee,that will be credited to you if you buy the system from them.

[curiousgirl]

now i do have a 1200 sq ft commercial metal building on a slab, quite a few windows, normal insulation in walls & ceiling, sheetrock walls, carpet floors. Hvac guy figured 3 ton unit with his load calculation last year. Seemed kind of large at the time but now summer has hit, its not one big too large. In fact any smaller and it would have struggled to keep it at 77 degrees.

[gmcwelder]

one guy told me 3-ton ,another person said 2-ton, which one do i listen to .

[comfortdoc]

The one that measured your house and performed the load calculations.

[gmcwelder]

i gave two people my room measurments , window sizes , and ceiling heights , and the both came up with one saying a 3-ton will be to large and the 2-ton will be alright . and the other one said visa - vesa.

[Edited by gmcwelder on 08-22-2006 at 05:39 PM]

[smokin68]

The load calc on this site would be money well spent. You might need a 2.5 ton. Noone knows without performing a load calc. The "rule of dumb(thumb)" is 1 ton per 500 sq ft, which can oversize by today's standards as houses are built tighter.

[grasshopper1]

3 ton I think they meant a 300 ton chiller

[dan sw fl]

Originally posted by gmcwelder
one guy told me 3-ton ,another person said 2-ton, which one do i listen to .

Send plans & specs ...
I'll break the TIE.

2-ton in MN
3-ton in Coasta Rica

2.5 ton in between