Do you have the right size air conditioner
for the room you want to cool?
Check the guide below and see.
Instructions
Rochester
1. Measure the room to be cooled inFargo
Eugene
square feet.Albany
Green Bay
2. Select the region (1, 2, or 3) that
best fits your location from the map.
Reno
New
3. Using the chart corresponding to
SacramentoColumbusHaven
your region, find the column marked
(Size of Area to be Cooled in squarePueblo
FresnoWichita
feet).
Charlotte
LasFlagstaff
4. Reading down the column, select a
VegasAtlanta
number that most closely matchesPhoenix
Birmingham
your room size.
5. Follow this row across to the
San Antonio
column that describes the air
Tucson
conditioner exposure direction, and
room characteristics.
6. The number you select will be the
approximate btu size needed to
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cool your room.
Additional conditions:Region 1Region 2Region 3
? If average occupancy of area is more than two people, add 600 Btu/hour per person. If average is one person, subtract
600 Btu/hour.
? Add 1200 Btu/hour if area includes a kitchen.
? If room is heavily shaded, subtract 10 percent from capacity. Increase capacity by 10 percent if area is very sunny.
Note: For best results, select a room air conditioner with cooling capacity (Btu/hour rating) closest to, but not exceeding,
estimated size.
NORTH OREAST OR
WEST
SHADEDSOUTH
NonNonNon
Room AboveCeilingceilingRoom AboveCeilingceilingRoom AboveCeilingCeiling
InsulatedInsulatedInsulatedInsulatedInsulatedInsulated
Size of
Area to
be
Required Air Conditioner CoolingRequired Air Conditioner CoolingRequired Air Conditioner Cooling
Cooled
Capacity Btu/hourCapacity Btu/hourCapacity Btu/hour
(in
square
Rfeet)
1503,2003,5004,4005,1005,4006,2006,2006,5007,300
2003,6004,0005,2005,5005,9007,0006,6007,0008,100
E
2504,0004,4005,9006,0006,4007,8007,1007,5008,900
3004,3004,9006,6006,4006,9008,6007,5008,0009,800
G3504,7005,3007,4006,8007,4009,4007,9008,50010,600
4005,1005,8008,2007,2007,90010,3008,3009,00011,400
4505,5006,2008,9007,6008,40011,1008,7009,50012,200
I
5005,8006,6009,6008,0008,90011,9009,10010,00013,000
5506,2007,10010,4008,4009,40012,7009,50010,50013,800
O6006,6007,60011,1008,9009,90013,50010,00011,00014,600
6506,9008,00011,8009,30010,40014,30010,40011,50015,400
7007,3008,40012,6009,70010,90015,10010,80012,00016,200
N
7507,7008,90013,40010,10011,40015,90011,20012,50017,000
8008,0009,40014,10010,60011,90016,70011,70013,00017,800
8508,3009,80014,90011,00012,40017,50012,10013,50018,600
9008,70010,20015,60011,40012,90018,30012,50014,00019,400
19509,10010,70016,30011,80013,40019,10012,90014,50020,200
10009,40011,10017,10012,30014,00019,90013,40015,10021,000
110010,10012,00018,50013,10014,90021,40014,20016,00022,600
120010,90012,90020,00013,90015,90023,00015,00017,00024,200
130011,60013,80021,50014,70016,90024,70015,80018,00025,800
140012,30014,70023,00015,60017,90026,30016,70019,10027,400
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