Room Air Conditioners - Whirlpool Room Air Conditioner Use & Care Manual

COOLING LOAD GUIDE-SQUARE FEET METHOD
ROOM AIR CONDITIONERS
'COOLING LOAD GUIDE -
To make sure you choose the right size unit, use this
SQUARE FEET
METHOD." It is a quick, easy means of computing capacity.
For ertremes
trt exposure shadrag. tnsulalron and
burldIng conslrucl~on. AHAM Coohng Load Esllmale Form RAC-1 musl be used
COOLING CAPACITYREQUIRED--BTU/HR
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. DetermIne Ihe
area
to be cooled m square feel and locate that
potnt on the left stde of chart
2. Move horizontally across to the center lute of Band A. S or C
accordmg to the conditton of the celling in the area to be cooled
Band A-Occupted Space Above Ceil[ng
Band B-Insulated Celling Under Attic
Band C-Non-Insulated Ceiling Under Attrc
3. From center of band move within the band to left for more
northerly exposure or right for more westerly exposure.
4. From thus pomt. read down to bottom of chart to determme
required Btu/hr output. Wrile the Btu/hr figure rn the space
indiceled below.
5.- Btulhr (horn number 4 above).
6.-- Locate your geographtc area on Inset map and multrply
factor shown by ftgure tn number 5
7.- If room atr condttioner IS Infended
primarily for night-
ttme cookng. subtract 30% (from figure m number 6)
6.p
Subtract 30 Btulhr from ftgure in number 7 (or 6) for
each Itnear fool of wall separating the area to be cooled
from another cooled room
6.- If more than two people occupy area, add 600
Btuihr per
person (to figure m number 6); If only one person,
subtract 600 Stulhr.
lo.- Add 4000 Btulhr (to figure tn number 9) If area to be
cooled includes kitchen.
For best results, a room condilioning unit or units with a coolmg
capacity rating close to that estimated above should be selected
A smaller capacity unit operating continuously wt!I conlrtbute
more to comfort than a larger capacity unit operatmg tntermtt-
tently.
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