[RFI] Window Air Conditioner Advice Wanted

Bill Price billp7634 at sbcglobal.net
Fri Jul 13 19:11:39 EDT 2018


If that is adequately insulated, 15,000 BTU will be enough.

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On Jul 13, 2018, at 6:58 PM, Donald Chester <k4kyv at hotmail.com> wrote:

>> Holy Moly!  2 tons of A/C for a shack?  That's enough for a whole house!
> 
>> Steve
>> sparkie001 at pobox.com
> 
> Shack is 24' X 32' with 12' ceiling (formerly a one-room school house).  Building is unshaded in direct  sunlight in afternoon. QRO transmitters and other station equipment give off considerable heat.  
> 
> Various on-line calculators recommend between 19k and 30k BTU with pertinent data entered. The old a/c is 23k, although at 40 y.o. it probably doesn't have that much cooling capacity any more.
> 
> Besides RFI considerations, I have to figure out a way to get the old one down and the new one up in its place.  Hole in the wall is 8' high off the floor.  Most units I have checked take the same size hole and weigh 130-150 lbs.
> 
> 
> Don k4kyv
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