Originally Posted By: five.five
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for calculating the required BTU’s for a certain square feet in a house?
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for calculating the required BTU’s for a certain square feet in a house?
Thank you
Originally Posted By: jbehling
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Did you not get any books with the home inspection courses you took? You did take courses?
Originally Posted By: cbottger
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Some contractors use 400 some use 500 square feet of living space per ton of cooling such as 1500 sq ft home uses a 3 ton unit. The proper way would be to run a heat load on the home such as amount of insulation walls and attic, type of windows, doors ect. ect. ect. The average daily high temperature for the summer summer months for your particular area is also very important and the amount of humidity on a average.
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Originally Posted By: phinsperger
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The simple answer is
Required BTU’s = Total heat loss - Total heat gain
then you have to determine each. By such things as glazed area, insulation, number of anticpated occupants, location, etc, etc. I can go a bit more in detail if you like but sufice it to say there are a number of factors and assumtions that equate in to it. There is software that will calculate it for you. All you have to do is plug in a few numbers.
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Originally Posted By: jbehling
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| cbottger wrote: |
| Some contractors use 400 some use 500 square feet of living space per ton of cooling such as 1500 sq ft home uses a 3 ton unit. The proper way would be to run a heat load on the home such as amount of insulation walls and attic, type of windows, doors ect. ect. ect. The average daily high temperature for the summer summer months for your particular area is also very important and the amount of humidity on a average. |
As stated, a heat loss calculation has to be performed for a proper answer. Most contractors over size heating and cooling units, wasting energy and money.
Originally Posted By: cmccann
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http://www.alpinehomeair.com/Furnace-choosingsize.cfm
http://www.hvacopcost.com/equipsize.html
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Originally Posted By: five.five
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this board has not gotten a lot of posts lately, and I am asking questions that may help me, and others.
Thanks to those who answered legitimately.
Originally Posted By: jbehling
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| five.five wrote: |
| this board has not gotten a lot of posts lately, and I am asking questions that may help me, and others.
Thanks to those who answered legitimately. |
It was a joke, relax. 
Originally Posted By: sbyrnes
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five.five,
you should see the members only section, posts like you wouldn't believe!! nudge, nudge, hint, hint.
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Originally Posted By: Gary Reecher
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Just for fun a free airconditioner sizer
http://www.hvaccomputer.com/hvac/sizer.aspActually Don Sleeth takes the time to describe heat loss/gain and why proper equipment sizing is important.
http://hvac-talk.com/vbb/showthread.php?threadid=33866
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