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sandman70
Feb 17, 2009, 03:18 PM
I am building a new home and the builder has installed a 2 ton unit for the first and third floor and a 3T for the second floor. According the report from the contractor, I believe that the size for the second floor should be 2.5T and the first and third should be 3T. Please look at the numbers from the report below and tell me if I am wrong. Thanks for your help and if you need additional information please let me know,

First and Third floor
Efficiency 14 SEER
Sensible Cooling 26100 BTU/hr
Latent Cooling 8700 BTU/hr
Total Cooling 34800 BTU/hr
Actual Air flow 1160 cfm
Air Flow factor 0.047 cfm/BTUh
Static pressure 0.50 in H20
Load sensible heat ratio 0.87
Clg Load (on rooms SqFt basis) 29960
Btuh needed (includes walls, glazing, doors, ceilings, floors, infiltration, ducts, ventilation and internal gains) 24879 BTUh

Second floor
Efficiency 14 SEER
Sensible Cooling 18750 BTU/hr
Latent Cooling 6250 BTU/hr
Total Cooling 25000 BTU/hr
Actual Air flow 833 cfm
Air Flow factor 0.047 cfm/BTUh
Static pressure 0.50 in H20
Load sensible heat ratio 0.84
Clg Load (on rooms SqFt basis) 22125
Btuh needed (includes walls, glazing, doors, ceilings, floors, infiltration, ducts, ventilation and internal gains) 17894 BTUh

hvac1000
Feb 17, 2009, 11:22 PM
You need to contact a engineer or another local HVAC company. Trying to do heat cool load calculations here never works. Sorry