Will an 18,000 btu mini split cool a 12x24 room with 12 600w lights with air cooled hoods? It is not a sealed room, I will have two exhaust fans. Or could I use 2 10,000 btu portable a/c units/
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Well, a 10,ooo btu unit will cool 500 square feet. When you do the math, you're working with 288 square feet. If so, then an 18,000 btu unit should be more than enough.
I never was a fan of portable units, they always seem to disappoint in performance. A window, thru the wall, or mini split unit will work much better.
By air cooled lights, do you mean the light is sealed in the hood, and all the hood are using another air source and being vented outside? If your lights are well vented, they won't add much heat to a room. If you insulate the hood, even less heat escapes in to the room. Use insulated flex tubes for it all, even less heat!
