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I have had a mini split for about 3 years now. I used a 9 k btu mini split for a 400sq ft room with 2 uncooled 600 watters. It kept the room at between 75 and 79 no prob. You're golden.

Evaporative coolers compare very favorably to air conditioners. Evaporative coolers are excellent as long as humidity is low. This is because they cool by evaporating water particles, which takes heat out of the air for the evaporation to occur. As long as the air is dry enough for the...

Heat pumps warm the air indoors by pulling heat from the outside air by attempting to cool it. Heat pumps can be quite efficient and are a great way to go if you live in a place with poor solar access and no natural gas. over 50% of the country has no natural gas and solar is best in certain...

you have to have condenser, cooling tower, pump and piping system. Insvestment on water cooled condenser is higher.But chillers have better efficiency at lower temperatures of cooling water. So overall advantage, though water cooled system seems to consume more power, is for water cooled...