PORTABLE AIR CONDITIONER SIZING GUIDE

You answered that your room is a kitchen, gets full sun during the day and is between 550 to 600 square feet.

You will need a minimum portable air conditioner of 18,500 BTUs or greater. Unfortunately this is larger than any non-commercial portable air conditioner on the market. If it were available, it would certainly need its own dedicated circuit due to the large amperage such a unit would draw.

However, there is still a solution.

You may wish to consider purchasing two smaller units of around 9,000 to 10,000 BTUs each that work in conjunction. Be sure you have enough amperage in your circuit panel, the product information will have the amperage required.

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Two units will also allow greater flexibility for use in other rooms or during the change of seasons as cooling demands lessen.