In more cases than not a 3 ton ac with the ducts in the attic has a ton or so of load that s just from the location of the ducts in the attic and the associated duct gains leakage etc.
Ac ducting inside room without attic.
Quit writing papers and go try a seat of your pants experiment.
Duct losses to outdoors.
Good luck getting better cooling in the upstairs in an old home using a basement hvac system than one in an attic.
An hvac return air duct should be in every room except a bathroom and kitchen.
They should be on interior walls across the room from the supply ducts that should be washing exterior walls with conditioned air the red arrow points to a large wall mounted return air vent.
When you put a duct and a duct boot in the cavity you don t have room for insulation.
However it absolutely must be an unused chimney in an unused fireplace.
When you decide to trade in your room air conditioner for central air you ll have decisions to make including where.
Sure if you can find enough space and afford the large cost to have someone poorly carve up the inside of your house to get the proper sized ductwork through the house.
The remaining 2 tons of capacity is at least 1 5x oversized for the actual 1 load.
Can you put your air conditioning unit in the attic with blown in insulation.
There s one more way that you can vent a portable ac unit and get rid of that hot air in a windowless room.
Never try to vent a portable ac unit through a functional working chimney or fireplace that s a huge safety risk.