Roughly how many tons of cooling does it take to cool a space where the following equipment is stored but no people? The equipment is running continuously: 3 refrigerators - capacity, 3000 Watts each; 10 Fluorescent lights - 64 Watts each; Two copy machines - 1000 Watts each a. 3.5 tons, b. 10 tons, c. 1 ton, d. 0 tons, there is no need to cool equipment.

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Roughly how many tons of cooling does it take to cool a space where the following equipment is stored but no people? The equipment is running continuously: 3 refrigerators - capacity, 3000 Watts each; 10 Fluorescent lights - 64 Watts each; Two copy machines - 1000 Watts each

a. 3.5 tons, b. 10 tons, c. 1 ton, d. 0 tons, there is no need to cool equipment.

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