Defaults reflect this space type, including its typical equipment/metabolic load of ~3,000 BTU/hr. Same engine as the main calculator.
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A hair dryer is a 1,500–2,000 W heat gun — ~5,000–6,800 BTU/hr while running. With two or three stations active plus occupants, a modest salon carries the load of a room twice its size. Budget roughly 1,000–1,500 BTU per active station on top of the base room load, as the estimate below does.
Chemical treatments need fresh-air exchange that recirculating ACs don't provide — and that ventilation air arrives hot and humid, adding to the load. A salon that smells of ammonia is under-ventilated, not under-cooled; solve both with sized fresh-air intake plus the right tonnage.
A typical salon / parlour (~300 sq ft) needs about 14,860 BTU/hr — a 1.5 ton unit in moderate US conditions, or two split units in hot Indian conditions (35,200 BTU/hr).
A typical Indian salon / parlour of ~300 sq ft carries roughly 35,200 BTU/hr in hot conditions — a two split units. Adjust with the calculator above for your exact room and city.
Add roughly 1,000–1,500 BTU/hr per regularly-active station (dryer duty-cycled) on top of the room's base load — a 4-station salon adds about half a ton of equipment load alone.
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