What problems would likely be encountered if a comfort-cooling unit was used for electronic cooling?
Since a comfort-cooling system has a low sensible heat ratio it would be necessary to sufficiently oversize the unit to provide the required sensible capacity. In addition to higher initial cost and the waste of energy, this would likely lead to over-dehumidification of the space. Temperature would be hard, if not impossible, to control within the desired range and there would be no control of humidity unless a separate, stand-alone humidifier was installed. Filtering would probably be inadequate and the ability to monitor and control the system remotely is doubtful. It is unlikely that system reliability and life would be acceptable. Smaller evaporator fans would produce fewer air changes and hot spots in the critical space could be expected.
