[NSRCA-discussion] Air Conditioned Shop

Thu Jun 13 07:42:19 AKDT 2013

Not sure if my earlier post made the list or not. . .

A portable (roll around) unit uses air from inside the room to blow over the coils to cool the freon, then exhausts that hot air outside.  This creates a vacuum, sucking hot, humid air into the very room (or garage) you’re trying to cool.  I have a roll around in my garage and you can see / hear the garage doors moving when you turn it on.  It does cool the garage, but takes a very long time and fills the water bucket several times per day.

Personally, I’d recommend something else. . . window unit or the split-level thingy . .

From: astropuppy 
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 8:47 AM
To: General pattern discussion 
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Air Conditioned Shop

This list sure is a great resource, before yesterday I didn't have any idea there was such a thing as a "Mini Split Air conditioner". 

Here's the low down on my wife. She inspects laboratory's for a living and frequently mandates they be cooler. Long story short she says a Mini Split unit probably works better then a window or portable unit. And here I thought I had married a bimbo. Bad news is the cost comes out of the airplane budget.

Mini Splits seem to be all the rage on the web. Amazon has some lower priced units with good reviews  Here's 18,000 btu for $728 which puts cost inline with a large window unit. The best solution for my shop would be a ceiling mount.  http://www.amazon.com/Pioneer-Conditioner-Dehumidification-Ventilation-Installation/dp/B0095VAEOC/ref=pd_sim_sbs_hg_2/176-5609692-6728554

On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 7:02 PM, Dave Burton <burtona at atmc.net> wrote:

  I did the ductless mini split heat pump in my 24 X 36 garage/shop too. It’s a 21,000 btu unit and works great in summer and winter. Total cost was about $1,200.00 as I bought it on e-bay and did the installation myself. A hole the size of a dryer vent in an outside wall and two pipes and a power cord were all the cutting I had to do. Outside unit mounted on a concrete pad 

  Dave

  From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Keith Black
  Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 6:16 PM

  To: General pattern discussion
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Air Conditioned Shop

  I put a Ductless Mini Split AC in my garage and it's been awesome. Mine has a heat pump so it heats in the winter and cools in the summer. It also keeps the humidity very low.

  This needs to be installed and can't be rolled around, so if that's OK it is an excellent solution.

  Look up "Mini Split Air conditioner" on google. I have a Hitachi unit.

  Keith Black

  On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 4:16 PM, astropuppy <astropuppy at gmail.com> wrote:

  Thanks Scott,

  One of my obstacles is the garage doesn't have any windows. NewAir told me their exhaust hose is 5.59" in diameter; I need to figure out a way to go through the wall. I'm looking for a dryer type vent to put through the wall.

  Pat, Real pattern pilots fly in wind, sissy's fly in Oregon!

  Mike

  On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Scott McHarg <scmcharg at gmail.com> wrote:

  Mike,

  I did just this for my....we'll call it "man-cave".  It's a 2 car garage and I used a 14,000 BTU portable unit from Lowe's.  The worst part was figuring out how to vent the unit.  After looking at different possibilities, I wound up cutting a hole for the tube and exhausting it out the laundry room window as designed.  It worked perfect and cools down the 22' deep garage  from regular closed garage temperatures in Southeast Texas (read freakin hot and humid) to 75-78 in a few hours.

  Holler if you need more info.....

  On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 4:00 PM, astropuppy <astropuppy at gmail.com> wrote:

    I'm just going to throw this out. Does anybody have experience using a portable (the kind that rolls around) Air Conditioner in their shop? I'm trying to cool down a well insulated two car garage.

    Mike

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