<div dir="ltr">This list sure is a great resource, before yesterday I didn't have any idea there was such a thing as a "<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Mini Split Air conditioner".</span><div>
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></div><div style><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">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 </font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Mini Split unit probably works better then a window or portable unit. And here I thought I had married a bimbo. </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Bad news is the cost comes out of the airplane budget.</span></div>
<div style><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></div><div style><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">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. </font><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pioneer-Conditioner-Dehumidification-Ventilation-Installation/dp/B0095VAEOC/ref=pd_sim_sbs_hg_2/176-5609692-6728554">http://www.amazon.com/Pioneer-Conditioner-Dehumidification-Ventilation-Installation/dp/B0095VAEOC/ref=pd_sim_sbs_hg_2/176-5609692-6728554</a></div>
<div style><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 7:02 PM, Dave Burton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:burtona@atmc.net" target="_blank">burtona@atmc.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">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 <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Dave<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Keith Black<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 12, 2013 6:16 PM</span></p><div class="im"><br><b>To:</b> General pattern discussion<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Air Conditioned Shop<u></u><u></u></div><p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">
<u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p>
<div><div class="h5"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">This needs to be installed and can't be rolled around, so if that's OK it is an excellent solution.<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Look up "Mini Split Air conditioner" on google. I have a Hitachi unit.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Keith Black<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div><div><div class="h5"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 4:16 PM, astropuppy <<a href="mailto:astropuppy@gmail.com" target="_blank">astropuppy@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks Scott,<u></u><u></u></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Pat, Real pattern pilots fly in wind, sissy's fly in Oregon!<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Scott McHarg <<a href="mailto:scmcharg@gmail.com" target="_blank">scmcharg@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
<div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue">Mike,<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue">Holler if you need more info.....<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 4:00 PM, astropuppy <<a href="mailto:astropuppy@gmail.com" target="_blank">astropuppy@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p>
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