You need to work at night when its 67.
Siesta's were a thing for a reason. We have forgotten the old ways.
Siesta's were a thing for a reason. We have forgotten the old ways.
Any cheap / free ideas to cool a garage?
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Windchill refers only to the rate of heat loss (equivalent to a temperature of xx in still air). Objects (eg batteries) in a winter wind never get below the actual air temperature, they just cool off really fast.
Now if you had an object being sprayed with something that would evaporate at a winter temperature (ether, maybe brake cleaner), then yes you would get cooling below the winter air temperature.
MY FIL used to live in the Okanagan valley. He had a low barrier he installed in open doorways to keep snakes (potentially rattlers) out.
Bright white roof, bright white walls.
I have a hybrid water heater in my garage. When it is heating the water, it is cooling the garage. A nice side benefit!
I have a hybrid water heater in my garage. When it is heating the water, it is cooling the garage. A nice side benefit!
You would think, but it's apparently not working. Someone else mentioned the garage door being open, which I must have missed. Too large an opening won't work. Perhaps close everything off other than the roof vent? The lack of insulation may also not allow the cooler to keep up no matter what.
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Living in Humid South Carolina ALL my life a few years back I wondered what those roof top boxes were on homes out west.
I had never even heard of a swamp cooler util recently.
Very cool idea but at the South Carolina Coast that won't work! In my area I find any and every HVAC can struggle, Everything except Ford (s) !
The wife and I the last 20 years living at the beach have owned ALL NEW vehicles from Dodge, RAM. VW, Honda, Subaru and ALL those new cars / trucks we purchased new struggle in my area in the summer, heat. Even my OLD retired 2002 Ford E-250 Time Warner Cable van WILL run you out with the AC on low!
Say what you want about Ford but I have found NOTHING cools like a Ford product and I have owned many!
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Also adobe construction would have been more traditional for the locality
I have often wondered why more garages aren't like this, especially with so many homes crammed so close together that a garage pass though to the back yard like that would come in handy.
Keep hydrated when working. I use a sugar free grape flavorizer to be able to choke down extra water. I tell my wife she is driving me to drink the “ purple cool aid”.
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But they'd have to pay for a subscription
It's currently 109 in there. I did have a small swamp cooler on wheels in my shed. Got it out and got it ready to blow just on me when I'm out there.
I can't go back to 1950 and tell the original owner that lol
Heads up, those Media's have been recalled with a send back paid shipping/you get a check if cut the powercable or send you a drain kit, your choice. Mold issues.
This ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I have a roof mounted evap cooler in my garage, and it works very well. If the dewpoint stays 50 F or below, I can maintain a 20 / 25 degree difference in the outside temp.
I have an attached 3 car garage that is boat deep. Just under 1,000 sq. ft. If the dewpoint gets down to 30 F or below, it will actually cool as good or better than my A/C cools the house.
I keep most all of my ammo out there, as well as all of my reloading equipment, with no worries at all. I also have upduct discharge, so the air from the garage exhausts upward through the attic, and out the side attic vents which further helps by keeping the attic much cooler.
The only thing I added were a set of insulated garage doors, which help immensely. With the standard non insulated aluminum doors when the late afternoon Sun was hitting them, you couldn't keep your hand on the inside of the door for more than just a second. Now they're the same temp as the inside of the garage itself.
In neighboring Rockland County, NY there is an old hospital compound.
A food and supply warehouse was built underground. The entrance was down a ramp and you exited by going up in the same direction.
Both food handling and supply services were transferred to modern buildings and the underground building became the service garage...it was that big.
The guys there loved it.
Do like the Australians....build underground to avoid the heat.
A food and supply warehouse was built underground. The entrance was down a ramp and you exited by going up in the same direction.
Both food handling and supply services were transferred to modern buildings and the underground building became the service garage...it was that big.
The guys there loved it.
Do like the Australians....build underground to avoid the heat.
Mine was the recalled unit. They were unavailable for a time so they could add a different drain plug to the package with a little insert about swapping it.
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