*Cheap* Air Conditioner for your garage

[SuperBee364]

Costco is running a very nice portable air conditioner sale right now.

Costco - $299.99 after $50 OFF Royal Sovereign 10,000 BTU Dual Hose Portable Air Conditioner

Costco - $279.99 after $50 OFF Royal Sovereign 10,000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner

I chose a portable over a window mount for a couple reasons... the homeowner covenants where I live don't allow window mounted units, and it's going to be doing double duty: keeping my garage cool in the day when I'm detailing, and keeping our west facing master bedroom cool at night. I got the more expensive one with the remote.

No more sweltering heat this detailing season!

[gmblack3a]

I have a 420sq ft garage and my portable unit is "rated" for 400sq ft. It will drop the humidity 10-15% (from 80% to 65-70%) but will only drop the temp a few degrees. I would think that my un-insulated garage door has alot to do with this. I even place a fan in front of the AC unit to spread out the cool air.

[SuperBee364]

Originally Posted by gmblack3a

I have a 420sq ft garage and my portable unit is "rated" for 400sq ft. It will drop the humidity 10-15% (from 80% to 65-70%) but will only drop the temp a few degrees. I would think that my un-insulated garage door has alot to do with this. I even place a fan in front of the AC unit to spread out the cool air.

Your garage is the same size as mine. Mine has a really high ceiling. About 18 feet if I were to guess. Insulating the garage door last summer really helped with the heat.

Now I'm wondering if I shoulda gone with the 12,000 btu unit.

[NSXTASY]

IME, these units just dont produce the amount of cool air needed. You really need to drop about 800 for a quality unit. Just my experience and .03 c's

[SuperBee364]

Originally Posted by NSXTASY

IME, these units just dont produce the amount of cool air needed. You really need to drop about 800 for a quality unit. Just my experience and .03 c's

Hmmm.. I was kinda wondering about that... I might be trying out Costco's great return policy if it's not up to the job. Luckily it's extremely dry here in the Salt Lake Valley. Many homes use evaporative "swamp coolers" as their sole source of cool air in the summer.. it's *that* dry here. The other advantage is that refrigerated air conditioners also are more efficient.

I've seen a couple of heat pump type units that start at about 800 bucks. It might be worth the investment, since a heat pump can do both cool and warm air.

Ah well, I'll try out the cheap-o and see if it works. It'll be here tomorrow.

[2002 Z06]

nice...I have been looking for something like this.

[Greg Nichols]

Forget the AC there Brandt, just work faster LOL

[SuperBee364]

Originally Posted by Greg Nichols

Forget the AC there Brandt, just work faster LOL

We'll just see about that when you're down here helping me do some cars this summer.

[Setec Astronomy]

Originally Posted by SuperBee364

Your garage is the same size as mine. Mine has a really high ceiling. About 18 feet if I were to guess.

18 feet?! I'll trust you because you should know about judging altitude...but that seems really high...whaddya, live in a converted warehouse?

[SuperBee364]

Yeah.. I keep waiting for one of the flourescent tubes to go out. The wife is *really* gonna hate having to get that tall on a ladder to change it.

[Macruz19]

I was thinking about an AC for the garage. Need one pretty much all year round, however I hate to use all that energy especially when the garage is facing the sun all day long. I just use a fan.

[ZimRandy]

I'd need about four of those units!



And for reference, those walls are 14' high.


Randy