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Posted by on August 19, 2007, 7:41 pm
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>man that would cool one 10 times that big
Bzzzt. Wrong.
>you mite pipe the cold air in and use a filtered out side air for the
>return
You might be a fucking nut job.
>O would cut a ho;le in the shed and WALL MOUNT IT
>ii just did that with a 18k on my 20-40 bed room
>installed a header and all
>and 2 by 4's all used 3 2 by 4s and 6 foot of 2 by 6 at header cut
>in 1/2 or less
Sounds like a lovely hack.
>safe male
>
>>I have a shed with extremely small windows that I use mostly for
>>storage, but I do have a small area with a work-bench, etc. I also
>>have a window-mount air-conditioner that I received from a friend
>>basically free (on a trade). The unit is probably old, but my friend
>>said it hadn't been used much. This is not an evaporative cooler, by
>>the way. It's a regular, 220-Volt air conditioner.
>>
>>I'm planning on building a stand for it (out of treated lumber) next
>>to an outside wall of the shed and even putting a little roof over it.
>>Then I'll route the air through the wall of the shed using a round air
>>duct(s) -- Maybe use an 8 or 10-inch duct(s), I guess.
>>
>>I'm a complete novice with A/C and the front bezel is missing from the
>>air-conditioner, so I'm not sure exactly how it works. I assume that
>>the top area of the unit intakes air and the bottom outputs air. So,
>>I'm wondering if I need two separate ducts or if I can simply run
>>everything through one duct? If I use two separate ducts, does it
>>matter if the ducts are physically close together inside the shed?
>>Could I simply set it up to suck air from outside the shed and then
>>open a window?
>>
>>The air conditioner is much, much larger than what I actually need.
>>It's rated at 28000 BTU and the shed is about 300 square feet with
>>open rafters and very little insulation and 4 small air vents in the
>>roof. I don't use the shed a lot, maybe 20 or 30 hours a year. So, the
>>electric bill isn't an issue. In the hot weather, like we're having
>>now though, the shed gets close to 100 degrees, So, I would like to be
>>able to cool it and cool it off fast when I do need to do a small
>>project, etc.
>>
>>I'm guessing I'll have to go down to the local sheet-metal shop and
>>have something fabricated, but I'm wondering if I might be able to
>>simply make something out of canvas and PVC pipe, for instance. The A/
>>C unit will be behind the shed where it doesn't show, so it doesn't
>>matter if the setup looks a little bit kludgy.
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