HoosierBuddy
Well-known member
Hey guys,
Recently we've had some summer weather. Typical day here in southern Indiana is seeing highs in the low 90's and lows about 70. My 3 car attached garage gets pretty oppressive and stays that way. The 3 ton ac for the bonus room above (also cools attached breezeway) has been running most of the time and during the heat of the day is unable to hold temperature upstairs in the bonus room.
Part of the issue is the garage gets hot and just stays hot. Even when I go out there in the morning when its 70 degrees outside it's pushing 90 in the garage.
The garage is 2X6 contruction R-19 walls. The garage ceiling/bonus room floor is insulated as well....but I have noticed the bonus room AC struggles much less if the garage is cooler so I've started opening all the doors while I have my morning coffee to get some air exchange. I have to close them when I leave for work though.
Soooo.....the garage has 3 rather large operable windows. My concept would be to use 2 of them, one in the south west corner and one in the north east corner, to mount fans. One would be set to intake, one to exhaust. Here's what one looks like:
I can't find CFH, but they are 4 speed 25 watts with a reversible motor for intake or exhaust. They include adjustable thermostatic control, but that's based on room temperature.
Strategy would be to plug them into a temperature controlled outlet that would power up when the exterior temperature dropped below maybe 78 degrees. Then leave the fans' interior t-stat setting at say 65 degrees. So, in the summer they would run any time the exterior temperature drops below 78 (normally about 2 AM here lately) and would keep running until temperature got back about 78 outside (normally about 11:00 am lately)
Using those style fans, total cost would be about $250.
I could opt for cheaper versions of the fans (without interior t-stat control) and get it done for more like $125. Actually for summer use, the interior t-stat isn't really needed anyway.
Anyone have experience with this sort of thing? Seems like it should work, but as always, any feedback you can provide is appreciated!
Recently we've had some summer weather. Typical day here in southern Indiana is seeing highs in the low 90's and lows about 70. My 3 car attached garage gets pretty oppressive and stays that way. The 3 ton ac for the bonus room above (also cools attached breezeway) has been running most of the time and during the heat of the day is unable to hold temperature upstairs in the bonus room.
Part of the issue is the garage gets hot and just stays hot. Even when I go out there in the morning when its 70 degrees outside it's pushing 90 in the garage.
The garage is 2X6 contruction R-19 walls. The garage ceiling/bonus room floor is insulated as well....but I have noticed the bonus room AC struggles much less if the garage is cooler so I've started opening all the doors while I have my morning coffee to get some air exchange. I have to close them when I leave for work though.
Soooo.....the garage has 3 rather large operable windows. My concept would be to use 2 of them, one in the south west corner and one in the north east corner, to mount fans. One would be set to intake, one to exhaust. Here's what one looks like:
I can't find CFH, but they are 4 speed 25 watts with a reversible motor for intake or exhaust. They include adjustable thermostatic control, but that's based on room temperature.
Strategy would be to plug them into a temperature controlled outlet that would power up when the exterior temperature dropped below maybe 78 degrees. Then leave the fans' interior t-stat setting at say 65 degrees. So, in the summer they would run any time the exterior temperature drops below 78 (normally about 2 AM here lately) and would keep running until temperature got back about 78 outside (normally about 11:00 am lately)
Using those style fans, total cost would be about $250.
I could opt for cheaper versions of the fans (without interior t-stat control) and get it done for more like $125. Actually for summer use, the interior t-stat isn't really needed anyway.
Anyone have experience with this sort of thing? Seems like it should work, but as always, any feedback you can provide is appreciated!