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Appreciate the info. I knew that one wasn't a mini split. It's a DIY central split at a good price point. I'll have to check on the take out systems. I have the best insulated overhead door offered. This route does seem to be the best option to me. I have a friend who owns an HVAC company, who...

Built by the Amish. It's a multiple of 8ft "bays". The county I live in has stupid rules, so I couldn't go over the square footage of the base floor of my home. I was originally wanting 40x64, but it was too big for the county.

Thanks for all of that input. Not super wealthy, so tearing up an 11 month old slab to put in floor heating definitely not in the budget lol. So, my real options are really propane, electric, wood, pellet, coal, oil. Natural gas isn't an option, as I'm out in the country a bit, not available...

Doesn't this require propane or natural gas? Also, I have wood structure, trusses, ceiling fan, etc. Sorry, I don't know much about this. Can it be left on 24/7?

Looks like $0.079 + peak/minimum demand charge.

Hi all, I have a 40x56x14 pole barn shop, with 6-8" open cell spray foam top to bottom, completely sealed. I have electricity only, no natural gas. I'm looking for HVAC options, or at least heating, that aren't going to cost a ridiculous amount to run each month. This past summer, it never got...

So far, I've been running the dehumidifier on continuous mode. This past week, we've had some milder days in the upper 70s. The temps inside the shop have been about the same, and the humidity has dropped down to around 38% overnight, then back up to 42 or so during the day. This is a workshop...

No problems at all!

What size shop do you have? I've been told I need a 3 ton mini split, with low ambient heat for the winter by a friend who owns an HVAC company. But, he's so busy he doesn't respond very quickly. He told me I can get them online much cheaper than he can sell them for. Been trying to find the...

Well, it's been almost 2 weeks since the last update, with the single dehumidifier running 24/7. It's now down to 41% as of a couple hours ago. The fan isn't helping with the effort, but it does create a nice little breeze while I'm in there. Still sitting at 77 degrees. It's a little warm for...

The one that I have seems to be doing a good job maintaining. The separate gauge is tracking high vs low. Low was 52% this morning, and hasn't gone back up again since. The machine is set for continuous mode, and I'm not able to see in the book what this will take it down to. It also has a...

It's been holding steady at 55-56% humidity for the last 36 hours, at 77 degrees. Today it's mid to upper 70s and 83% humidity outside. I'm hoping that, once I get a fan put in, I can get it to around 50%. I might pick up another dehumidifier and put it on the other side if not. I've read that...

The building temp drops only a few degrees when the outside temp drops like that. Even when it was 98 outside the other day, it was only 81 inside. I've kept the big door shut this whole time to try and prevent bringing the moisture back in again. But, I'll have to open it here soon to do some...

Well, I bought a 50 pint dehumidifier (per new measurements, 70 pint per old, not sure what that means) that had a $40 coupon on Amazon, started it up yesterday. It's been 16 hours, and it has gone from 82% humidity to 65% this morning. Not sure how much of that is just simply the overnight...