Recent content by snrusnak

I think you'll be satisfied with a large window unit in your shop. I am in mine, and your insulation is WAY better. Where exactly are you located? You could probably have got a phase converter for that unit you traded. I got a free 3 phase exhaust fan that I haven't mounted yet, and with the...

No problem. What's your wall construction exactly? The shop is holding 84 deg right now with ~30-40% humidity, it's about 96 deg outside. Sounds kinda hot in there but it's actually very comfortable. I guess because of the low humidity. I don't know how accurate my cheapo thermometer and...

One other thing, I noticed that when I walk by my roll up door (no insulation at all) it feels like your standing in front of an oven with the door open. I may try to install some fog spray nozzles outside near the top or something to cool the door. It radiates a ton of heat. It is seriously...

junkyardwarrior, the unit works pretty good. I've only had it about a month, but here's my review: Pros: Relatively easy install. I really took my time and did a lot of extra steps to ensure water tightness, but it turned out great. It's probably rained 20 of the last 30 days and not a drip...

10-4, I appreciate the feedback. I understand the concerns, but I think I'm going to try it out and see if it works. I don't think any real degradation of the roof would occur, it's a metal roof, not shingle. I was thinking it might actually help by reducing the heating/cooling cycles to some...

All done! The trick keeping some sheathing on the wire helped but I still wasn't very happy with it so I made a pig tail with solid wire. Got the new breaker in and got everything finished up. I spray foamed (expandable foam) the gaps at the peaks and corners up top on the building, and am...

Thanks for the tips. There is no plate, just a screw. I'll try leaving some sheathing on (I left plenty of extra wire in the box). If that doesn't work I'll do a pigtail. The shop is nice and frosty :)

I just finished up. Here's some pictures. The junction box pictures, the top right is the supply and the bottom right is to the new air conditioner 240v receptacle. The two conduits on the left are nothing. The conduit that goes out the back/bottom of the junction box is to the 120v...

I'm not sure what EMT is. I'll take a picture in a few to show you what I've got. The conduit is the grey PVC type conduit. The junction is a metal box. The guy I bought the place from ran all this stuff and he is an electrician. I think most of the wiring in the shop was done with old...

Thanks for the response! I'm excited to have this thing up and running this weekend. I noticed that another set of wires that's run in the same conduit but feeds a 120v receptacle does not contain a ground. Basically there are 5 wires (two 240v hots and a ground and a hot/neutral without a...

Hello, I recently installed a 22,000 btu window unit in my shop. I installed it through the wall as I don't have any windows. I have a 30x40 shop (1200 sf). The AC says it's for ~1500 sf but I know that's assuming a house (8' ceilings, good insulation, etc). In any case, my shop has thin...

Thanks lakeroadster that helps a little bit. Looks like your panels are slightly different design than mine but the concept should be the same I'd assume. Leaflessshadetree, I don't know that I'll need reversibility, but it's a feature of the VFD so if I go that route I'd have that option...

Ok thanks for explaining. I appreciate any input I can get. I think for now at least I'm going to stick with the fan I currently have, as I got it free, it has greasable bearings, and I can buy a VFD (with phase converter) for about $150. With that I gain reversible ability, variable speed...

Why is the fan a crazy choice? I'm not being a smart mouth I don't understand...? Do you think one of those whole hose fans would be as good as this one? What hp, cfm, how many amps, rpm, etc? The fans I was looking at purchasing online were very expensive to get a good fan. I may have been...

Hello everyone. I made a thread last year about the ridiculous heat and humidity in my 30x40 metal building shop in the summer. I couldn't afford AC and was considering a wall mounted fan. I received a lot of great feedback in that thread but fall soon came and I never did anything about it...