Genius Workshop Hack or Stupid Waste Of Time?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- In this video I try to cool down my hot garage by installing a portable AC unit. where I live in Las Vegas we are still hitting the triple digits heat so my small workshop (single car garage) is still really hot and hard to do my woodworking projects in. Watch me try and then fail and then finally beat the heat!!! #woodworkingtools #woodworking #smallworkshop #woodworkingprojects #beginnerwoodworking
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Just a thought... Why not use one of those cool magnetic dryer vent exhaust things and connect it to the dryer exhaust?
What is that? I haven't seen a magnetic one. I will have to google that. Thanks for introducing me to something new.
Couple tidbits from a portable ac user.
1) for additional prefiltering I get rolls of velcro (1/2in - 1in) and stick the hook half around all the air inlets. Then get the cut your own size washable blue filter material and cut it to cover the air inlets. The hook side of the velcro will grab onto the filter material and hold it in place.
2) most portable ac units 12k btu and below are "single hose" exhaust only (like the one you have). This will create a negative pressure environment and is more likely to pull in outside hot air from any weak spots (cracks). Recommendation for you being you don't have a window for a window unit is to spend a bit more and find a "dual hose" portable unit. The downside is either cut a hole in the door, wall, or ceiling (most expensive option) for attaching the hose to intake and exhaust the air for the builtin Compressor. The upside will be you can run it at a lower speed for quieter noise levels and will cool down faster upon startup.
3) have an a/c company come out and see if it would be possible to add a vent into the garage and a filtered opening into the house for best airflow.
Hopefully this will help as I too work in my garage at the moment in TX Hundred and hell Temps and high humidity.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you brother, I appreciate all the info. Someone had suggested to run the line into the attic and out the eave vents. I don't have eave vents but I found some retro fit ones that I could add in. what do you think of that idea? Otherwise Ill just go out through the side of my house through the stucco.
Good video, sense of humor is fantastic. Thanks, keep em coming.
Thanks brother, I appreciate the encouragement!!
Love your sense of humor. I bought one of these types of AC units for my garage shop. Fortunately I have a window that I was able to vent it out of. Living in SW Missouri, it's not as much the heat as it is the humidity. This took care of both and I could keep my shop around 75 degrees all summer.
That is awesome!! I still haven't seen 75 yet but I'm thankful there's no humidity. Being really dry has its disadvantages too but still better than humidity. we cry in Vegas when it gets over 30% 😂😂😂
Those single vent portable ACs are crap conpared to the 2 vent models.
Maybe but this one was really putting out some cold air. But someone said the air you are blowing out of the garage is being sucked back in from the outside so I get what you are saying.
Came here to say what you said. Two hose best.
Yep. Single hose sucks the cool air from the house. Splits the air flow. Some goes over the evaporator coils to the front of the unit. The rest flows over the condenser coils then then hot air out through the hose. Where does the house air get replaced from? Some places in the house now are pulling hot outside air in.
Look at little cat doors that can be locked. Install one in the bottom of your garage door. Then vent out of the pet door.
Thats a good idea. I just didn't want to make a hole in the garage door, I figured it be cheaper to patch a hole in the stucco when I sold the house.
For me I had the same problem with AC heat exhaust. Hooked it up to a 6” PVC pipe mounted to the wall, went through the ceiling of the garage and ran the vent to the side of the house and let it vent out through the soffit.
That is actually a great idea. I do have a wood soffit right above the garage door. I don't have an eave vent but I could install one!! Thanks brother, I might try that. Its better then penetrating the stucco.
I have to admit I laughed, but only because I did the exact same thing a couple of weeks ago. I was feeling so clever about how nice the garage was going to be, was disappointed when it wasn't cooling off very much, and then felt really dumb when I happened to look up at that giant gap at the top of the door...
😂😂😂 Thank God i am not the only one!! Thank you for sharing this because I know it wasn't easy to admit. 😂
It's already in the 50's and 60's here in Chicago 😊
That's way different to me. We are having above normal temperatures but even our regular temps are in the 90s at this time of year.
Trouble with “portable “ A/C units is you NEED 😊two openings intake and exhaust on room “evaporator “ side and two hoses one intake one exhaust on the condenser side to the outside . Most portable a/c are poorly designed and executed
A lot of people have been saying this. The unit puts out really cool air but after hearing from everyone I can see the flaws in the system. Thank you for the info it is appreciated.
SO, this unit is blowing lots of air OUT of the shop, BUT why draw in hot air to equalize the output? Install a mini-split if you 'live' in the shop.
a lot of people have suggested this, I didn't even think of the air that is being pulled back in!! thank you for the input, It is appreciated.
Jasco I love it I didn’t think of the door gap o figured the ac condensation ruined some of your prized MDF 😂😂😂
😂😂😂 I don't know why I didn't think of the gap above the door before doing all that work.
Set up a y split for the dryer outlet. Install a blast gate for when your ac is turned off so the dryer back feed lint air.
That is a great Idea, thank you, I appreciate your input.
I did the same thing this spring. Except I bought the Westinghouse 14,000BTU Portable & just went through the drywall, osb & brick 🧱 (outside). It sure was nice….. until my first electric bill came ⬆️⬆️😳😱 & my wife about hit roof!! She said "how often are you running it"?!?! I said "I haven’t even shut it off yet"!! She said "why are you running it at night when you’re not even in there"?! I said "I like it already cool 🥶 in there when I go out in the mornings"! She rolled her eyes 😒 at me like I better just get a cot & stay out here permanently!! LoL 😂
But it’s a win win for me….. Away from the olé lady & a cool🥶 garage! 😉
Oh & FYI we live in TX where it’s never "cool"!! The past couple of summers I thought I was gonna die in here, but this summer I’ve been living like King 👑….. A Cool 🥶 King 👑! 😉
Your story had me cracking up, thank you for sharing it. 😂 I haven't gotten an electric bill yet so I'm not sure what I'm in for. Out here in Vegas they let you take your electric bill and distribute it equally throughout the year based on your previous year. That way your not paying $1000 a month in the summer and $100 a month in the winter. so I wont get in trouble with my wife till next year!! 😂😂😂
@@jascogoods LoL 😂
Yeah they let us do that here too, but I (personally) just don’t cause I look at the opposite way….. I don’t like paying an average bill when I know nothing has been running (which would be "winter" here). You don’t really need heat & don’t have any a/c running either so I enjoy those $100-$150 electric bills then!
But to each there own, that’s what makes the world go around. 🤔 🤷♂️
Anyways great video & content!! Truly had me LoL-ing too 😂
🤔 You should be a Y in your laundry room dryer vent that you can open and close when you want.
You thought exactly what I thought!
I did think about that because I could tap in from the garage side. I wanted to look it up and see if there were any issues with it. Thank you for the tip.
Just curious, are you sucking a vacuum inside your shop or is the air that you are sucking out being replaced with hot outside air sneaking into the garage thru every tiny opening? A mini-split sure sounds like the ideal solution and it will runon the more efficient 240 volt circuit.
I never thought of it but after reading a lot of peoples great comments I want to sell this unit and get a mini split unit. A lot of people pointed out that this unit blows air out of your house but sucks the hot air from outside your house back in through gaps and leaks around your house so it is really inefficient. Thank you for your input.
Just bite the bullet and install a mini-split. Had one put in Early August and was astonished at the difference. They installed it and set it on 72F. About two hours later the outside temp was 100F and inside the 16X24 shop it was a meat locker. That was $3,500 well spent. I've been out there almost every afternoon since then and the wife is real happy with me getting projects done.
This, all day. I installed 2 24K mini-splits in my shop (40x60). I am very pleased with how it worked out. They're quiet and efficient, and were about $1200 each, installed myself. The house is next since the central system is older, not efficient, and a little problematic. Portable units are a joke by comparison.
Thank you for the comment and sharing the insight. I don't plan on staying in this house too much longer that's why I was trying to do the least invasive method. In my next house I definitely want to do the split unit.
I’m sure your neighbors like to hear your saws running all the time.
I used to do it with the door open and my shirt off so I'm sure they prefer this over seeing a breaded walrus!! 😂😂😂
Just swap the dryer vent hose and put a zip tie on it. Thats what I did & it works great.
Yea I thought about doing that. or put a Y or something that only allows flow in one direction. my dryer is always being used so i would have to keep switching them back and forth. but that is still a good solution.
Yeah, I laughed as well ! Showed it to the missus when she got home n yep , she laughed too. Very witty videos. Keepin it real!
😂😂😂 Thank you brother, I appreciate the love!!!
For long term use, consider going through the garage wall. I think that the longer the exhaust pipe is, the less efficient the unit will be. Just like running a dryer vent. Those can’t be too long or have too many bends ( by USA codes).
But this isn’t to say, I wouldn’t do this ;)
😂 Thank you for the input, it is appreciated. You are definitely right, Going through the wall is the best option.
for the filter , try using a cheep pair of womens pantihose/stockings stretch it over and cut off the excess and its easy to replace , also works on pod filters on your car or motorbike
That's a good Idea, Thank you. I wonder if I could slide am ac filer in there too.
What are you doing for saw dust? Do you have a filter anywhere?
Also, do you have an exterior wall that you can just drill a hole in the garage to mount the vent to?
For saw dust I just use a vacuum with a dust deputy on most tools but I still need to improve on my dust collection system. after reading a lot of peoples great comments I want to sell this unit and get a mini split unit. A lot of people pointed out that this unit blows air out of your house but sucks the hot air from outside your house back in through gaps and leaks around your house so it is really inefficient.
Thanks for the video. I have a similer AC unit and I vent mine into the attic via the attic access hatch, as hot as the air is exiting the AC unit it is cool compared to the temps in the attic. When I insulated the attic I checked the temps using an IR thermometer and on a 35C day the temps in the attic were around 50C, so as the AC unit cools the garage it also cools the attic.
Thats a really good idea! Someone else said to vent it to the attic too and vent it out of the eaves! You guys have the best ideas in my comments, thank you for sharing.
You could tie into your dryer vent system, from inside the garage. Or create a parallel run from inside the garage.
Thank you, that's a great Idea. after reading a lot of peoples great comments I want to sell this unit and get a mini split unit. A lot of people pointed out that this unit blows air out of your house but sucks the hot air from outside your house back in through gaps and leaks around your house so it is really inefficient.
Yup I laughed too however… I did the same thing a year ago. But it took my wife to come out and say “ did you look up”
😂 I am sorry, that is even worse because I know my wife would have never let me forget about that. 😂😂😂 Now I am glad I found the mistake on my own.
i have a small house under 500 sq foot i used 1 of these AC for a few years knowing that all the hot that goes out the hose vent is taking air out of the house and bring hot outside air in all the other air leaks around windows and doors About 4 years ago i got a new window AC 120 volt 12,000 btu keeps the hose at 70 the first year i used it i saved enough on my light bill to pay for it you work with wood any way frame up a window to put it in or run a duct off your central system and have heat during the winter too
Thank you for the info and tips, Its appreciated. I never thought of where is the air coming from to replace the air that is being pushed out. When you think of it that way it seems like these are conditioners are a waste. It would be interesting to know the specs on it. I am not planning on staying in this house too much longer so I didn't want to put a hole in the wall but I might just have to bite the bullet and do it. We are still in the hundreds and we are almost into October.
I'd say if you have an attic over your garage, run it up through the ceiling and insulation into the vented attic. Even the hot condenser sir is likely to be cooler than the attic air when the sun's out, so help cool the attic too.
That is a good idea, I don't have an attic over the garage, There's a room above it. but I can still run it between the floor joist and out the front at the eaves. Thank you for the comment.
You have to remember that any air that goes outside from the AC unit removes air from inside the house,. And it lowers the pressure inside the house and the air that that is removed from the house has to be replaced and it will come in through any leeks in the house and with it will come hot air and humidity. Install a mini-split I have a Pioneer in my shop and I love it I use it to heat and to cool.
a couple people have said that about removing air from the house. I never even thought of that. Now I definitely want to go with the mini split. thank you for the insight, I appreciate it.
Lol at least the fur baby is there to lap up the water that thing is pooping out on the floor! Love the fat comments
😂😂😂 they are always lurking in the background hoping I drop a crumb!! Thank you for the comment.
Breaded walrus? That made me spit coffee.
😂😂😂 I don't know why I pictured that but it had me laughing!!
Make a flap that's hinged to the wall above the garage door. Put triangles on the ends so they cover the gaps at the sides of the door. Apply foam weather stripping as needed to seal the gaps. It should be possible to mount some extension style springs so that they over-center and will hold the flap down against the door yet when the flap is pushed up they'll hold it high enough to clear the door so it can fully open. A eye bolt in the middle of the long edge could be used to open and close the flap using a sturdy broom handle with a hook on its end.
A problem with single hose portable air conditioners is they take part of the air they've cooled, pull that through the condenser where it gets warmed then blown outside. That exhaust duct is usually not insulated so it radiates heat back into the cooled space.
Time for another hack! Make a plenum from coroplast over the condenser intake and connect a flexible, insulated duct to it and to your under door board. Insulate the exhaust duct or replace it with an insulated duct.
The gap he showed only exists when the garage door is open. He should either get a mini split or just install a dryer vent.
wow, thanks for all the great ideas. I was hoping it would start cooling down here and I wouldn't have to worry about this till next summer so I was trying to half ass it!😂😂😂 plus I want to get a different house before then. I appreciate all the time you spent explaining this. I will definitely use some of these Ideas if I don't get a split unit.
Why not cut a hole in your garage door? You can put a flapper on the outside to keep animals from coming in when you aren't using the AC.😊
Now I wanna know what the name of the special garage vent is
Ummm, “Self-unalive” vents
They were vents to keep people from sitting in the garage with the exhaust running to leave life early if you know what I mean. So like Alex said “Self-unalive” vents but the word social media hates. That wasn't the official term was but that's what everyone called them on the job site.
I would put the unit up on a shelf and exhaust it through a wall or the roof.
Yes that is definitely the best option. Thank you for the input.
Hey, big boy with the sawdust in his man boobs. LOLI did something very similar, and after I built it, I also realized it was leaking from the top. Sometimes we just don't use common sense because we're so focused on that building something doing the man thing and solving a problem, and making it look nice and Fitted, and never realizing what simple common sense would tell you if you stood back for a second, the door rolls in and pulls away from the wall, about eight inches l o l no help to the a.C..
Props to the person that sent you that air conditioner, however, a a decent sized mini split is going to work a lot better. I live in Phoenix, az, so I know about the temps you’re dealing with. I insulated my garage, and haven’t even finished fully insulating my garage door with a DIY kit, and my 18 K mini split does really well. It can cool my garage from the hundred and teens down to the high 80s in about an hour. My garage door is west facing, so the evening sun is brutal and it can have a hard time keeping up with that heat, but it looks like with your set up, a mini split will have you in the 70° all day long.
Just install a dryer vent. This should save you from having such a long trip hazard. You also want some good ventilation to ensure that you don't accidently make an explosive atmosphere during the hot days where you're keeping the doors closed. Yes. Sawdust in the air can create an explosion hazard.
A hole through the garage door would have worked well., Just have to find a secure way to heel it closed off when you are not home to prevent a thief.
A lot of smart people in the comments have pointed out that this type of unit blows air out of the house and creates a vacuum in your home. Then hot air from the outside is sucked back in through gaps and leaks around your house. In other words this unit is really inefficient.
@@jascogoods Yes, the 2 hose units are the better ones, but the best is the split unit one or just the normal AC unit in the window and sealed well there. I think those "portable" ones were really intending at first to be used in an emergency, not as your normal summer AC unit.
come on man you really going to eat mayonnaise like that gross 🤢
It helps keep all the pipes flowing!!! 😂😂😂
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Overcome your brain farts. Nice!
😂😂😂 Thanks!
"Gaff" is four letters the last time I checked. Sounds like you need to keep working on your "big words".
It's 5. Gaffe.
😂😂😂 by big words I meant phosisticated!! you know like word to make me sounds smart! 😂😂
Just run the vent thing through the bottom panel on your overhead door so it can stay closed. Those doors are pretty easy to cut through accurately.
You had the right idea but fell a little short. But instead of trying to vent it out via roll up door, make a permanent vent like you would for a cloths dryer. The added benefit from doing it that way is dryer exhausts vents have louvers that close preventing things like hot air or little critters from getting inside.
Maybe cut a hole in the garage door and attach the AC duct adapter to the door. You can fabricate a color matched duct cover for the door when not in use and get rid of the huge duct hose running through your home. That LONG length of duct hose is straining the AC exhaust motor because it has to push a much greater amount of air.
Vent it to the attic space itd be a lot easier plus you could set the unit on a shelf which being that cold air falls being on a shelf would help your situation
Gaff is a little word, just 4 letters and one of those is a repeat 😂
😂😂😂 Its actually Gaffe!! don't feel bad I saw it in another comment! I thought it was gaf 😂
Gaff is an alternate spelling.
Normally used as a nautical term (primary definition), but also used to indicate an error.
Found it also has other meanings I didn’t know about ‘to cheat’ and in British English ‘to gamble’
Gotta love all the variations on spelling in the English language 🤪🤪
Run a duct from furnace to garage.
Thank you, I appreciate your input.
Stuff some fiberglass up there!!!
If I didn't think the hoa would have a fit I would just build outer doors that swing open and call it good. Thank you for the comment.
Hope you enjoyed your spoonful of mayonnaise as your snack. 🤢
Okay Jasco I love ya but I can't lie, I lmao 😂 when you showed the top of the garage door! Now I know I shouldn't have laughed 😢 not because I shouldn't be mean but because I didn't think of that either 😂 Keep up the great videos 👍
Its ok brother, I would have laughed too if it was someone else!! 😂😂😂 Thank you for the love and the comment!
Pool noodle, stuff a few in the gap
that's a great idea!! I was looking for pool noodles at Walmart but I think they already stopped selling pool stuff.
Mayo staight from the jar ... that's good eatin'
How bout that 'Letric bill???
What size was that unit? I mote look into one for next summer for me.
Its an 8000 btu. I put a link in the video description.
hello fellow woodworker/ youtuber!! I just subscribed to your channel!!! didn't realize you were making videos!!
@jascogoods I just posted that short. Learning how to edit videos and stuff. Maybe soon I'll post some build videos
My house has a garage door that goes into our laundry room then a door from the laundry room goes into our house. Your home looks like it has the same set up as mine. In the laundry room there is a exhaust fan vent on top that sucks the moisture air out of the laundry room out. Got the exhaust hose from our portable air unit and attached it to this laundry exhaust vent. Make sure the laundry exhaust fan is on so that it helps pull the exhaust from the portable ac unit. It also helps to insulate your garage doors. The big metal ones. They sell insulation that is made for such garage doors. It wedges between each section.
Thanks brother, I appreciate all the advice! I thought about using the laundry room exhaust but its only a 4 inch duct coming off the vent and my ac has a 6 inch duct. I was afraid to reduce it by that much. Did you have to reduce it? My garage door is insulated. Its not the typical foam panels like usual its actually part of the door. Someone suggested to go up through the ceiling and out of the eaves so i might try that before next summer.
I suggest upsizing the laundry vent to 6 inches. It should be easier than running an all-new pass
Had to Google what the vent was called. Yeah, that ain’t gonna fly.
😂 It might not be PC to still call them that but that's what they called them when I was building houses in the 2000s
How bout a doggy door style exaust in the garage doo itself? That way it stay closed in the winter and the wind from the exaust can blow it open.
That's a good idea. I didn't want to make a hole in the garage door because I might have to replace the panel when I go to sell and that can get expensive.
@@jascogoods thats why i figured the doggy door could work well. Sell it as a feature for pet lovers lol
Lamont......
Thanks for the content
Any time, thank you for the comment.
Cool down is 2 words. Stop it!
I went to high school in California... 😂😂😂
Good job! Mine is twice that size, but I have a window in my garage. Pro tip...better get some screen over that vent. A critter may crawl up that and start eating your hose! Blessings!!!
ouch I didn't even think of that screen thing!! but that's a good idea!! you are blessed to have a window, that would have made this much easier. 😂😂😂