Too hot and muggy in my shop

[Lannis]

For a shop that already has heat, that's quite an investment compared to under $500 for a window unit, on sale now.

Yep.  Above my pay grade.   I'll work it with fans, timing, and evaporative cooling (sweat)!

Lannis

[Porterhouse]

For a shop that already has heat, that's quite an investment compared to under $500 for a window unit, on sale now.

And then there's the efficiency costs, which are very attractive for the mini-split systems.

@ 24,000 BTU 20.5 SEER unit:

AHRI Estimated Annual Operating Costs:

    Cooling: $148.00
    Heating: $505.00

[Farmer Dan]

For $3,000 I could hire a hot biker babe to bring me a cold beer and not worry about the humidity LOL   

[not-fishing]

Here in Folsom when it get's above 100 I just get up at 3 or 4 am and work in the garage until 10 or so in the morning.  I had to do the same thing decades ago when I was pouring concrete or framing.  only back then we lasted until 2:30 or so

[danedg]

I've got an excellent spanner I made for getting the nut off. My problem is I can't get the muffler off the header pipe.  I don't want to cut the header or the muffler.  got it soaking in white vinegar right now to see if that will do anygood.

I vividly remember the first time I tried separating the exhaust from the bike. Ended up with a very fancy 2x4 and a dead blow hammer to first remove the xover. Then I could deal with the header/muffler OFF the bike, that still entailed much beating before it gave it up. Greg Bender offers this tidbit suggested by his Dad, to schmeer the slip joints with Permatex Red Hi Temp Gasket Goo upon reassembly. You'll never have to smash your exhaust system apart again.

[Muzz]

I hadn't even heard the term "mini-split" system since a year or so ago, when some in-laws of mine retrofitted a really old farmhouse with them.   Really effective for the application they used, although I didn't ask about the price.   Something to look into .... !

Lannis

What you call "mini-splits" Lannis are really popular out here. With what can be called at times relatively hot summers and quite cold winters they give the best of both worlds. Not quite sure how true it is but I have been told that the ones built for the NZ-Ozzie market are a bit different in that they throw out a higher heat content than the cold option. The one we have in out open plan kitchen/dining room is 5.8kw on heating and 5.0 on cooling.

If the OP goes that way I would strongly suggest to stay away from any Euro designed models (e.g. Esair, LG, DeLonghi). The Japanese designed ones tend to be all pretty good, but for Hiwalls the Mitsubishi Electric would be my favourite, followed by Daikin.

Bill Hagan did some research on them for his Moto Grappa and got what I would think was a pretty good price for a Mitsubishi Electric model. (Can't quite remember what it was now)