new house for mike

[M]

Portacools are the bees knees for when it's real humid.

[M4wdFab]

no the opposite actually..... they need dry air to promote their operation of evaporation lol 

[M4wdFab]

if you look at the data, in NY region, they just claim 10-15 degrees drop instead of 20-30 in west coast humidity levels... 

[M]

I've been in places with portacool here in GA where humidity is king.   It "feels" cooler because of the mist laying on you and the fan breezing on you.

No temperature change, just a sensation.

[M4wdFab]

update on the tractor supply grass and weed killer.  seems to be about 95% effective after about 5 days.  everything is brown and dead.  ill probably hit some spots looks like i missed next week.

happy though !

[mr.mindless]

Took a few days for my roundup to really brown things on the gravel lot too. I think dry weather may slow it down.

[M4wdFab]

two 48" shudders on the back of the RAM for barn fan installs. 

[M4wdFab]

round hole in barn made square, shutter installed
48" 15000 CFM fan installed.
hug by 1/2" threaded rod turned out mint
its nice and quiet and moves a bunch of air! 

victory. 

temp controller should be here tomorrow, but hooked a cord to it for now to test. 

Probably wait till next week to run the one on the other side.  need to run power 120' first.  bah!

[M]

Can you share photos of how exactly it was hung?

My warehouse could use a fan like that and I was quoted $2k for install which is nuts.


edit: actually - nevermind. I just realized the reason why high cost is because they have to put in a steel frame as a solid mounting area due to hurricanes here.   You don't have that concern.

[M4wdFab]

i just hung the heavy end by 1/2" rod and the other side sits on a building beam that i screwed it too.   this unit weighs 465Lbs plus the sheet of ply wood i added to enclose the cage



was 103 in barn when i went out at lunch to clean up.  in 40 min it was down to 95.  outside temp is about 91. 

i think thats pretty good progress. 

[M4wdFab]

new exhaust fan has been working so great.  pulls the barn down to 3-5 degrees of outside ambient quickly, and really moves around the air. 

started running conduit down the other side of the barn tonight. have about 140' total to run and about 10 or so boxes to wire outlets along the way running 120/240v for the woodshop and other fan to be installed.

[mr.mindless]

Something so satisfying about plumbing and electrical

[M4wdFab]

not satisfying, 250$ lowes for more wire and some screws / fittings/ 6 sticks of conduit that i can carry in one trip.  bah

[mr.mindless]

Same. More in fittings and pipe than the pump was. I still find it satisfying.

[M4wdFab]

grabbed another 100' of 3/4 conduit today.  decided to do it right and have room for future expansion and not use the 200' of 1/2" i paid 10% on from saveolot auction buy that keeps giving. 


Meh

maybe i can get some wire pull help if we hold the club meeting there wednesday haha