<div dir="ltr">I installed a mini-split in our garage (25' X 40' x 11' 8" with residential grade insulation). I like it a lot. It is very efficient for moderate heating needs (it loses efficiency below ~ 35*F) and frequent cooling. Here in North Carolina winters are not extremely cold but summers need the A/C. <div><br></div><div>I had an electrician run the circuits for disconnects then I installed the units (one in the garage, one for the room above) and had an HVAC tech vacuum the lines and make the final connection. </div><div><br></div><div>Eric Russell</div><div>Mebane, NC </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 7:49 PM Mike Rambour <<a href="mailto:lists@dinospider.com">lists@dinospider.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> Ok, I want a cooler garage this year. I have been planning to install <br>
a mini-split for several years now and this is the year. Power will <br>
be a slight problem, shop has plenty but none where I want the <br>
compressor to go, so have to run some power. Shop has 200amp sub-panel <br>
40ft away from where I want to install compressor. Not a big deal BUT I <br>
saw a 18k btu window unit at Home Depot and was thinking that should <br>
work great and be half the price.<br>
<br>
My shop is 24ft x 40ft so 960 sq. ft. 9ft tall walls of 2x6 filled <br>
with insulation and I went overboard on ceiling insulation also, stays <br>
cool until mid-afternnon on hot days then becomes a oven for the <br>
evening, I live in S. Calif. I already have a Hot Dawg gas heater so I <br>
don't need the heat that a mini-split would provide, but might be nice <br>
to get rid of the Hot Dawg (doubt that I would) and have one unit do <br>
both. In the "shop" area of the garage I have barn doors that I welded <br>
up forever ago, 1x2 steel with a plywood exterior, i have not <br>
used/opened those doors in over a decade, they were installed when I <br>
built the shop just so I could get my lathe and mill in easily. I have <br>
no windows in the shop so I was thinking I could put this window ac unit <br>
in one of those barn doors, the frame will easily handle the weight and <br>
it would be a super easy hole to cut and install the unit into, I think <br>
even the hinges would handle the weight but I can get stronger bigger <br>
hinges if I need them. Then I have dedicated 50amp plug right next to <br>
that for my TIG to plug the unit into, I weld mostly in the front of the <br>
shop anyway but I wired every wall with a 50amp for the TIG and 30amp <br>
for the table saw when I built the shop (I really went overboard on wiring).<br>
<br>
So what would you do ? mini-split seems to the answer but half the <br>
price for a easier install window unit and cut a hole in a unused door <br>
seems like a good idea, good ideas are often the worst...<br>
<br>
mike<br>
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you'll probably never need one again.<br>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Eric Russell<div>Mebane, NC</div></div></div>