The interior oven has returned
It's hot in AZ!
It's hot in AZ!
All you Phoenicians, remember to leave those windows/sunroofs cracked...
The interior oven has returned
The interior oven has returned
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103° in Austin today. The Q45 was down on power, but so was everyone else.
Picked-up a B&M 70264 (24K lb. GVW) transmission cooler for the wife's FY33. The performance shop mentioned that they stock them for drag racing engine cooling as they have less frontal area but cool alsmost as well as the default Scirocco radiator.
Picked-up a B&M 70264 (24K lb. GVW) transmission cooler for the wife's FY33. The performance shop mentioned that they stock them for drag racing engine cooling as they have less frontal area but cool alsmost as well as the default Scirocco radiator.
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Hitman I'm assuming you don't pull a "hot" car into the garage then...
I have an insulated 3-bay with insulated doors-- thought it was a heck of a plan when I built the house. Problem: Wife's 454 powered Suburban radiates like a pot-bellied stove in a 10x10 room. Add the Q and you get a temp INSIDE the garage that is higher than the weather OUTSIDE. Didn't think about that aspect when I built the house and added the A/C to the garage (doh!).
So, I can kick the wife out of the garage and deal with that heat or stand in front of the a/c and cool off between body panels as I polish the Q...
I think Africa is cooler than Phoenix in the summer! 107 today.
I have an insulated 3-bay with insulated doors-- thought it was a heck of a plan when I built the house. Problem: Wife's 454 powered Suburban radiates like a pot-bellied stove in a 10x10 room. Add the Q and you get a temp INSIDE the garage that is higher than the weather OUTSIDE. Didn't think about that aspect when I built the house and added the A/C to the garage (doh!).
So, I can kick the wife out of the garage and deal with that heat or stand in front of the a/c and cool off between body panels as I polish the Q...
I think Africa is cooler than Phoenix in the summer! 107 today.
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desertq45 wrote:Hitman I'm assuming you don't pull a "hot" car into the garage then...
Actually, I installed a cooler that's rated for a 1500 square-foot house, and my garage is 30x22.
Installed upducts, and an insulated door, so when I pull in I click on the cooler - Within 5 minutes it's 80 degrees in the garage. The heat goes up through the upducts into the attic and out the turbine vents - When I turn on the cooler, and the wind isn't blowing, you can actually see the turbines on the house start spinning.
I'm planning to rig a pair of garage door sensors with a timer so the unit comes on for an hour after I pull in.
It's ghetto, but at least i can work in there in comfort.
Ghetto is good if it's cool!
I actually did test my garage a/c system (also rated for 1500sft) right after the house was built with the garage empty and it worked great. Still works pretty well if it is turned on in the morning while the temp is still under 90 and it is left on... all day. obviously that means $$$ blowing right along with the air since it is peak demand and APS KILLS you during that time.
I think the evap cooler idea is better. Punch a couple of holes in the ceiling to vent the pressure and since the hot air rises it should push right out through the ceiling into the vented attic.
I even considered (once it became painfully obvious that I'd overlooked the hot engine issue) putting a couple of large exhaust fans in the ceiling and another in the attic at the gable end vent (about 2x3ft). Figured that would "pull" the hot air out and make the a/c more efficient. But I think an evap would be easier.
All I know is my Dad lives in Idaho and when I fly up there to help him with a street rod in the winter, his 1200sft shop is toasty warm with one Toro forced air propane heater for pennys a day... my point: easier and cheaper to heat than to cool a garage/shop. Counterpoint: AZ only NEEDS cooled for 3-4 months a year-- Idaho needs heated 6-8 months a year. Guess I need to cogitate on this some more.
I actually did test my garage a/c system (also rated for 1500sft) right after the house was built with the garage empty and it worked great. Still works pretty well if it is turned on in the morning while the temp is still under 90 and it is left on... all day. obviously that means $$$ blowing right along with the air since it is peak demand and APS KILLS you during that time.
I think the evap cooler idea is better. Punch a couple of holes in the ceiling to vent the pressure and since the hot air rises it should push right out through the ceiling into the vented attic.
I even considered (once it became painfully obvious that I'd overlooked the hot engine issue) putting a couple of large exhaust fans in the ceiling and another in the attic at the gable end vent (about 2x3ft). Figured that would "pull" the hot air out and make the a/c more efficient. But I think an evap would be easier.
All I know is my Dad lives in Idaho and when I fly up there to help him with a street rod in the winter, his 1200sft shop is toasty warm with one Toro forced air propane heater for pennys a day... my point: easier and cheaper to heat than to cool a garage/shop. Counterpoint: AZ only NEEDS cooled for 3-4 months a year-- Idaho needs heated 6-8 months a year. Guess I need to cogitate on this some more.