JoeHam, for what it sounds like your doing, this is the best/cheapest/easiest most common sense solution/suggestion made so far.Take a window shaker inside
you want cool use the cold side towards you, you want warm turn around the window shaker.
JoeHam, for what it sounds like your doing, this is the best/cheapest/easiest most common sense solution/suggestion made so far.Take a window shaker inside
you want cool use the cold side towards you, you want warm turn around the window shaker.
Portable units aren't efficient. 900W / 4K BTU is nuts.Hmmmmmm.
Maybe something like this:
Rated at 4000 BTU cooling.
Put the unit by me and the exhaust hose out the door when I want to cool.
Put the unit by the door and the exhaust hose by me for warmth. The noise might keep the coyotes from sticking their nose inside the door in the future ?.
Probably won’t make much heat on a freezing morning though since I probably can’t set the temp control low enough I’ll bet.
If I don’t find a better solution this might have to do. Add a little ceramic heater by my feet perhaps.
It was a Midea u-shaped air conditioner. They come in 8, 10, and 12K BTU.will prowes has a window unit in one of his videos that works like a mini split ,it still able to use the window ,he said he paid about 400 bucks for it and i think he said its about 5k btu,s
It puzzles me that you would not use the obvious solution, insulate. That takes care of cold mornings, and cuts out a huge amount of heat as well. Also with no radical temp swings, no moisture condenses.It won't be insulated, by choice, so there are no high hopes for great climate control. I'm happy to waste some solar power production just to take the edge off.
It puzzles me that you would not use the obvious solution, insulate.
Also with no radical temp swings, no moisture condenses.
I have mentioned multiple times that the door will always be partially open when I am present.
Why would I insulate in my particular use case where the door will always be open when I need to heat or cool?
I agree that might be appropriate for other applications but not mine.
Why not a evap (aka swamp) cooler? It won’t mind the open door and in AZ it will cool quite well as long as the dew point is under 45F
I’d skip the heater version and just buy the cheaper cool-only unit. An inverter sized to run the heater off of solar will cost a lot more than the price of this combo.That’s my backup plan. I found one with a heater in it also:
Amazon.com: COSTWAY Evaporative Cooler and Heater, Portable Air Cooler with Fan & Humidifier Bladeless Quiet Electric Fan w/Remote Control for Indoor Home Office Dorms (29-Inch) : Home & Kitchen
Amazon.com: COSTWAY Evaporative Cooler and Heater, Portable Air Cooler with Fan & Humidifier Bladeless Quiet Electric Fan w/Remote Control for Indoor Home Office Dorms (29-Inch) : Home & Kitchenwww.amazon.com
NICE!!! You would think there would be a lot more of companies making these types. But that would assume an informed consumer base.Found a review here:
But I like the idea .
They can be recharged by an AC techno insulation is really big problem, you are going to be absorbing a lot of heat.
If the panels are all on the roof of the container that will help quite a bit with the solar beat down hehe
lets see, 20' x 8ft across = 160sqft
so thats just over the 33BTU/sqft for cooling magic number for guestimates but close enough..that number, I think, is for insulated walls. I cannot imagine it keeping up with bare steel in arizona sun.
I think the easiest are something like the MRcool, and LG as high efficiency models.
Cheapest, not sure thats good direction to go with a split AC, real cheap would probably be around $1k, with double that for the nicer units.
Is there even a market for "used" mini-splits? I think once you break the seals and connect them, well, can you disconnect them without losing everything?
It's going to be far easier to heat than cool in Arizona so even with a mini-split you'll want to keep solar gain to a minimum.Need the heat on cold mornings.
That’s my backup plan. I found one with a heater in it also:
Amazon.com: COSTWAY Evaporative Cooler and Heater, Portable Air Cooler with Fan & Humidifier Bladeless Quiet Electric Fan w/Remote Control for Indoor Home Office Dorms (29-Inch) : Home & Kitchen
Amazon.com: COSTWAY Evaporative Cooler and Heater, Portable Air Cooler with Fan & Humidifier Bladeless Quiet Electric Fan w/Remote Control for Indoor Home Office Dorms (29-Inch) : Home & Kitchenwww.amazon.com
I’d skip the heater version and just buy the cheaper cool-only unit. An inverter sized to run the heater off of solar will cost a lot more than the price of this combo.