Bluedog225
Texas
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I need to air condition my conex before the summer heat to keep the batteries cool. I’ve already insulated it pretty well.
I thought I was going to run my dual hose Midea portable air conditioner hoses out the floor. But it turns out the hose will not reach. Darn it. I’m going to look into extending the hose. There is no factory extension. I’ll have to buy another hose and kludge together a patch. Not optimal. There will be a hit to efficiency but I’m ok with that. The replacement hose is about $80.
In this regard, I could try to build a box out of duct board and create a diy extension for the original dual hose intake/exhaust. This might be a good option as well.
Or I can vent the dual hose out the back wall of the conex. Though I hate the idea of cutting a hole in the conex side. It seems like a larger security breach (wall versus underneath) and allows for the possibility of water intrusion. I’d need to build/buy some sort of cover.
Finally, I could install a mini spit. This was not in the plan but I can give it a shot. I don’t know if I can have a compressor up on the conex outside wall and run the refrigerant hoses down the wall and back up into the conex. That is, making a “U.” Or do I need to put the compressor on the ground? There are some flooding issues. Or do I need to put a #” hole in the conex wall for this as well?
Anyway, those are the options so far. Though I guess I should add the possibility of a regular or U shaped window unit hacked into the side or a roof mount unit. Neither of those seem ideal.
Any thoughts welcome.
I thought I was going to run my dual hose Midea portable air conditioner hoses out the floor. But it turns out the hose will not reach. Darn it. I’m going to look into extending the hose. There is no factory extension. I’ll have to buy another hose and kludge together a patch. Not optimal. There will be a hit to efficiency but I’m ok with that. The replacement hose is about $80.
In this regard, I could try to build a box out of duct board and create a diy extension for the original dual hose intake/exhaust. This might be a good option as well.
Or I can vent the dual hose out the back wall of the conex. Though I hate the idea of cutting a hole in the conex side. It seems like a larger security breach (wall versus underneath) and allows for the possibility of water intrusion. I’d need to build/buy some sort of cover.
Finally, I could install a mini spit. This was not in the plan but I can give it a shot. I don’t know if I can have a compressor up on the conex outside wall and run the refrigerant hoses down the wall and back up into the conex. That is, making a “U.” Or do I need to put the compressor on the ground? There are some flooding issues. Or do I need to put a #” hole in the conex wall for this as well?
Anyway, those are the options so far. Though I guess I should add the possibility of a regular or U shaped window unit hacked into the side or a roof mount unit. Neither of those seem ideal.
Any thoughts welcome.