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General => General Discussion and ??? => Topic started by: screenprintguy on June 24, 2014, 02:19:02 PM
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When I walk out of my office into the shop my face feels like it immediately turns beet red! I checked a few spots where we have thermometers hanging and it's 105F and 70% humidity. All three roll up doors open, 3 mega fans and the big wall exhaust fan on and it's still hot as a demons butt crack out there!!!
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I am south of you... I am a lot closer to the ocean though. I do not have a thermometer back there but the temp gun reads in mid to high 90's depending on where and time of day. I keep thinking of putting in a couple of mini split ac's. I know I won't cool the whole shop but at least there can be some cool air on my guys...
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about 80 with AC on. . . low humidity so it's not bad. It is 90% outside and now matter the temps it is nasty.
pierre
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Tomorrow is supposed to be in the 90's I will let you know then >:(
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Here it is about 95 but its only 11:30 am. Next week it looks like it is going to be 108-110 degrees outside the shop, that means unbearable inside the shop, oh but its a dry heat! pffftt
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FYI, the male testes are around 95 degrees...so when it's 95 in the shop, it is literally...hot as balls.
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Thermometer in my shop reads 124 right now. Fortunately we have basically no humidity. Gotta love mid-afternoon desert heat.
We close production down between 1 and 4pm this time of year. Try to get everything done in the morning, but if needed we come back in the late afternoon to finish up.
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Summer in Fort Lauderdale here. All I know is that outside its 90 w/ 62% humidity. If we had a thermometer in the shop we'd probably faint just from looking at it.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
It's 78 in the shop with 48% humidity
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Going to pick up our new AC unit Thursday….. Get this -
It's a Carrier unit, 3 phase, 25 ton rooftop unit that they use to install on top of large 80-100k sq. ft buildings such as walmart/best buy etc. Brand new, never connected, because the contractor ordered the wrong unit for the application.
We got a $TEAL on it, and hopefully will have it running next week. Considering that we are trying to cool our 9200 sq. ft. of warehouse space I think we are going to be doing just fine.
This Louisiana humidity is really catching up with us here in our new (new to us) building!
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
It's 78 in the shop with 48% humidity
SHUT UP JOHN!!!!! ;D
sqslabs, what part of Lauderdale? I grew up in North Lauderdale, went to Coconut Creek High, my parents still live down there.
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sqslabs, what part of Lauderdale? I grew up in North Lauderdale, went to Coconut Creek High, my parents still live down there.
Nice man! I went to Nova.. Moved around a bit but always ended up back here. 8)
My shop is right off I-95 and Broward Blvd, not far from Downtown.
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we are hot as balls closing in on swamp ass.
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It's hot here in Bama from about 7am to 3 pm then it rains like cats and dogs thunderstorms, for that matter we just got a warning on the telly, crazy nasty here. As far the shop we have AC front to back,but it can still get hot as a monkeys ass during production
Darryl
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Thanks for the visual Homer :o. Not bad today, 90ish, humidity crawling upward. Tomorrow should suck nicely though...
Steve
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its not bad where i am... :)
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sqslabs, what part of Lauderdale? I grew up in North Lauderdale, went to Coconut Creek High, my parents still live down there.
Nice man! I went to Nova.. Moved around a bit but always ended up back here. 8)
My shop is right off I-95 and Broward Blvd, not far from Downtown.
No way! I had friends that went to Nova! I know the area you are talking about. Used to be down there a lot!
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Next we are only gonna produce until about noon. Anything over 95 should be against the law.
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If you mean Nova college my wife went there. I used to hang at the Davie Ale house and the Falcon Pub too frequently.
I move a little north to Boynton though. It is a little slower here.
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No way! I had friends that went to Nova! I know the area you are talking about. Used to be down there a lot!
Ha small world man! I graduated '95...
If you mean Nova college my wife went there. I used to hang at the Davie Ale house and the Falcon Pub too frequently.
I move a little north to Boynton though. It is a little slower here.
Talking about Nova High School but its directly across the street from the college. Very familiar with seeing the bottom of the mug at the Davie Ale House. ;D
Boynton is nice man, I don't blame you.
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My Uncle lives right off Lantana Road. Small world man.
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No way! I had friends that went to Nova! I know the area you are talking about. Used to be down there a lot!
Ha small world man! I graduated '95...
Class of 91 here man. By 95 I had moved to Clearwater, bounced between Clearwater and Tampa till 2006 when we started the business out here in Lakeland. Looking back at it now, it would seem that I was always looking to get away from the cluster lol. Ft. laud has some serious population now for sure.
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Over 120 today. When the outside temps get to 90ish we start shutting production down at 3
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Summer in Fort Lauderdale here. All I know is that outside its 90 w/ 62% humidity. If we had a thermometer in the shop we'd probably faint just from looking at it.
I lived in Sunrise right off of University for a few years. Went to Plantation High as well. Have not been back in twenty years buut i hear it has changed quite a bit since then, especially out towards the glades.
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Summer in Fort Lauderdale here. All I know is that outside its 90 w/ 62% humidity. If we had a thermometer in the shop we'd probably faint just from looking at it.
I lived in Sunrise right off of University for a few years. Went to Plantation High as well. Have not been back in twenty years buut i hear it has changed quite a bit since then, especially out towards the glades.
No kidding??? You know across from Plantation high, a big complex of retail fronted warehouses? Sherwin Williams was on the corner? My dad built all of that. Actually 2002, I was traveling back and forth from Tampa helping remodel the interiors of them, over a year project. Man, small world.
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Lived in Coconut Creek for a short while doing long term consulting. But then again, I've lived everywhere it seems.
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Summer in Fort Lauderdale here. All I know is that outside its 90 w/ 62% humidity. If we had a thermometer in the shop we'd probably faint just from looking at it.
I lived in Sunrise right off of University for a few years. Went to Plantation High as well. Have not been back in twenty years buut i hear it has changed quite a bit since then, especially out towards the glades.
No kidding??? You know across from Plantation high, a big complex of retail fronted warehouses? Sherwin Williams was on the corner? My dad built all of that. Actually 2002, I was traveling back and forth from Tampa helping remodel the interiors of them, over a year project. Man, small world.
I remember the Motorola Compound in that area but thats all. My Father was a Mason so we were there for a huge construction project in Weston, it was all recovered glades and Multi Million $$$$ Mansions were being built on it.
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Nice area, that's where Patfinn is from. He went to St Thomas high down there. Motorola compound is right, place is huuuuuge!!
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When we had the old dryer, it got to 110 inside by lunch time and by 3pm it would read 118 to 120. There was a summer a few years ago where it got up to at least 115 in the production area for about 110 days over a 4 month period. Everyone was more than a little moody and we all wanted to kill each other by the end of July. Unfortunately, it's not a dry heat either, it's hot and humid. Now, we will get up to about 100-102 with the Sprint dryer not radiating heat all over the place but it still feels hot since we've already lost our acclimation to the 120 degree stuff. I had to buy little window unit air conditioners for the guys to keep them from dying. If you spent all 8 hours out there you would lose at least 5 pounds a day in water weight, and since I was a lot bigger then than I am now, there were days I'd lose 7-8 pounds of water.
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I've thought about doing the a/c thing like you Alan. We tried it a couple years ago when I saw yours in your first youtube vid and some rumhead knocked it off the cart nearly broke my ankle. So that ain't happening! But, I did see at Dirkdiggler's shop a cool idea. He put a/c drops above the work stations to dump cold air on ya when you stand in your station. Pretty nice! I've seen that in a couple dry cleaners before. Might have to hook up the spare split unit we have in the back of the shop and try this. It's really hot and humid again today, took me a few hours last night just to get my core temp normal again.
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That's what they did at OATS.........kept people from wandering from their stations
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its' only about 90 in here right now, with the A/C blasting all day. We believe what we pay to air condition the place will pay for itself in steady, constant, high production numbers. After 9 or ten hours, the heat begins to wilt you. You all know that though. It's a comfortable work environment, people are will to work as hard at 3 in the afternoon and they are at 6 in the morning. Maybe they're spoiled by the A/c, but THEY are a huge part of what makes the company tick. I just feel the need to take good care of good people. But I tell you what, my office doesn't have A/C and I'm ready for a beer!
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Trust me, if we were to ever move, that would be a consideration, but to insulate the place would be insane, not to mention ac big enough to cool and maintain it. I've tossed the idea around of building 10 foot high ceiling area where the main production would be, insulated properly and ac that, but that would only be if we end up buying this building. 30 foot ceilings with corrugated roof right now. And the Podunk genius who built the building painted the roof dark maroon.
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I'm dying over here.....
it's 82 today.. i'm sweating.. ahhhhh!!! 8)
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we just bought 6 of these. They've been the shop for a week, and everyone LOVES them. the only bad thing is pesky wires every where now
http://www.globalindustrial.com/p/hvac/air-conditioning/portable/portableairconditioners-spotcooler-etl-approved-796000 (http://www.globalindustrial.com/p/hvac/air-conditioning/portable/portableairconditioners-spotcooler-etl-approved-796000)
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I had an HVAC guy in here a few weeks ago discussing our options on cooling the production area and he said "air socks" and this is what they look like. He said this is the best way to cool a shop our size and we don't need near as many tons as other methods would need and we would only turn it on when we needed it. Our building is already well insulated but we'd need to do some work around the bay doors. He said that with the air socks it would cost about half of what it would cost to cool the embroidery building. But we're still talking upper teens in cost...maybe next year because our next purchase will be a CTS.
(http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr211/alan802/ductsockinflated_zps68de7ad9.jpg) (http://s485.photobucket.com/user/alan802/media/ductsockinflated_zps68de7ad9.jpg.html)
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SF Bay Area... 74 and a bit overcast, nice breeze coming of the bay... almost need a light hoodie.. gotta love Northern California weather...printing lots of rainbows this week... Gay Pride SF this weekend.
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we just bought 6 of these. They've been the shop for a week, and everyone LOVES them. the only bad thing is pesky wires every where now
[url]http://www.globalindustrial.com/p/hvac/air-conditioning/portable/portableairconditioners-spotcooler-etl-approved-796000[/url] ([url]http://www.globalindustrial.com/p/hvac/air-conditioning/portable/portableairconditioners-spotcooler-etl-approved-796000[/url])
I wonder how many seasons those will last before breaking or needing a recharge. Does it blow hot air out the back? I may need to try a couple.
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No screen printing so it's 65 in our shop today.
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we just bought 6 of these. They've been the shop for a week, and everyone LOVES them. the only bad thing is pesky wires every where now
[url]http://www.globalindustrial.com/p/hvac/air-conditioning/portable/portableairconditioners-spotcooler-etl-approved-796000[/url] ([url]http://www.globalindustrial.com/p/hvac/air-conditioning/portable/portableairconditioners-spotcooler-etl-approved-796000[/url])
I wonder how many seasons those will last before breaking or needing a recharge. Does it blow hot air out the back? I may need to try a couple.
it blows a little bit of hot air, but honestly not that much. My dad showed them to me, as he is a consultant for the oil industry, and one of his co-workers recommend we try this
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In this case (small portables)... because the condenser and evaporator are in the same room it's an equal delta T. proposition.
You make as much heat (out the back) as cool (out the front).
The reason they are effective is:
The heat rises to the ceiling... and the cool blows where you need it.
So, you're actually spot cooling a small area, but that's all you really need.
High ceilings are a plus.
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Silly us we exhaust the hot air vent on the portable spot coolers to outside.... ;) In one shop even had it plumbed into the ventilation to help suck out the hot air. The best ever was a rolling rack built out of 2 x 4's that held four window air conditioners that we would wheel into an open man door so the backs hung outside. Cooled a 2000sq.ft. bay nicely.
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Had a nice chat with Mike/screenprintguy today and while he was talking about his window unit set up I had to let him know our shop almost hit 80 today :D Suppose this is the first time I can say it's nice to live in MN.