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Title: Can you say HOTTTTT????
Post by: Doug S on August 05, 2015, 01:53:44 PM
I don't know about you guys but here in South Arkansas in our shop with no air conditioning in the back the only way to survive is to get to the shop around 4:00 AM and print until 10.  The only thing positive about this heat to me is the inks flow so much better. :P
Title: Re: Can you say HOTTTTT????
Post by: jvanick on August 05, 2015, 02:21:57 PM
we do the same on the days that it's above 90 degrees....

my wife and I are both morning people, so it's not so bad...

luckilly this summer has been really cool by chicago standards, and low humidity too...

-J
Title: Re: Can you say HOTTTTT????
Post by: mk162 on August 05, 2015, 02:27:08 PM
we've had a pretty hot summer so far.  We shut it down in the afternoons and work in the AC or at least in a cooler shop.  We do screens or prep for the next day.
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Post by: Frog on August 05, 2015, 02:34:36 PM
Yep, having the workshop building on my residential property usually allows me to adjust my schedule to the temperature as well.
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Post by: Crazy Mike on August 05, 2015, 04:03:11 PM
We just keep our thermostat set at 70 degrees all year. No sweat. 8) 3,000 feet climate controlled.
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Post by: Sbrem on August 05, 2015, 04:41:18 PM
90° - 95° here most days. The office  is AC'd, and all are welcome to take a break in there, but then it's back to the heat. I did my time in that heat, now I'm old and in the AC. The last couple of days have been a little better, a little less humid.

Steve
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Post by: tancehughes on August 05, 2015, 05:15:24 PM
I know it's hot there, I'm in central Louisiana and it's just meltdown hot every single day. We have AC in the production area, but even now it will only keep the room to about 87-88 degrees... However it just blows in from a single point, so we are going to run some ductwork to try to spread it around better.
Title: Re: Can you say HOTTTTT????
Post by: alan802 on August 05, 2015, 05:21:20 PM
I hate all of you.  It's 109 at the press today, 112 at the end of the dryer, 105 at the expo unit, and I'm usually going back and forth to all of the areas.  I got portable AC's at the load and unload station, but electrical issues have kept us from having the 3rd one at the end of the dryer.  I don't have a plug that will support the AC without throwing the breaker on that end of the shop. We keep throwing breakers and the roll down extension cords are dropping like flies.  We've had 3 go bad just in the last few weeks.  Only have 3 left.
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Post by: rmonks on August 05, 2015, 05:41:42 PM
I Had some heat related issues a couple of weeks ago. I worked all day Saturday it was hot, hot , HOT the heat index was 105 or better. I was drinking lots of water, and at the end of the day I got the worst case of cramps I have ever had. My hands started drawing up and then my legs got hellashious cramps. My wife gave me a big dill pickle and in a few minutes the cramps started to subside. Well I have sense then started taking salt tablets every two hours when I'm sweating my butt off. And added Gatorade to the mix also.
Title: Re: Can you say HOTTTTT????
Post by: alan802 on August 05, 2015, 06:18:12 PM
It's so hot in the shop that our dog won't go out there.  She's never stayed inside when I go out back until today.  I thought she might have run off and I went looking for her and she was laying under my desk. 
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Post by: ericheartsu on August 05, 2015, 06:22:47 PM
shoot its 110 today in the shop, and it's a cool day.
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Post by: T Shirt Farmer on August 05, 2015, 06:32:59 PM
just slipped on a F497 .. 3;30 pm kinda breezy here in SF Bay area today.. I think my gal catching had a slight glint of perspiration on her forehead.... but that may have been a hot flash she is 55 and has that notagainopause thing goin on.
Title: Re: Can you say HOTTTTT????
Post by: TCT on August 05, 2015, 06:35:57 PM
Ya, we have had a killer summer too, 3 days so far over 90! One of our air conditioners didn't work for about 2 weeks and it got up to 92 in the shop one day.....  ;D
 Muhahahahahahahahahahaha!
Title: Re: Can you say HOTTTTT????
Post by: Doug S on August 05, 2015, 06:58:21 PM
I'm glad I'm not the only one.  That freakin 73% humidity really gets you cookin.  It really gets me motivated to get finished.  Alan, do them portable A/C units really work good?  I thought I'd seen the topic about that awhile back.
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Post by: ericheartsu on August 05, 2015, 07:22:00 PM
we bought some portable acs from global industrial, and they make a big big big difference.
Title: Re: Can you say HOTTTTT????
Post by: Doug S on August 05, 2015, 07:41:45 PM
we bought some portable acs from global industrial, and they make a big big big difference.

Cool.  I'll have to invest in one or 2.  Thanks!
Title: Re: Can you say HOTTTTT????
Post by: alan802 on August 06, 2015, 08:56:37 AM
Don't buy the Idylis models at Lowes.  Buy the LG model from Home Depot.  It's roughly twice as powerful as the Idylis models we bought originally.  The LG Is colder and blows harder.  We bought the LG a few weeks ago and I'm kicking myself for not buying them in the beginning. 
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Post by: lrsbranding on August 06, 2015, 10:30:49 AM
We're running 36000 btu to cool 1200 sq. ft and it's struggling right now. Really gets bad in the afternoon when the sun hits the roll up door. I made a curtain out of some roll out attic radiant barrier to cover the door and that helped a lot. It was like standing next to a radiator. When it gets to 100 outside we still need to run the auxiliary window unit. That 15 foot ceiling makes a lot of cubic feet to cool.