Should I purchase a Dehumidifier for the garage?
08-31-2007, 11:07 AM
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.......more on humidity.
Using a totally uncalibrated, $7 hydrometer... I set the unit on the windshield of the 997 last night in a garage that had been closed for 48hrs: at 7am the meter read 70% ....set outside at 7am-8 it registered 89%.
I had my wife take it inside, where the house A/C seemingly has been running for the last three months: it registered 59%
The outside temp at the time was 68f. The garage is about 150' from a tidal marsh and the there was both a foggy mist and wet grass this morning.
I'm too am going to buy a dehumidifier.
Using a totally uncalibrated, $7 hydrometer... I set the unit on the windshield of the 997 last night in a garage that had been closed for 48hrs: at 7am the meter read 70% ....set outside at 7am-8 it registered 89%.
I had my wife take it inside, where the house A/C seemingly has been running for the last three months: it registered 59%
The outside temp at the time was 68f. The garage is about 150' from a tidal marsh and the there was both a foggy mist and wet grass this morning.
I'm too am going to buy a dehumidifier.
08-31-2007, 11:20 AM
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As some people heat their garages up north so there is not to much initial wear and tear on start up I gave it some thought to AC the garage when I lived in Tucson. It would be well over an 110 in there in the middle of the night. That can't be good and I had so much in vested into two Porsche's at the time. I would say I never got around to it before I moved away.
You got to wonder how good it is for a new car to bake on the lot before it is sold? They just set there in a 100+ temps all summer long in the Southwest.
You got to wonder how good it is for a new car to bake on the lot before it is sold? They just set there in a 100+ temps all summer long in the Southwest.
08-31-2007, 11:23 AM
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My neighbor hung a wall unit A/C in his garage to cool his Corvette. It also makes the garage a bearable place to be in the summertime. I'm thinking of following his lead.
09-01-2007, 09:54 AM
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I'm convinced. 12hrs later - self: "Don't read instructions: just turn it on High" - my 2C garage w/insulated ceiling, metal doors, etc. went from 70% to 47% ...and I measured out 2.5gal from the catch pan. The rotors on my Boxster would rust but these 997's do not, so there were no visible signs of oxidation.
09-01-2007, 09:46 PM
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Let us know how that dehumidifier performs. I doubt you'll see any significant improvement. An AC is a dehumidifier - the correct tool. Get a window version if you must.
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Edited: OK. I had not read the results above. If it works, it works. Fantastic!
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Edited: OK. I had not read the results above. If it works, it works. Fantastic!
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09-01-2007, 10:25 PM
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If it sucked 2.5 gallons of water out of the air it must be doing something right. You might want to rig up a drain hose to the outside so you don't have to empty the catch pan. I don't have to worry much about humidity, right now it's about 12% outside
09-02-2007, 12:27 PM
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.......24hrs later: nearly 5 gallons extracted ..even tho' I RTFM ..and turned it down to a middle setting last night. The relative humidity is now around 44%. You can actuallly see it up/down a few degrees when the unit cycles. (I can't tell if there's a timer in it or some sort of humidistat?) I've also ported it thru the wall so I don't have to empty the bed pan.
ADias: It also uses freon to make condensation - I guess it just eliminates cooling coils? I don't hang inisde in Summer, so a heater is more important to me than A/C.
Problem now: I don't want to open the frickin' doors!?
ADias: It also uses freon to make condensation - I guess it just eliminates cooling coils? I don't hang inisde in Summer, so a heater is more important to me than A/C.
Problem now: I don't want to open the frickin' doors!?