Air Conditioning - What to buy--I want a window unit for a utility room
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chirkware
07-03-06, 04:57 PM
OK...Our utility room (roughly 12x9), is an oven this time of year. It's part of what used to be a 2 car garage, so there is no AC going to it. All walls are insulated (or at least most of the way...a bit to go still). One door leads into the house, and the closest thing to air conditioning right now is whatever leaks under that door (just a regular interior door). The other door goes into what's left of the garage and is an exterior door.
The room is home to electric washer and dryer (vents outside) a small chest freezer (5 or 5 cuft), a water cooler, and some shelves with "stuff" stored on them.
There is a window in the room (which stays open all the time) and I am considering getting a window unit for it. I don't want it going all the time, so I would like to have it controlled by a thermostat. Really all we want is for the room to stay around 80 or so (it's getting in the mid-upper 90's now). I can easily run electrical over to it, so I would put in a dedicated circuit for it (either 110V or 220V...voltage drop shouldn't be an issue as it's 15' from a sub panel that has few loads on it).
The window opening is about 33.5" wide and it opens up a little over 14". Do foks usually take the sliding section of the window out, or just open it up all the way?
What should I be looking for in way of capacity for this unit?
Should I install a thermostat to control it, or are the controls that come with the unit adequate? Keep in mind I don't want to keep the room cold, but I'd like to get it staying around 80 or so...I'm guessing the controls would keep it much colder than that.
Any advice would be appreciated.
The room is home to electric washer and dryer (vents outside) a small chest freezer (5 or 5 cuft), a water cooler, and some shelves with "stuff" stored on them.
There is a window in the room (which stays open all the time) and I am considering getting a window unit for it. I don't want it going all the time, so I would like to have it controlled by a thermostat. Really all we want is for the room to stay around 80 or so (it's getting in the mid-upper 90's now). I can easily run electrical over to it, so I would put in a dedicated circuit for it (either 110V or 220V...voltage drop shouldn't be an issue as it's 15' from a sub panel that has few loads on it).
The window opening is about 33.5" wide and it opens up a little over 14". Do foks usually take the sliding section of the window out, or just open it up all the way?
What should I be looking for in way of capacity for this unit?
Should I install a thermostat to control it, or are the controls that come with the unit adequate? Keep in mind I don't want to keep the room cold, but I'd like to get it staying around 80 or so...I'm guessing the controls would keep it much colder than that.
Any advice would be appreciated.
chirkware
07-04-06, 06:29 AM
Just saw the sticky for the sizing...from that, I would want a 5000BTU unit it looks like.
Any thoughts on the thermostat? Again, I don't want to spend the electricity to keep this room in the low 70's, I just want to get it down into the upper 70's/low 80's so we don't roast when we do laundry.
Thanks!
Any thoughts on the thermostat? Again, I don't want to spend the electricity to keep this room in the low 70's, I just want to get it down into the upper 70's/low 80's so we don't roast when we do laundry.
Thanks!
Grady
07-04-06, 06:36 AM
Many window units now have built in digital thermostats rather than the low, medium, & high settings from days gone by.