Made by Fedders -- correct?

OK, let me hit Craigslist. I assume basic skills to install is all that is needed ?

Ugghhhh, Cola is like the screen door to hell in the summer time. I'm in Rock Hill; which isn't much better.

My shop is a 24/30 metal building. I've got two large attic fans high up on the back wall with automatic louvers. I also use an old furnace blower (squirrel-cage) fan. It makes it bearable, somewhat. I need to insulate it.
I think to a/c it I would need an outside unit and have to run ducting. Between the cost to install and operate; I dont see it happening.

Heating is easy.........

I'm curious to see what you come up with and how well it works..... Of course with the temps/humidity now anything is an improvement.

Yes, it is brutal. I have spent about 2 months just installing my Euro rear bumper on my W123. It is soooo hot. 30 minutes and then I am toast. I am fed up at this point.

You have to frame the hole properly, and you'll need #10 wire for the circuit. There's other brands available, but the Fedders happened to be the one listed at the time. I think it only cost about $800 retail.

The guy I bought it from was going to do the same thing, then he decided to sell his house. It had never been used when I got it. Has a remote also.

I would not bother to provide cooling without first insulating the garage and putting some sort of skin on the inside.

I have fiberglass insulation with kraft face on my walls. The ceiling is drywalled.

Since the living unit above the garage is air conditioned if I keep the garage door closed it will be cooler inside than outside and if I use a fan on low I can work pretty comfortably all day. I will take a break every hour or two and drink some water coffee or juice.

I suppose on a 100 degree day it will be 80 to 85 inside the garage.

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Did you say if your garage space is insulated or not?? If you're looking to do a "permanent upgrade" then i would think that an insulation job would be advised. I've used on of those portable ACs before.. not bad. That might be the way to go if you take into consideration that you can kinda move it around to direct the flow of cool air to wherever you want it i.e right on your body while you work.

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2x4 studs and plywood.good luck cooling that down.if i remember it took me about 7 rolls of insulation at 23 bucks a rolls at the time to do the walls,my garage is 24x24 with a 16ft door.as for the ceiling i used some 3/4 polystyrene sheets that interlock.took 15 of those,and tape the seams with genuine hvac duct tape.so between those had about 350 bucks in insulation.and as for my heat it made a world of difference,i run my heater about 1/4 the time i used to .your first order of business should be insulation.

I doubt that my 17.5 would keep up without the insulation I have. Get the yellow stuff that has R-13. Ceiling also.

I would use at least r 19 on the ceiling but probably would use more since it is simple to do.

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Agreed with the posters suggesting insulation. Without proper insulation, you will be overworking any AC unit, and when the electric bill shows up you will be hotter than ever.
Of course, if your garage is already finished (walls and ceiling) then insulating is going to be a royal PITA.

A heat pump may be what you are looking for, as they will heat or cool.

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I would use two small 110 volt window units myself. Light weight, inexpensive, require no 220 line and can be replaced easily and cheaply if they ever fail. (about $100 each). If I wanted AC quickly, I'd probably pull off the door that goes to the outside in the garage, replace it with a piece of plywood and cut a couple of holes in it for the AC units. You could be up and running in less than an hour. Then you can take your time in the fall when it's cool to cut the two holes thru the wall where they could be permanently installed.

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OK -- my bad for any mis-information here. The garage is insulated and drywalled. Finished drywall actually (that's in the beginning of the post). The garage door needs to be insulated with one of those kits. It is still brutal !

I checked out the Fedder's slim line version. It's about $800 bucks, and with wiring and breaker, I am looking at almost $1,000.00. Right now, that even looks OK in this damm heat !

I'm in a similar plight with a south facing garage in Phoenix. Ive been racking my brains trying to figure out the best cooling option for it. I'd sure like to see your solution.

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OK --
My update and I will post my results as they progress.

I believe the best solution is something along the lines of a slim line that heats and cools. And, a high volume fan. Both of course in the back of the garage, centered. To do it right with these options is going to be pushing a grand. But, the upside is that I can use my garage year round, in all weather. This is what stinks --

Like tinkering with a car and once you fix one thing, another thing pops up. I need to really clean up and organize my garage. I need to move a bunch of crap to get to the very back of my garage, build a slight platform so that I can reach and mount the unit and fan combo, et cet. Need to run wiring, surface mount wiring, et cet. One thing leads to another, et cet.

When I actually buy this stuff this weekend or next, I will post pictures. If anyone has any other ideas or cautionary tales, please let me have them. Instead of channeling $$$$ to my very long neglected MB project, I am now shifting that money to a home improvement project. Yuk !

what kind of insulation in the ceiling?do you need to vent the attic space?