Anyone Aircondition their Lathe room

Blow out with compressed air and vacuum after...

My previous shop was a 10X12 shed and had a 10 volt A/C. You don't keep the coils from gettting loaded, but you can keep the output of cool air at an acceptable level by periodic cleaning of the coils using a brass wire brush to knock off the build up. A washable foam filter in front of the coil helps, but won't catch the finer dust. Suggest that you inspect regularly, clean as necessary. Cleaning frequency will vary with how much work you do, how efficient your sanding dust collection is, etc

Hope this helps Kip Powers Rogers, AR

Why not put a air cleaner just before the air input ? Protect the chiller and protect you.

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Walter H. Klaus wrote:

Hi Walter

Is it possible for you to take clean outside air, maybe through a heat exchanger so as not to lose too much of your cooled air energy input, the heat exchanger should not load up as bad as the AC Just My way of looking at it.

Have fun and take care Leo Van Der Loo

Walter H. Klaus wrote:

Not your biggest problem with AC. Biggest problem is that it pulls humidity. Unless you're talking short-term use, I'd put a sweatband on and take the stress off the wood.

My dehumidifier (basement) requires sufficient time to dry the vanes before I can blow the paper off with compressed air, and I think there is still a slow buildup that I can't catch. Means cleaning before you use the air, not after.

I'd concentrate on collecting sanding dust at the source, use distance and foam filter over the vanes for the AC. Martin's suggestion of a furnace filter upstream of that wouldn't hurt, either.

My shop has central air. I use those 6" thick pleated filters. They last 6-12 months depending on what I'm doing. Dan

I will be, in the house we're building in Baja, Calif.... the contractor suggests switching the A/C in the shop from "recirculate" to "outside air" whenever possible... He thinks that the dust collection and the filtration system that I'm buying will get most dust before it reaches the A/C...

He has A/C in his shop and says that keeping the A/C unit clean is a lot easier than working in the summer ( 110+ degrees and high humidity) without A/C... After the summers in Central Calif., where I miss a lot of shop time because it's just too hot to work, I'm really looking forward to having a finished, insulated and cooled shop! YMMV

mac

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Thanks All for you replys. I like the idea of putting the air cleaner in line with the AC intake.

Thanks,

Walter H. Klaus