Popular Post Tom King Posted August 4, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 I just bought a 6 year old, 6 ton single phase gas pack, for $500, that works fine, and has never needed any repair. An HVAC guy that I have done some favors for, called me, and asked if I could unload it off his trailer with a loader. I asked him if he had plans for it. He said no. I asked him what he wanted for it, and when he told me, I told him we could unload it right here. It's going in the mechanic/metal shop building that has only had a wood heater. I bought a heat pump, a while back with a similar deal, that I had planned to use, but found a better use for that. I didn't really want to run electric heat strips to keep the shop warm. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom King Posted August 8, 2020 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 Just unloaded it. I know it's a poor picture, but I realized, while I was on the tractor, if I didn't take a picture while I thought about it, I'd forget to take one. I need to run a 60 amp circuit for it. I have a 100 amp subpanel on that building, but will run a separate circuit from the main panel on a pole a hundred feet away. That way, I can run the AC if I'm also running a welder. The guy may have gotten it for nothing, from a building being demolished, but I didn't try to talk him down on price. I was glad to get it for $500. I slid it out of the back of his trailer, lowering it onto a 4x6 on the ground. Then hooked it up like this, lifted it, he pulled the trailer out from under it, and I lowered it onto another 4x. We'll worry about installing it later. The supply, and return outlets are about 28" square. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted August 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2020 I was just out looking at this unit. It's Big. I think it's about 4 feet tall, and 4x5 feet width, and length. The fan motor is a 1-1/2hp Baldor. Change of plan on the wiring. I can buy 100 amp aluminum service entrance underground wire for about the same thing as no. 6 UF, so will put another 100 amp subpanel next to it, and use the breaker to it as the nearby cutoff. Then I can pull other stuff out of this box, if I need to. There was a power pole here already, about 100 feet from the building, with a 200 amp service on it, that only feeds a 100 amp subpanel to that building. Right now, the plan is to build a small deck for it, and let it blow right into the building about 5 feet high. That will keep it from taking wall space inside. I'll run a return duct up high. That'll make it a little trouble to change filters, but it won't be used That much anyway, and will be right beside where I store all the ladders anyway. The building is 24x40, with 12' walls, but the roof has a strange gambrel framing, under the gable framing that lets me raise a full sized dump truck bed inside-not sure of the height of the high part. I had quit doing fiberglass boat work, when a tornado destroyed my shop for that in 1988. I never wanted to do fiberglass work again, without a really strong air conditioner. Cool it down to 65, and you have all the time in the world. Then raise it to normal, and let it kick. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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