Karate Air Conditioning

[opr1945]

Last Fall I was practicing at home in my garage. when it got cold I took a back corner of the garage and build two temporary walls to form a 8 x 12 room. insulated & heated it. Now that it is summer it is to hot even with a fan. So my question is can I cut a hole in one of the temporary walls and install a window air conditioner? I don't want to put a hole in the permant wall. It will exit and pull air from the rest of the garage not the outdoors.

Thoughts?

 

[MetalBoar]

Last Fall I was practicing at home in my garage. when it got cold I took a back corner of the garage and build two temporary walls to form a 8 x 12 room. insulated & heated it. Now that it is summer it is to hot even with a fan. So my question is can I cut a hole in one of the temporary walls and install a window air conditioner? I don't want to put a hole in the permant wall. It will exit and pull air from the rest of the garage not the outdoors.

Thoughts?

Those AC units generate a lot of heat. I don't think it will work very well if it's venting into the larger space where the unit also has to draw the air that it's trying to cool.

There are portable floor AC units that aren't usually as efficient as the window units BUT they have an exhaust hose for the hot air they generate. If you had someplace to route the exhaust hose out of your garage that might work pretty well for you and you might not have to cut holes in your insulation, or at least a much smaller one. If you do go this route, look into how to safely insulate the exhaust hose (I think there's a heat resistant wrap you can use) because it will make it a lot more efficient at getting the heat out or your garage.

 

[opr1945]

Thanks. I did not know what you described. I will look into it.

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

Thanks. I did not know what you described. I will look into it.

You could just get a 12” vortex fan and suck air out through a fitted hole. This works great in certain types of indoor gardening facilities. Cheaper than AC.

 

[Same Trick]

Open the garage door and imagine you train in Okinawan summer heat, inspirational boost

 

[HighKick]

Last Fall I was practicing at home in my garage. when it got cold I took a back corner of the garage and build two temporary walls to form a 8 x 12 room. insulated & heated it. Now that it is summer it is to hot even with a fan. So my question is can I cut a hole in one of the temporary walls and install a window air conditioner? I don't want to put a hole in the permant wall. It will exit and pull air from the rest of the garage not the outdoors.

Thoughts?

So, you built a room Inside the walls of your garage? If so, Yes, you can put the A/C in the inner walls but two things will happen.
The condensate from the unit will run out on the garage floor, will need to be captured and dumped (bucket) or funneled to the outside.
A/C works off of heat exchange. The extra-heated air will be pumped into the main garage area.

There are portable A/C units that (mostly) evaporate the condensate with the hot gas air so you can put them in a room, but you have to deal with a hose for the hot gas air somehow.
Like this: Portable A/C Unit

How permanent is this room? If it is permanent, I would look at the smaller split units (mini-split) They only require a small hole in the outer wall. The air handler mounts on the wall inside the area to be conditioned (will require electricity of course) and the compressor unit sets outside (will require electricity of course).
Like this: Mini-Split