Reloading in the garage

Be careful of the free standing air conditioners that are sold for in homes. While they will cool the air, most of them cannot take water out of the air like the window units.
Even at 70 degrees the air will be clammy and you won't feel comfortable.

We put them in our laboratory at work and after we bought them, even though they are vented outside we found out that they will either work as a dehumidifier, or an air conditioner, but they will not do both.
There are two kinds of air conditioners, the kind that will cool the air and take a little water out, (the floor models) or the ones that will cool the air and condense a lot of water out so the air is comfortable even if it isn't as cool as you would like it to be (the window units). The floor models use the condensed water to blow on the coils to help the condenser get rid of its heat and condense the freon back into a liquid, so it doesn't go into hot gas fault, so it's moisture ends up going back into the room your trying to cool.

The floor models are expensive compaired to the window units also and the window units are readily available.

Do what you want but I would frame a hole in the garage wall and put in a window unit so I could use the garage when I wanted to, for anything. Just be careful with those floor models, most of them are not what you think they are.

My uncle has his paint sprayer repair room in the back warehouse. He has a window AC unit in the wall that vents into the warehouse. It creates a lot of heat and condensation. He has a couple buckets catching the drips. Sure keeps his room cool though

Depends on how much you want to invest. Me I framed and insulated in a room in our garage and put in the smallest mini-split unit in there, now I can keep it at a constant temp, and being in the desert part of PNW it is dry here.

I've been reloading for about 12 or 13 years now and have always stored powder and primers in a garage or other non-air conditioned building with no issues whatsoever.
I live in central Arkansas where the humidity can be very high in the summer.

Call hvac to install a mini split system. Wall mount ac system.

I am about to have a "Mini Split" Ductless HVAC Unit put in my garage. One compresspor and two heads. One in the garage proper and one in the office build in back of the garage. Will retire my through the wall unit then.

Bob

rkittine said:

I am about to have a "Mini Split" Ductless HVAC Unit put in my garage. One compresspor and two heads. One in the garage proper and one in the office build in back of the garage. Will retire my through the wall unit then.

Bob

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I’ll take your L71 in exchange for standing over you with a fan.

After suffering the long hot season in SC, storing dies inside I finally had a mini split put in. Nice and cool, cheap to run and no more humidity.

SFL gunner, I'm in South FL also. And, I also reload in the garage. I insulated the garage door with the styrofoam sheets and it made a huge difference. I run a fan on the worst days, but it's not too bad. I don't have an issue with humidity and all my tools and components are there too.

I, too use my attached garage here in So Cal... nowhere near the humidity you have but 115 degree days happen a few times a year here.

My stuff is kept low near the floor in the coolest part of the garage. Since it’s an insulated, finished-interior garage with 6” walls and an insulated door it doesn’t get unbearably hot... but I still use a fan and do what I can to keep the temps down.

Good luck finding a solution!

Stay safe.

The insulation on the door has really helped. Another thing that helps is that part of the garage walls are shared with my house and the neighbor, it's a townhouse. And most of the garage is under a second floor bedroom. So, it really isn't too bad in there except in the brutal deep summer.

Its actually a L71/89. One of 19 L71s produced with Aluminum Heads. Only has Climate Control though. What ever the climate is outside, that is what is inside.

Bob

Yes I’m especially familiar with mid years—was an ncrs judge back in the day—I played the odds in saying L71, cause who really owns an L89? Now I know.

I love big block mid-years in the summer months especially with under car exhaust—sweat lodge.

The Solid Lifters and Three Carbs are challenging to keep in tune, but otherwise I love it. I also had a 69' Yenko Camaro, which I bought brand new wish I wish I had never sold. My favorite driver though was my 67 Hi Output 327 / 350 HP Roadster with 3:73 Gears.

4:10s in the 67 Vette are not great for crusing.

Bob

You bought a Yenko new? I was in high school with a ‘62 beetle.
My last Vette was a 67 L71 coupe. I love the solid lifters’ clanky clank. It was a survivor. Sold it to a guy from London, Ontario who turned it into a resto mod. It killed me to see it happen. He sold it a year later.

oh yeah I had a 3:36 rear, but a wide (not close) ratio m21 so the cruising was great while acceleration was about 3:73-like

Met Don when I bought the Camaro. Never liked the 69 body style, but like the car. I started with a 67 "D Dart" Barricuda Fast back and then had a Baldwin Motion Competition Hemi Road Runner in 1968 and a Baldwin Motion Rat Motor Nova II after that. Then an LT1 - Z-28 in 1970 and that ended my muscle car days.

I didn't get into Mid Year Vettes (The only ones I have owneed) until the late 80s. Have had a split window, one fuelie a few High Output small blocks and then this one.

Bob

BigBlue 94 said:

Youll notice I say I used to store it in a mini fridge. Thats because that fridge, and the powder in it burned in a fire that consumed the building. The only explosions were the primers and a tank from the oxy-acetylene torch. That was the big one. You could set a mens basketball in the peeled back rupture in the side of the tank. The firemen were only concerned with any black powder.

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Did you have any trouble with the insurance company paying or did they not know there was gun powder and primers in your building?

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Did you have any trouble with the insurance company paying or did they not know there was gun powder and primers in your building?

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Insurance paid for replacement of 35+ lbs of powder and 10k+ primers. So id say they were fine with it.

It may have been dependant on the fire inspector saying it started in the other corner and even the fireman were there when the primers all went off, which was clearly distinguishable. Or maybe it is company or state differences.

State Farm paid for full new replacement of everything in the building that wasnt on its own policy (vehicles). They basically did it no questions asked. Our experience was very "painless" compared to others. Some adjusters are very strict and you half to fight tooth and nail to get anything. We simply made a list from memory and bought it all and they reimbursed us. Five years later and im still remembering things I forgot to have replaced.

Where I live, if you have more than 28 pounds of powder, you need to have an approved Powder Magazine.

Bob

rkittine said:

Met Don when I bought the Camaro. Never liked the 69 body style, but like the car. I started with a 67 "D Dart" Barricuda Fast back and then had a Baldwin Motion Competition Hemi Road Runner in 1968 and a Baldwin Motion Rat Motor Nova II after that. Then an LT1 - Z-28 in 1970 and that ended my muscle car days.

I didn't get into Mid Year Vettes (The only ones I have owneed) until the late 80s. Have had a split window, one fuelie a few High Output small blocks and then this one.

Bob

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You’re killing me!

I used to road race motorcycles, so it was imperative to keep slicks at room temp. Heat cycles will harden race tires real fast.
So I insulated my garage and hung drywall. Added a thermostat controlled gable vent and put a window AC unit in.
You can do the same without a window. Just cut out the center 2x4 that's on a 16" span and run a 4x4 header. 2 times 2x4 in a laminate works best. Then cut out the area and set up your window AC.
If you're in FL then you should add a dehumidifier as well. Don't forget the beer fridge.