It's a HOT time at RPM

[fj11.5]

I used to install fire protection systems, worked in launceston one summer,  42°c outside one day,  don't know what it was inside the black tin roof,  but bottles of water didn't last long

[Mark Olson]

Reminds me of replacing my clutch in the Firehawk  in a carport at my (at the time ) girlfriend's house in Phoenix during the summer................
I had a cooler full of ice packs under there with me, and I would swap out damp towels that I would wear on my head while I was working under the car...........
115 in the shade sucks!

Hey alan , when I lived in phoenix years ago I put a swamp cooler on wheels hooked up to a garden hose and an extension cord to it and just pointed the air on me as I worked on the car.  you get a 35 degree td with that set up.

[Dan Filetti]

Hey alan , when I lived in phoenix years ago I put a swamp cooler on wheels hooked up to a garden hose and an extension cord to it and just pointed the air on me as I worked on the car.  you get a 35 degree td with that set up.

In a dry environment, swamp coolers ROCK!  And they are cheap to run, water an a fan motor. I moved to Colorado into a house that had one.  What the hell is this I thought?  After I figured out how to use it, I was genuinely impressed with how cold it gets, you could make the house too cold, in the heat of summer.  It would work for shit here on the humid east coast though.

Dan

[Firehawk068]

Yeah, the GF had a swamp cooler in the house, and it worked great!
We didn't have a portable one though...........would have been nice to have........

[movenon]

Reminds me of replacing my clutch in the Firehawk  in a carport at my (at the time ) girlfriend's house in Phoenix during the summer................
I had a cooler full of ice packs under there with me, and I would swap out damp towels that I would wear on my head while I was working under the car...........
115 in the shade sucks!

Hey alan , when I lived in phoenix years ago I put a swamp cooler on wheels hooked up to a garden hose and an extension cord to it and just pointed the air on me as I worked on the car.  you get a 35 degree td with that set up.

In the last shop/warehouse I worked in we had a commercial version of that. It was about 4 or5 feet high X 4 feet wide. You could roll it around, put out a ton of air. In a dry area it works great.  http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200312877_200312877
George

[ForgottenFJ]

I can agree completely, here in Tucson it has been 107 lately. My shed has no cooling of any kind, and I have been trying to work on the FJ and I have to start at five in the morning and can usually get three hours of so before it get to hot in there to work. I aquired a fixer upper portable cooler so I hope it will help in the future.

[Mike 86 in San Dimas]

Ah yes Frank the attic a/c service call . I don't take the temp cause I don't wanna know how hot it is.

Mark,
When I was old enough (about 5 years it seemed) and worked summers installing residential ac systems (Family business). First task was to get the unit running and blow air into the attic, then installed the ductwork. The farther along we would get the hotter the attic became. I wonder how many crews did it the opposite way. In those days roof top units were popular for homes. Kept a bucket of water on the roof to cool down tools.
Mike

[Mark Olson]

Ah yes Frank the attic a/c service call . I don't take the temp cause I don't wanna know how hot it is.

Mark,
When I was old enough (about 5 years it seemed) and worked summers installing residential ac systems (Family business). First task was to get the unit running and blow air into the attic, then installed the ductwork. The farther along we would get the hotter the attic became. I wonder how many crews did it the opposite way. In those days roof top units were popular for homes. Kept a bucket of water on the roof to cool down tools.
Mike

Been doing that way for years, just today in fact installing a new 17seer hvac system  into a old ass house .

[racerman_27410]

My last few summer attic installs i've had the homeowners stay at a hotel for the night and i did my work third shift.

I passed out in an attic once from heat stroke and my tolerance for extended stay in the heat dropped way off after that.


KOokaloo!

[Mark Olson]

My last few summer attic installs i've had the homeowners stay at a hotel for the night and i did my work third shift.

I passed out in an attic once from heat stroke and my tolerance for extended stay in the heat dropped way off after that.


KOokaloo!

oh yeah , once you heat stroke out your htl drops a few degrees and drops more everytime after you overheat yourself.
I know old techs who can't even take 90 degrees anymore.

I do my commercial installs 3rd shift, but my res stuff the homeowner wants to watch and complain about the mess.

[racerrad8]

Well,

2014 is turning out to be another scorcher, but this year we have humidity too. It is 3pm and 90+ in the shop.


Except for some reason this year, we are getting monsoonal moisture swirling up from Nevada


We have had sprinkles light showers a couple early morning hours this week too.

If feels a lot like Australia when I was there...

Randy - RPM

[Capn Ron]

Seeing that pic...now I'm going to grill up some tri-tip tonight!  Thanks Randy...be cool!

[Country Joe]

I hate to hear it's so hot out West....we've exceeded 95 degrees only 2 days so far this year.....it's been rediculously mild here this summer.
Joe

[TexasDave]

Move to Texas Randy. 75 cool degrees here in Dallas today. Second cool front this week. Strange weather.  Dave

[Fj.itis]

Well,

2014 is turning out to be another scorcher, but this year we have humidity too. It is 3pm and 90+ in the shop.


Except for some reason this year, we are getting monsoonal moisture swirling up from Nevada


We have had sprinkles light showers a couple early morning hours this week too.

If feels a lot like Australia when I was there...

Randy - RPM

Haha Randy, what part of Oz were you in because here on the gold coast i checked the temp the other day cause it was warm and keep in mind its winter here, it was 90 degrees your scale. Summer is a whole other level, but i love it. I was in t shirt and jeans yesterday and was a little warm in the direct sunlight.