I just finished assembly of my Costco lifetime plastic 8X12 shed and couldn't believe how much hotter it get compared to my older wood built shed with standard comp. Shingles. The new shed has two 7-1/2" gabble vents which helps but I added 4 screened 5x12" vents around the bottom of the walls hoping to draw in some cooler air, it helped but I placed to digital thermometers in the shed yesterday, one at bench height and one in the rafter area. At high noon it was around a 82 deg. day and the readings inside the shed were 101 on the bench and 114 deg. On the rafter thermometer which was around 10 deg. Cooler than the prior day with no intake air vents at the bottom of the walls. I to was going to come up with a solar panel , temperature switch, and a small 8" 12 volt fan, but all the parts alone would of ran around $250 . I'm glad I ran across your video, I think one or 2 of those fans should help when summer rolls around and brings those 110 deg. days to. Your an awesome dude for posting on RUclips. We need more guys like Steve in our neighborhood. :)
You can also prime and paint the top of the metal with metal rust primer and two coats of white elastomeric coating and that will Help with the heat and paint the sides white and you will feel the difference in temperature also.
This is a great idea, no batteries, no line voltage. I've been thinking of adding a water sprinkler to my shed to add a little artificial rain to cool it... this looks like a better idea.
How's she goin'? Pretty nice set up Steve!!! I like that it comes on and off on it's own. So as the sun comes up and the heat increases, the fans will come on and hopefully keep the temp down some. Thanks of sharing and take care!!
Just subscribed, Steve. Grampie recommended your channel. I am curious why you didn't put the incoming air vents close to the floor. Thanks for posting! Cheers!
Terrific 👍 - great question , even in the winter the shed builds up heat in winter well above freezing so the snow would cover the vents so I kept them up high. I wanted to remove the heat to prevent condensation and frost covering everything inside and so far its working great.
That’s the way we did our window fan for the house before ACs Worked good except when it was so hot outside that hot air was flowing thru. Good instructions. I believe even I could follow those.
Ontario, Canada. The fans make a huge difference in the shed. It's not texas hot up here but it's 85F in the summer and in my shed it was up to 115 inside before I puts the fans in.
You can buy silver barn paint with a coating in it, will reflect the sun and seals small holes, also makes the metal last longer. Do like the fan idea, would like to know how well it works this summer, hopefully you’ll go back to it and let us know. Thanks for sharing.
Yes absolutely , its quite noticeable already , taking the heat out in the cold has worked out as good as taking the extra heat out in the summer. Cheers Buzz
Hey, I know a place if you wear those leads out lol. I have no experience with HVAC stuff, but wouldn't one fan mounted low sucking outside air in and one fan mounted high blowing air out work better?
Looks very good and very neat. How is it helping now since you have done this? One thing I thought about was maybe putting a few vents down low so when it draws air, it pulls air from the bottom up through the top. The cooler air settles down lown so it will help to push that hot air out through the top with the fans pulling air. Does that make sense? I got a project you need to help me out on. I am wanting to put in multi zone irrigation system. I am wanting to draw water from my creek and put a solar pump/panel/battery combo down there to do it. I am looking at a pressure pump with a air bladder tank so it will be on demand. What think?
Hi Ronnie - so far its working great and in the cold temps it's removing the daytime hot air so at night I no longer get condensation on everything. This summer my solar water pumping project sounds just like something you want to do . I know for sure how the 12v pump I have will pump 100 feet easy in 1/2 hose so how far do you want to pump ? I would not use a pump with a irrigation system directly as it may be too much pressure but you can adjust for that with a bleed off line .
@@SteveRobReviews OK. I was thinking it would be a lot better. It was just an afterthought. I did a similar project like this in my audio closet in my old house. I mounted a bathroom fan in the top, cut a vent in the bottom of the door, and mounted an attic fan thermostat to control the bathroom fan. When it got up to 80 degrees, it cut the fan on and drew cool air from the floor inside the house up through all my equipment and out through the attic. Worked great. Anyways, I was going to use a pressure reducer on the irrigation. I am going to install drip irrigation. Was going to have several zones and also have a few hydrants to get on-demand water from. I am just not sure about the sizing of the system. Everything I read said to build the system first them get the pump etc to match it.
The pump I use is a continuous rated pump not a intermittent use like most out there. The shurflo pump will pump 1.8 gallons at 60 psi at zero back presdure so the longer the run the higher the pressure and lower water flow so I'd say a pressure tank is a must . My pump will run off a 100w panel in full sun so most pump water into a raised tank and use gravity flow so you don't run the pump so much.
@@EarlybirdFarmSC Depends on how long your runs are and how high the tank is . That's the fun part is experimenting:) No pump will last long if it's run 10 hours a day so the elevated tank seems logical. I like them 1000 liter square tanks reinforced in a steel cage , their pretty cheap to buy used up here.
This is my solar projects playlist if your interested in learning about things you can build with solar. ruclips.net/video/4uI0_j9BOGY/видео.html
I just finished assembly of my Costco lifetime plastic 8X12 shed and couldn't believe how much hotter it get compared to my older wood built shed with standard comp. Shingles. The new shed has two 7-1/2" gabble vents which helps but I added 4 screened 5x12" vents around the bottom of the walls hoping to draw in some cooler air, it helped but I placed to digital thermometers in the shed yesterday, one at bench height and one in the rafter area. At high noon it was around a 82 deg. day and the readings inside the shed were 101 on the bench and 114 deg. On the rafter thermometer which was around 10 deg. Cooler than the prior day with no intake air vents at the bottom of the walls. I to was going to come up with a solar panel , temperature switch, and a small 8" 12 volt fan, but all the parts alone would of ran around $250 . I'm glad I ran across your video, I think one or 2 of those fans should help when summer rolls around and brings those 110 deg. days to. Your an awesome dude for posting on RUclips. We need more guys like Steve in our neighborhood. :)
Thanks , very nice of you . 👍
Good job Steve, I'm sure that will lower the temp in the shed. I like how easy it is to buy and use solar panels.
In your Texas heat you can cook a steak on your steel sheds 😅 Thanks Papa so get something solar working for you since your in the sunbelt.
You can also prime and paint the top of the metal with metal rust primer and two coats of white elastomeric coating and that will Help with the heat and paint the sides white and you will feel the difference in temperature also.
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Very good video my friend. I have several solar projects around my homestead like that. Every bit counts
Awesome 👍
This is a great idea, no batteries, no line voltage. I've been thinking of adding a water sprinkler to my shed to add a little artificial rain to cool it... this looks like a better idea.
So easy to do and only works during daylight hours . Give it a try.
Very well done Steve..... I think it will keep the shed cooler but we have to stay tuned too see how much cooler.....CHEERS
Gator it's working fantastic , better than I thought.
@@SteveRobReviews This is a good one, Steve....I can use this for exhausting humidity in the basement at the camp....Thank
Nice job. Msy i suggest a gallon of white elastomeric paint on that roof? Help with heat, seal it too
Thanks Bob I'll look into that suggestion 👍
Great project Steve, I always find your solar projects very interesting. Cheers.
Thanks Ron , you should try some solar , start off with something small maybe a light for the patio?
Great project Sir and that will also drop the humidity level too 😊👍 Great video Steve Cheers 👍😊🍻
Thanks Dave , it works great and even on cloudy days the fans are moving.
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I like that, nice-n-simple and very affordable
Lloyd you being down in texas the summer heat must be almost melting your steel sheds 😅😅🇺🇸
i am thing about getting a metal shed i will keep this in mind. have a great week
Wallace it gets so hot in them steel sheds so I had to do something . Cheers bud 👍
How's she goin'? Pretty nice set up Steve!!! I like that it comes on and off on it's own. So as the sun comes up and the heat increases, the fans will come on and hopefully keep the temp down some. Thanks of sharing and take care!!
Mike its one of my better ideas as it's cooed down the shed big time with them little fans .
Just subscribed, Steve. Grampie recommended your channel. I am curious why you didn't put the incoming air vents close to the floor. Thanks for posting! Cheers!
Terrific 👍 - great question , even in the winter the shed builds up heat in winter well above freezing so the snow would cover the vents so I kept them up high. I wanted to remove the heat to prevent condensation and frost covering everything inside and so far its working great.
Try blocking off the grill openings either side of each fan . That might stop recirculating air at fan location and speed up air movement out of shed.
So far its working great as is .
That’s the way we did our window fan for the house before ACs Worked good except when it was so hot outside that hot air was flowing thru.
Good instructions. I believe even I could follow those.
Just woke up sipping coffee and watching this vid I’m thankful you’re doing all the math Steve 😂
HAHAHA and it actually works too.
What state are you in? I'm sure I'd probably need an exhaust fan cut in living in Texas.
Ontario, Canada. The fans make a huge difference in the shed. It's not texas hot up here but it's 85F in the summer and in my shed it was up to 115 inside before I puts the fans in.
@@SteveRobReviews yeah, when I saw the fans I had to ask. In the US, Texas can get up 115 degrees outside.
Thanks for the reply.
Cool, how you run those fan without a battery?
Strictly off the solar panel.
Nice job Steve!
Thanks Jay 👍
Thank for the informative video. Enjoy your stuff!
Thanks Patrick 👍
Maybe you could paint the roof a different color, that may also lower the heat. Like the fans there cool 😎 nice job 👍
Thanks Joe , black is definitely not a good shed colour , the rust colour on the shed may get a cost of white paint .
You can buy silver barn paint with a coating in it, will reflect the sun and seals small holes, also makes the metal last longer. Do like the fan idea, would like to know how well it works this summer, hopefully you’ll go back to it and let us know. Thanks for sharing.
I'll check it out at Home Depot 👍
Are they pushing or pulling? Would be interesting to try both and see how it goes
Pushing hot air out of the shed , so far its working great .
Thats a great idea Steve
Thanks Keith , its working out terrific. Going to build one for my camp to reduce moisture in the off season , bigger and better 😅😅
Pretty Cool!
Great Video
Yes that's the idea 💡😄
Good idea should help a lot.
Yes absolutely , its quite noticeable already , taking the heat out in the cold has worked out as good as taking the extra heat out in the summer. Cheers Buzz
Hey, I know a place if you wear those leads out lol. I have no experience with HVAC stuff, but wouldn't one fan mounted low sucking outside air in and one fan mounted high blowing air out work better?
So far this is working great , much cooler .
Now that’s a cool video.
Thanks bud , a cool inside the shed video is what I'm going for:)
Looks very good and very neat. How is it helping now since you have done this?
One thing I thought about was maybe putting a few vents down low so when it draws air, it pulls air from the bottom up through the top. The cooler air settles down lown so it will help to push that hot air out through the top with the fans pulling air. Does that make sense?
I got a project you need to help me out on. I am wanting to put in multi zone irrigation system. I am wanting to draw water from my creek and put a solar pump/panel/battery combo down there to do it. I am looking at a pressure pump with a air bladder tank so it will be on demand. What think?
Hi Ronnie - so far its working great and in the cold temps it's removing the daytime hot air so at night I no longer get condensation on everything. This summer my solar water pumping project sounds just like something you want to do . I know for sure how the 12v pump I have will pump 100 feet easy in 1/2 hose so how far do you want to pump ? I would not use a pump with a irrigation system directly as it may be too much pressure but you can adjust for that with a bleed off line .
@@SteveRobReviews OK. I was thinking it would be a lot better. It was just an afterthought. I did a similar project like this in my audio closet in my old house. I mounted a bathroom fan in the top, cut a vent in the bottom of the door, and mounted an attic fan thermostat to control the bathroom fan. When it got up to 80 degrees, it cut the fan on and drew cool air from the floor inside the house up through all my equipment and out through the attic. Worked great.
Anyways, I was going to use a pressure reducer on the irrigation. I am going to install drip irrigation. Was going to have several zones and also have a few hydrants to get on-demand water from. I am just not sure about the sizing of the system. Everything I read said to build the system first them get the pump etc to match it.
The pump I use is a continuous rated pump not a intermittent use like most out there. The shurflo pump will pump 1.8 gallons at 60 psi at zero back presdure so the longer the run the higher the pressure and lower water flow so I'd say a pressure tank is a must . My pump will run off a 100w panel in full sun so most pump water into a raised tank and use gravity flow so you don't run the pump so much.
@@SteveRobReviews Do you think the gravity tank would have enough pressure to run my drip system?
@@EarlybirdFarmSC Depends on how long your runs are and how high the tank is . That's the fun part is experimenting:) No pump will last long if it's run 10 hours a day so the elevated tank seems logical. I like them 1000 liter square tanks reinforced in a steel cage , their pretty cheap to buy used up here.
How much did it cool your shed by?
Hard to say depending on how much sun and how hot it was but it's noticeably cooler .
how can u do this without a panel
Tim you can use a 120v power supply that's reduced to 12v or use a 12v battery supply .
@@SteveRobReviews thank you. I'm going go buy foam board for the room
I like it....Thanks...
Thanks Dale 👍
Why not install a wind turbine?
No reason besides not having one .
Nice, and cheap too.
Yes absolutely , a low cost way to reduce the heat and most can diy .