This has been one HOT Summer. The thought of going into a hot garage to wrench on something just isn't exciting. You can crank up a fan or two, but you're just moving hot air around. There was a time when air conditioning meant blowing air across a block of ice. Last week I saw something not too far removed from this concept while attending the Street Rod Nationals in Louisville, Kentucky. Vendors set up indoors at the exposition center where we spent a good bit of our time because of the outside temperatures. It was inside where NAPA had a huge display and in that display was something called a PORT-A-COOL. This is a portable evaporative cooling unit. These units force air over water-soaked media and cool temperatures by 15 to 25 degrees F. It actually cools instead of recirculating hot air. The Port-A-Cool has a water reservoir that uses tap water and runs on 115 volt electricity. They had units capable of cooling 4,000sf, but the smaller, 900sf capacity unit would work in a garage or small shop and it sold for $899. The Port-A-Cool is self-contained and sits on four casters allowing you to move it around as needed. If you need more information go to http://www.port-a-cool.com/ to learn more.
