Container heating and cooling

On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:11:47 -0600, the infamous "SteveB" scrawled the following:

Lazy olde farte!

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First thing that looked interesting on a Googling was

I can't find a listing for NICU - what other numbers or names are on the container? Plus, the number is too short - it's supposed to be four letters, seven digits - Six digit unit serial number, and the seventh is a check digit.

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Its still on the giganews server farm. Text groups go back to 2003.

Here it is:

Subject: Update on the Containerized shop Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:47:15 -0700 From: Brent Organization:

I've posted a few questions off and on about things like putting Machine tools on a wood floor and on insulating a shop. I figured i would post an interim update on how my shop upgrade is going.

I decided AGAINST erecting a structure and went the shipping container route instead. I made that realization wen i figured out i would not likely be staying at this house forever. If 9 of the 10 heaviest items i own (Excluding my CAR) are already in the shipping container it will make future moves EXTREMELY easy. So i'm now the Proud owner of a 20 foot shipping container.

I started by getting a bed delivered of "granular A" gravel material, And i wound up getting about 4 tons too much.

I got it and spread it and then tamped it down (14 tons of gravel with a guy using a shovel took longer than i thought)

i bought a used container that was WAY older than i thought it was (Close inspection revels it was built in 1971) but has no structural rust to speak of so i'm essentially happy BUT i need to find out where i can buy container hardware to redo one of the locking tabs

The container is delivered and resting on eight pads made up of a pair of 4 inch solid concrete blocks. For the most part not all are touching but if there is any settling the open ones will start taking the load

I've ground and primed all the surface rust spots and i'm in the process of respraying the exterior to white

Should i replace the numbers and identifiers? it said NICU 87214 as an ID and i think that might be significant enough to return to the box possibly?

Electrical will hopefully get resolved this week

I'm planning on running 100A of 240V 1Ph to it and i'm tryig to figure out whether thats best done with four Camlock Connectors or with a pin in sleeve connector and finding 4 conductor 4 gauge cable

Since i'm in canada i know i will need to run Heat and AC to it along with lights

I figure i need 100A since as a single user the worst sustained use i can hit is WELDER + Compressor + heat + lights. which t me works out to in the ballpark of 80A at 240V

my only OTHER concern was insulation and so far i think my best option is to frame the inside with 2x2's and insulate with the pink styrofoam stuff then drywall over that with the best fire resistant drywall i can afford.

I've decided to delay adding windows and a human access door to the side until next year for budget reasons. It means a little more rework next year but getting the shop ready to go is more important. than making it pretty and if i have to live with a closed box with all electric lighting it wont kill me for the winter

Just figured i'd post on how it was doing and look for some feedback on the insulation and electrical issue