Air Conditoning Control

[Falster]

I have an in-wall mounted 120 plug-in air conditioner that I want to cotrol through a thermostat. Does anyone know of a block that I can buy that will control the on/off switch between the wall outlet and the air conditioner that will turn the unit on at a given tempreture?

Specificly, I'm wanting to turn the unit on and try to hold a small room at 40-45 degrees to age raw cheeze in.

Alternatively, can a cheap thermostat be "cut" into pigtail between the wall plug and the switch to turn the unit on/off If so how?

Any thoughts will be greatly appreciated.

[Joseph Meehan]

I doubt if it will do it. It might have the BTU capacity, but it would not be designed to cool to that low a temperature.

[Travis Jordan]

Not going to happen. You need a true refrigerating system, not an air conditioning system.

[m Ransley]

How much cheese, why not room temp. For thousands of years its been done, even in the desert, why even consider the expensive option.

[SQLit]

A line voltage thermostat would do the trick, IF you can find a stat that can handle the starting current of the a/c unit.

Every window shaker I have seen has a stat inside of them that turns the compressor on and off. Put a thermometer in the space and turn the unit on. Check the space in a couple of hours and adjust the dial accordingly. Keeping the air moving seems like a benefit not a hindrance to me.

Sure hope your window shaker has enough capacity to lower the area down to

40 F. Pretty aggressive concept for a window shaker.

[hvactech2]

45 degrees is too low a temp for an air conditioner. you will need to get a refrigeration unit for this purpose. a home air conditioner or room air conditioner is only good for about 68 degrees minimum. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ spam protection measure, Please remove the 33 to send e-mail