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Open Bay Doors
Vehicles need to move in and out throughout the day, so service bay doors may remain open for extended periods.
Automotive Shop Cooling
Keep Your Service Bays Cooler.
Cool Boss portable evaporative air coolers deliver high-volume airflow for automotive shops, service bays and garages where conventional air conditioning can be impractical.
Built for the Shop
Auto repair shops just got cooler.
Automotive shops present a unique cooling challenge—large doors, active service bays, equipment, vehicles and technicians moving throughout the day.
Conventional refrigerated air conditioning isn't always practical in spaces that need to stay open and ventilated. Cool Boss evaporative air coolers take a different approach by combining water evaporation with high-volume airflow.
Portable models can be positioned near active service bays, detailing areas, workstations and other hot zones, giving shops flexibility to bring cooling closer to the work.
The Shop Environment
Automotive shops are hard to cool for a reason.
Service facilities rarely behave like sealed offices. Their layout and daily operation create conditions that require a different approach to cooling.
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Large Work Areas
High ceilings and expansive shop floors can make whole-building temperature control challenging and costly.
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Heat Where Work Happens
Vehicles, equipment, outdoor temperatures and physical work can make individual service areas feel especially hot.
Made for Ventilated Spaces
Open doors don't have to work against the cooling.
Evaporative cooling is designed to work with fresh-air exchange.
Instead of relying on a sealed, climate-controlled room, a Cool Boss draws warm air through water-saturated evaporative media. Evaporation absorbs heat from that incoming air before the fan moves it into the workspace.
Fresh outside air can enter through an open bay or doorway while humidified air has a path to leave the building. That operating principle makes evaporative cooling well suited to many automotive shop layouts, particularly in appropriate temperature and humidity conditions.
How Evaporative Cooling Works
A straightforward way to move cooler air.
Cool Boss uses the natural process of evaporation to help reduce the temperature of the air moving through the cooler.
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Saturate the Media
Water circulates over the evaporative media inside the cooler.
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Pull In Warm Air
The fan draws warm air through the wet media, where evaporation absorbs heat from the airstream.
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Move Cooler Air
High-volume airflow moves the evaporatively cooled air toward the targeted service area.
Portable Cooling
Bring the airflow to the bay—not the other way around.
Targeted Shop Cooling
Cool the areas where technicians are working.
Not every part of an automotive shop needs the same amount of cooling at the same time.
One bay may have a vehicle on a lift while another area is being used for detailing, diagnostics, tire service or other work. Portable cooling gives the shop flexibility to respond to those changing work zones.
Applicable Cool Boss models can be repositioned around the facility as cooling needs change throughout the day.
Explore Portability
Around the Facility
Put airflow where the work happens.
Service Bays
Lift Areas
Detailing Bays
Tire Service Areas
Diagnostic Areas
Parts & Work Areas
Wash & Prep Areas
Open Garage Areas
Why Cool Boss
Practical cooling for a working shop.
Cool Boss is designed around the realities of large, active and ventilated workspaces.
High-Volume Airflow
Move a substantial volume of air through active work areas.
Evaporative Cooling
Use water evaporation to absorb heat from incoming air.
Portable Options
Reposition applicable models as shop activity and cooling needs change.
Open-Space Operation
A cooling approach suited to many ventilated work environments.
Automotive shop cooling performance depends on the conditions.
Actual evaporative cooling performance varies with ambient temperature, relative humidity, ventilation, model, airflow, placement, obstructions and workspace layout. Review the specifications for the individual Cool Boss model when selecting equipment for your facility.
Cool Your Shop
Give the service bays some airflow.
Compare Cool Boss portable evaporative air coolers to find the airflow, dimensions and features that fit your automotive facility.
Auto Repair Shops Just Got Cooler
Cool Boss is another quality line under the BendPak umbrella of products and shop equipment. That means our portable air coolers are made by the world leaders in automotive shop equipment. We understand repair shop equipment needs, and we believe adding Cool Boss will be another valuable addition. Mechanics often work long hours, bending, hunching, and straining to get work done efficiently and safely. Let's face it, repair work is labor intensive, so cooling your service bays is an added "perk" for all your busy technicians!
Better Comfort Means Improved Productivity and Increased Profits!
Even if those shops are at ambient temperatures of 75 – 80°F, manual labor can make it easy to overheat quickly. Many shop environments have access to the outdoors, but that air can be stagnant and sticky. It’s just a known fact that people won’t work as well in hot situations. Productivity lowers, morale lowers, and that’s when mistakes start happening. At worst, workers could get seriously hurt, expensive property could be damaged, and hard-earned profits could be lost. At a minimum, you may just waste time and resources, again negatively impacting your bottom line. That’s a slippery slope. First, a few mistakes happen, then you fall behind on deadlines, and then your customers go elsewhere. That’s where we come in. The portability of Cool Boss allows for placement of multiple units, both inside and outside of your busy repair facility. Cooler working conditions and more productive employees are truly a win-win for all!
Auto Shop Employees Deserve Comfort
Some people get worried about using air coolers because they are afraid of damaging their equipment with rust. Fortunately, that is not the case. Although the air is cooled by evaporation, it is never wet to the touch. You can work comfortably knowing that your equipment will be safe.
In most auto shops, air conditioning is simply not an option. Open garage doors prevent air from cycling around, meaning your beloved A/C is reduced to nothing more than a super-expensive fan. One shudders at the thought of that electric bill. Air coolers, on the other hand, eliminate the high operating cost and offer incredible value for their chilled-air breeze. Auto shop employees work hard and deserve more than simple rotary fans. Get them a Cool Boss portable air cooler, increase their productivity, and your bottom-line profits.