Cooling down my Room

[fustercluck]

My room is the hottest room in the house, I guess because of my computer. Thermostat is down to 75 but it's like 78 in here (it's a big difference, trust me). The rest of the house is 75. I'm in Tucson so that doesn't help, already over 100 degrees outside. Looking for a cheap way to cool down my room a few degrees. I don't have much room in here so hopefully the cooling answer i'm looking for comes in a small package. This is the kind of thing I'd normally ask on Yahoo answers, but, has anyone actually used that? It's horrible. ATOT to the rescue...again!

 

[sixone]

Window unit.

 

[deerslayer]

Another vote for a window unit.

 

[pontifex]

um, set the thermostat lower? or get some fans or an AC unit?

 

[randomlinh]

move computer out.

 

[ggnl]

You can put a fan either blowing into or blowing out of the room to try to circulate the air with the rest of the house.

 

[Roguestar]

Replace your walls with a set of stacked case fans, like a giant array of cooling devices.

WARNING: Your electricity bill may suffer.

 

[imported_Ned Flanders]

Become a lizard.

 

[biggestmuff]

We need a floor plan of the home with locations of the A/C registers.

 

[alien42]

tray of ice behind a fan FTW

 

[49erinnc]

Originally posted by: sixone
Window unit.

 

[krunchykrome]

Originally posted by: Adaman
My room is the hottest room in the house, I guess because of my computer. Thermostat is down to 75 but it's like 78 in here (it's a big difference, trust me). The rest of the house is 75. I'm in Tucson so that doesn't help, already over 100 degrees outside. Looking for a cheap way to cool down my room a few degrees. I don't have much room in here so hopefully the cooling answer i'm looking for comes in a small package. This is the kind of thing I'd normally ask on Yahoo answers, but, has anyone actually used that? It's horrible. ATOT to the rescue...again!

Same thing happens to my room. The house is at a cool 73 degrees, but my room gets up to 91 degrees sometimes. I have a ceiling fan, an open window, and another fan in my room. Im not sure if it's my computer or not.

 

[911paramedic]

Last summer I was living in a house without A/C, so I used a $100 window unit from Costco and it worked great. My bedroom was 15'x15' or so with vaulted ceilings and got lots of sun, and my heater (AMD computer) was always running.

Other than that...go around the house and shut down (or turn down) the registers forcing more air to your room. Path of least resistance and all...

 

[jiggahertz]

Is your room on the top floor? During the summer I'll close some of the registers on the bottom floor so the upstairs cools faster.

 

[rocadelpunk]

Originally posted by: Ned Flanders
Become a lizard.

HAHAHA

 

[Wapp]

Try a window unit combined with insulated blinds like this.

 

[EarthwormJim]

Where is your room located specifically? It could be receiving a larger amount of sunlight compared to other rooms in the house, either through its window or onto the walls.

 

[cw42]

use a laptop instead over the summer like me.

 

[SoulAssassin]

As others have said, close registers on the lower floors, close the blinds in your room to keep the sun out, if it's worth while over the long term get a ceiling fan installed. If it's too much trouble just get an oscillating pedestal fan.

 

[Saint Nick]

I have this exact problem as well... however I am in an apartment complex that is run by College Park Communities -- so essentially they are "fancy" dorms. And therefore, a window unit is not allowed...

Any other suggestions?

 

[geckojohn]

Its only May... think about how hot it will be in a few months...

 

[PingSpike]

Here's some cheap/free tactics that I use:

1) Good sized fan angled up the stairs in my basement...pushes cool basement air into the rest of the house.
2) Close windows and blinds during the day, open them at night. Its crazy stupid how well this works...and I can't believe we never did this when I was a kid. We always opened the windows when it got hot...that just lets hot air and sun into the house.
3) Compact fluorescent bulbs...they use less energy because they don't emit as much wasted heat.

My computer room is still hot during the summer though. But I don't use an air conditioner. I live in Vermont though, I doubt these tactics would work in arizona!

 

[nageov3t]

turn off the computer when you're not using it... do you really need to be signed into aim/msn/whatever 24/7?

also, if you can't get an AC, get a box fan for your window.

alternative: water cool your pc?

 

[fustercluck]

My computer isn't on 24/7. Just whenever I'm awake, which is still kinda close to 24/7.

Close all the registers? I assume those are the vents? Never heard them called registers before. It'd be nice if there was a system that could automatically close 'registers' to rooms that are empty and open them up to room with people in them.

I don't think a window unit (AC?) would fit in my window. My window is about 5 nches, depth wise.

Opening the Window at night isn't much of an option anymore, it's hot at night now also...which means almost pool time, yippie!

 

[Phoenix15]

Originally posted by: Adaman
My computer isn't on 24/7. Just whenever I'm awake, which is still kinda close to 24/7.

Close all the registers? I assume those are the vents? Never heard them called registers before. It'd be nice if there was a system that could automatically close 'registers' to rooms that are empty and open them up to room with people in them.

I don't think a window unit (AC?) would fit in my window. My window is about 5 nches, depth wise.

Opening the Window at night isn't much of an option anymore, it's hot at night now also...which means almost pool time, yippie!

Get a humidifier. I paid around $40 at Wal Mart for one and it makes a BIG difference. My living room has floor to ceiling windows on one side, so all that sunlight would heat it up quick. With the humidifier stuck in a corner turned on low, there is about a 10 degree difference in the room now.