How do YOU keep your room cool?

[2kdime]

So my herp room faces the sun most of the day, and is easily approaching the 90 degree mark after some of these hotter days. This is my first summer in our new place, so this is a new problem.

I was thinking of buying a window a/c unit and hooking it up to my spare double Ranco thermostats.

Set it a couple degrees above my oil filled heater set temp, should work like a dream.

What do you guys think?

What do YOU do to keep your room cool on these approaching hot days?

[zackw419]

So my herp room faces the sun most of the day, and is easily approaching the 90 degree mark after some of these hotter days. This is my first summer in our new place, so this is a new problem.

I was thinking of buying a window a/c unit and hooking it up to my spare double Ranco thermostats.

Set it a couple degrees above my oil filled heater set temp, should work like a dream.

What do you guys think?

What do YOU do to keep your room cool on these approaching hot days?

Sounds like the only way to solve the problem. That and some heavy blinds (If the sun is shining through)

[TheOtherLeadingBrand]

Being in Florida, we have central A/C and keep our whole house at 75 or so all the time. I'd probably do a window unit. I cannot imagine life without A/C lol it would SUCK here.

[llovelace]

I am in Fl also, a/c vents are closed in snake room temp stays 84-88, heater in the room also

[2kdime]

What about the days it gets over 100 degrees outside?

It was only 80 degrees here today and my room was 87 degrees with no problem. I don't know what weather in Florida is like, I'll be visiting St.Pete in October for my honeymoon, so I'll find out i guess!

I obviously need some form of cooling for the room, and running the central air is kind of silly when I really just need the one room cooled.

Thanks for the replies, keep em coming!

I am in Fl also, a/c vents are closed in snake room temp stays 84-88, heater in the room also

[TheOtherLeadingBrand]

I live in St Pete!!! You could come see my snakes!

It is hot and humid as hell, sticky, heavy air!

But nice on the beach, I could tell you a lot about St Pete. We're natives.

[llovelace]

What about the days it gets over 100 degrees outside?

It was only 80 degrees here today and my room was 87 degrees with no problem. I don't know what weather in Florida is like, I'll be visiting St.Pete in October for my honeymoon, so I'll find out i guess!

I obviously need some form of cooling for the room, and running the central air is kind of silly when I really just need the one room cooled.

Thanks for the replies, keep em coming!

When it starts to really heat up I will begin to open the a/c vent to that room. I just checked in the room and the temp is 78* so the space heater should kick on for a bit.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

What do YOU do to keep your room cool on these approaching hot days?

Nothing

Fortunatly for me the snake room is in the basement and never gets over 80/82 in the heat of the summer (and I live in the south) so no AC unit needed.

My problem is during the winter but even than nothing I would not have to do in another room anyway. (Heated with oil filled heater)

I think in your case the best option is to have a window unit.

[Argentra]

Nothing here either. This apartment building faces Northeast, so the sun hardly reaches us. All I do is keep the AC set to 78 (higher would hurt the corns) or so and use fans for us and the rodents when it gets really hot. In summer the apartment sits at about 80, in winter it's 70 (with an oil-filled heater in the bedroom for the snakes).

My suggestion would either be to close the vents to the rooms you don't want cooled and set the AC for a good temp, or to get a window unit for that room.

[TheVipersHouse]

get yourself an energy saver AC window unit .
set it so that if it goes above whatever temps you set that way when it gets to hot ac comes on cools it down back to your desired temps in room ..

that will be the best thing you can do to solve that problem ..