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How do YOU keep your room cool?
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?
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Re: How do YOU keep your room cool?
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Originally Posted by 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?
Sounds like the only way to solve the problem. That and some heavy blinds (If the sun is shining through)
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Re: How do YOU keep your room cool?
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.
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Re: How do YOU keep your room cool?
I am in Fl also, a/c vents are closed in snake room temp stays 84-88, heater in the room also
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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!
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Originally Posted by llovelace
I am in Fl also, a/c vents are closed in snake room temp stays 84-88, heater in the room also
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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.
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Originally Posted by 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!
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.
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Re: How do YOU keep your room cool?
Heavy curtains/blinds will help with the windows. As well there are some reflective coverings you can apply to windows now I believe to deflect sunlight and avoid the room heating up because of it. This might help somewhat with the sunlight issue.
Otherwise the air conditioner is the only way you're going to accomplish your task. That or a serious re-do/think on how you're heating your enclosures.
Even if the airconditioning unit isn't set to cool, but just move hot air OUT that might work somewhat.
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Try looking for curtains that have blackout material on the back. Might be a little expensive, but work wonders!!
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I have a ceiling fan that runs all the time. But check this, in the hallway even, with no incoming light on an 80 degree day, is already 85 to 86 degrees as well.
Blackout curtains are an idea, but I want to keep my light cycle in my room. I can also temp gun the walls in that room on a sunny day, and they're very warm as well.
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We are having the same problem. With 5 Uromastyx all needing a basking spot between 110 and 120 with a background temp of 100 it gets the main reptile room hot quick. We've been using fans to try and circulate the cooler air from other areas of the house into that room. Plus some of the animals that don't need/like it that hot have been moved to other rooms which are cooler. So the house is kind disorganized right now. lol
As soon as it's too hot in the entire house the bf will turn on the air conditioning and then it's not as bad. We just open up the air vents in that room all the way and still use fans.
It would probably make more sense to put in a window unit but at this point the bf isn't willing to do that. Of course I'm also trying to convince him we don't really need 5 Uro's. lol
I might try the suggestion of the curtains too, we don't worry about the outdoor light since we have so many bulbs on timers. They create plenty of light. :gj:
Hope you get it worked out, and let us know what you come up with.
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Originally Posted by SilverWolf
Of course I'm also trying to convince him we don't really need 5 Uro's.
Says YOU. :P
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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.
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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.
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Re: How do YOU keep your room cool?
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 ..
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Re: How do YOU keep your room cool?
Thanks for the replies everybody!
I went out today and picked up a cheap ol window unit and installed it today!
I hooked it up to my spare Double Ranco and it's running perfect! The air conditioner wants 3 minutes between turning it off and on so I set the Ranco at a 2 degree differential to space it out a bit.
I'll have to throw a few quick pictures up tomorrow to show my little setup.
Who knows, maybe a Blood picture or two in there as well:D
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A friend of mine uses a big piece of styrofoam insulation. And just puts it in when he needs it. You can get creative so it doesn't look like crap. Paint it tan and then draw lines across it so from the outside it will look like regular blinds.
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Man I love your cages. I thought I was the only one that liked white animal plastic cages
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Oh yeah, the white ones are great! That way you can make sure the cage is as clean as possible.
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Originally Posted by Denial
Man I love your cages. I thought I was the only one that liked white animal plastic cages
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Very nice cages (wish I could afford even one of those) and a very nice Blood! :)
Glad the unit works out for ya.
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Originally Posted by SilverWolf
Of course I'm also trying to convince him we don't really need 5 Uro's. lol
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Originally Posted by Mettle
Says YOU. :P
I know I really can't say anything since I have too many Crested Geckos, but I figure those guys are OK since they don't use up any electricity. lol
2kdime-Glad you got it figured out and your girl is gorgeous! Showed the picture to the bf and his jaw just dropped. He of course wants one, but I'm not sure if we are ready for one yet. He drools every time we go to the OP reptile show and see the table full of them.
Oh and he also decided he had enough of the warm weather too and turned the central air on last night. So our reptiles are happy too. But I think I'll still look into the curtains.
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