[SunRescue] Cooling

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This is the basement.  I am looking into ~12000 btu window units, can
anyone tell me if this will be too much/too little?
	Thanks
		Nick

On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Ken Hansen wrote:

> I think the real key is circulation - if the air around the
> equipment is warm, the equipment will only warm it up even more.
> By moving the air around, you stand a fair chance of keeping
> things cool/cooler.
> 
> BTW Basements are great places for such "activities" - assuming
> your is cool and dry. Of course, some regions are
> "basement-imparied" since, I guess, the ground is too hard to
> dig???
> 
> Ken
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rescue-admin at sunhelp.org
> [mailto:rescue-admin at sunhelp.org]On
> Behalf Of Gil Young
> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 8:51 AM
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [SunRescue] Cooling
> 
> 
> I have similar problems, I have installed a ceiling fan to
> increase the
> general circulation, in the room, and I have a sliding glass
> door so I
> crack that and it seems to work fine that way.  The only problem
> is when it
> gets summer down here (in Florida), my crappola AC unit does not
> keep that
> room cool enough, so I am reduced to just trying to keep the
> room as cool
> as possible with the ceiling fan.
> 
> At 11:13 PM 2/13/01 -0500, you wrote:
> >I've got a house in the VA/DC area and I've got a serious
> problem.  Right
> >now (in what is pretty much winter) my equipment room is around
> 80, with
> >some places as high as 105.
> 
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