best way to get a computer room cooled??

[wdwfan16]

WDWfan... why don't you tell me why I do anything in this life... since you're just so all knowing and better at everything.

And THANK YOU for butting into EVERY freakin topic I make. Do you really have some strange fascination with my life?

You complain about your boyfriend's mother (cooking , diet, dryer, A/C), you call your mother lazy because she does not work (she takes care of your disabled brother), you complain about your sister (having all the kids), your aunt does not know how to handle her finances so you are going to show her how and you call others all knowing and better than others?

Get a job, get your own place, set your own A/C, pay your bills and then you can help others.

 

[crashbb]

You complain about your boyfriend's mother (cooking , diet, dryer, A/C), you call your mother lazy because she does not work (she takes care of your disabled brother), you complain about your sister (having all the kids), your aunt does not know how to handle her finances so you are going to show her how and you call others all knowing and better than others?

Get a job, get your own place, set your own A/C, pay your bills and then you can help others.

Or just stop posting your life story on a message board.

Whether people should or shouldn't bring up previous posts, if you hadn't posted all those details, no one would know about them.

 

[ExPirateShopGirl]

Don't be silly... there's nothing like a lifetime of posting slo-mo to watch before the trainwreck happens...

Or just stop posting your life story on a message board.

Whether people should or shouldn't bring up previous posts, if you hadn't posted all those details, no one would know about them.

 

[Luvchefmic]

FWIW there are certain posters that seem to take pleasure in participating in other certain posters' threads...not saying it applies here BUT if anyone is getting on anyone elses nerves...just ignore....too easy to fall into the "I have to defend my point of view" trap on either side


OP- if you can't reach a happy medium with whomever you live with then maybe its time to think about other lodging, your place your rules as others have said

 

[disneymom3]

So why on earth do you live there? I take it these aren't roommates, but instead "his" parents maybe? You don't like the way she cooks in her kitchen. You don't like the way she budgets her money. You don't like the way she manages her appliances. And you don't like how she runs the AC. And you seem to have zero respect or gratitude for this woman that let you move into her house. If I were in the situation, I would spend a lot less energy on trying to fix how they live and a lot more on trying to find my own place to live. Even having roommates in a singlewide behind the liquor store sounds better than letting someone else that you don't care for support you.

And that is a fast way to find yourself homeless. What ever happened to living with your aunt anyway?

As for not getting any answers, it seems like people gave a lot of answers. The fact that none of them work for you, is not the fault of the people who posted them. And a window a/c is going to take a LOT more electricity than leaving the thermostat at one static temperature.

 

[NotUrsula]

Reality bits sometimes, and the reality is that putting a window A/C in there will send the utility bill skyrocketing. However, fans are not going to fix the problem at all; the room is generating heat while occupied, so the only solution is to send the heat out of the room.

The one thing most likely to help is adding an additional air return. Essentially, that's a house call from an HVAC tech, a cover and a few feet of duct, and up to about a day's worth of labor, assuming that it is a slab-foundation house. IME, it tends to run about $400 to have it done. You would also be best-served putting in a programmable thermostat for the entire house, so that the temp can be set to warm up when no one is home all day but cool down BEFORE anyone gets home.

There are some things that you can do to lower the temp a couple of degrees when the room is unoccupied, but that isn't when it is generating the most heat. (You can put insulating curtains on the window and put up foam board in front of the walls on the side of the room that gets the most sun.)

As for the dryer, it sounds like the vent hose is too long. It should be metal, and it should be just long enough to reach the vent with no coiling. If it is installed properly you won't be able to crush it with the dryer -- it just won't push back any further. If the vent is kinked or being blocked it is a major fire hazard, and some insurance policies will not pay for a fire started by a dryer with a deliberately blocked vent.