I live in a 3 bedroom house and have window units in 2 bedrooms (my kids') and the living room. Nothing in my bedroom and I don't want to run them all night anyway. My electric bill would skyrocket! I was wondering if running a humidifier in our rooms at night and turning on the ceiling fan full speed to try and circulate the mist would help cool down the room. Has anyone tried this? Do you think this will work?
2007-06-21 19:06:47 · 10 answers · asked by squirrely 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Right now we're using the window units until bedtime to cool the rooms a bit and then shut them off and put the fans full blast, but we still wake up hot.
2007-06-21 19:09:32 · update #1
Forgot to mention 2 things. We're gone all day so it's really hot when we get home. And, we live in Texas, so soon it's going to be REALLY hot! :( (help!)
2007-06-21 19:16:29 · update #2
Too much humidity can make heat feel still more uncomfortable. Also, warm and moist conditions can cause a mold problem, which can make some people (like me) violently ill. Maybe you could try running the wall unit for just part of the night? My husband and I have the same problem, and we run our AC as well as putting a fan on ourselves. Something else I've done in the past is sleeping with a cold item like a (double-bagged) ziplock of ice or a frozen water bottle. Don't get frostbite, though. (I never did--just be careful).
2007-06-21 19:15:54 · answer #1 · answered by seaturtle26j 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
i have lived in humidity.... w/o a/c ... w/ just fans... window fans .... & it's hot...still! so running the humdifier wouldn't work. ( unless u'r gonna stand rt in front of it) .
U say u have units but only run them a short time. The bad thing about that, not only is the a/c cooling u'r kids... but it's cooling anything in the room.. like furniture. So once u have shut it off... not only do u'r kids heat up... so does the furniture. So u'r ......kinda.... defeating the purpose of running it. IF u don't want to run the LR a/c.. then y not run the one at least for u'r kids & leave the ceiling fans on alllll day & nt. We leave r's on all yr long. It will help keep the air circulating.
There is no easy solution other than running the a/c or sleeping in a tub of water. U could try a wet towel around u'r neck to help u get to sleep but u will wake hot.
I would keep what windows u could open during the day & run those ceiling fans. It's gonna b hot no matter what but again.. the fans will help keep the air going instead of "dead air".
Sory that i wasn't mch help but i don't know of any real easy way accept to wet u'r sheets to sleep in... or leave the a/c units on during the nt. so at least u can sleep.
Cool cloths around the necks will help when u come home til u turn them on or sitting in a pool outside even a kiddy pool.
2007-06-22 02:34:03 · answer #2 · answered by Aj~ 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It would most likely have the opposite effect. Humidifiers don't spray water, they make steam, either through heat or ionization.
Let me try and explain this a different way. When you get out of the pool or a shower, it feels cooler because the water is using the heat from your body to evaporate, so that's why you associate water with feeling cooler. But if the evaporated water has nowhere to go, it builds up and gets more humid. Now when do you feel cooler - on a day when the outside humidity is high (what's called "muggy"), or when it's low?
If anything, a dehumidifier would help you more. Another idea if you have window fans that are reversible, turn one unit to pull cooler evening air in while using another to pull the hot air inside out of your house (just leave doors between rooms open for a while).
2007-06-22 02:23:41 · answer #3 · answered by copperhead 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I find ceiling fans can get cold early in the morning and children don't wake until they are cold, seems to me running a humifider and fans is probably the same electricity cost as running the air-con. If the air-cons don't have a timer can you set an alarm and get up and turn them off.
2007-06-22 04:10:50 · answer #4 · answered by cjid84 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Is there any way you can sit an oscillating fan in front of one of the air conditioners and have it pointed toward the area's you would like cooled?
2007-06-22 02:32:11 · answer #5 · answered by steracrudy 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That might help to keep the ceiling fans on home depo used to sell a thing called a 'green plug' not sure if they still do or not it will save you cost might call them and ask
2007-06-22 03:52:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I don't know, I guess it'd be worth a shot...I'd say the ceiling fan being on at night would def. help out... So I'd say go for it, what could it hurt...
btw, that was good thinking....stay cool :-)
2007-06-22 02:11:55 · answer #7 · answered by TT143 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
not a good idea all that moisture will get into the room casusing damp condition s, not good , ,leave the window open durning the day mite help
2007-06-22 02:11:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think doing this would make it more unbearable. Humidity and heat are awful together. Maybe a dehumidifier.
2007-06-25 16:16:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
WELL IT MIGHT WORK HERE IN LAS VEGAS ITS 100 DEGREES AND ITS HOT HOT HOT!!!. ALL WE DO IS WALK AROUND IN SHIRTS,SHORTS AND SANDALS IN THE HOUSE.
2007-06-22 02:16:29 · answer #10 · answered by RAYNE 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋