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poll: sooooo hot in my dorm

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stev0

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the ac hasen't been turned on yet in the building 🙁 is it better to have a fan in the window pointed blowing in or out?
 
I'm so glad I don't live in a dorm anymore. I'd say blowing in if it is cool outside, blowing out if it isn't.
 
Fans make the room hotter as a whole (moving air molecules). However, it will make things cooler for you personally because of the wind. Therefore, point it at you and turn it off if you are not in the room.
 
Originally posted by: Gr1mL0cK
Fans make the room hotter as a whole (moving air molecules). However, it will make things cooler for you personally because of the wind. Therefore, point it at you and turn it off if you are not in the room.
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hrmmm... what about while we (roommate and myself) sleep?

btw, i pointed it in and seems to be working better 🙂 but the thermostat still reads 75 degrees =/

 
hrmmm... what about while we (roommate and myself) sleep?

btw, i pointed it in and seems to be working better 🙂 but the thermostat still reads 75 degrees =/
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Well you'll feel cooler while youre going to sleep as long as the wind is blowing your way, but again as a whole, the room will get hotter.

One fan isn't going to have an immediate or drastic effect on the room, unless you leave it on for a while.


In geek terms, think of your computer. Ideally it would work best with two fans blowing in the same direction... one blowing inward, and one outward. The tad cooler air outside goes across the CPU and then the hot air goes out.
 
Here is the definitive answer.

Have the fan blow in when it is colder outside than in your room. Have the fan blow out when it is warmer outside your room than in your room.

Go to the air conditioned library when it gets too hot and finish your homework.
 
Originally posted by: stev0
Originally posted by: Gr1mL0cK
Fans make the room hotter as a whole (moving air molecules). However, it will make things cooler for you personally because of the wind. Therefore, point it at you and turn it off if you are not in the room.
Click to expand...

hrmmm... what about while we (roommate and myself) sleep?

btw, i pointed it in and seems to be working better 🙂 but the thermostat still reads 75 degrees =/
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hot damn dude, its 85 regularly here 😛 geez
 
Originally posted by: Gr1mL0cK
hrmmm... what about while we (roommate and myself) sleep?

btw, i pointed it in and seems to be working better 🙂 but the thermostat still reads 75 degrees =/
Click to expand...

Well you'll feel cooler while youre going to sleep as long as the wind is blowing your way, but again as a whole, the room will get hotter.

One fan isn't going to have an immediate or drastic effect on the room, unless you leave it on for a while.


In geek terms, think of your computer. Ideally it would work best with two fans blowing in the same direction... one blowing inward, and one outward. The tad cooler air outside goes across the CPU and then the hot air goes out.
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gotya 🙂 thx
 
Originally posted by: stev0
Originally posted by: Gr1mL0cK
Fans make the room hotter as a whole (moving air molecules). However, it will make things cooler for you personally because of the wind. Therefore, point it at you and turn it off if you are not in the room.
Click to expand...

hrmmm... what about while we (roommate and myself) sleep?

btw, i pointed it in and seems to be working better 🙂 but the thermostat still reads 75 degrees =/
Click to expand...

u must use to live in a volcano.

:moon:
 
Originally posted by: Crazyfool
Here is the definitive answer.

Have the fan blow in when it is colder outside than in your room. Have the fan blow out when it is warmer outside your room than in your room.

Go to the air conditioned library when it gets too hot and finish your homework.
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homewhat? 😛
 
You will want to pull in cool air from the outside with the fan, if the outside air is cool. Otherwise, have the fan blow out the window. However, most of the cooling effect comes from moving air over your skin, so having two fans wouldn't be a bad idea. All this being said, you don't have to worry about your fan heating up your room too much. The most it could heat your room is by the amount of energy it consumes, which in a volume as big as a dorm room with as much stuff in it, isn't much.

Ryan
 
ehh... at about 4am it wasen't all that bad.. but now it's starting to heat up again. i think i'm going to head home for the afternoon and pick up my gamecube 😀 (good thing about going to school 45min from home 🙂)
 
The most important thing is air movement. If you open your door or other window, it will work much better. Fortunately it isn't too hot here yet.
 
Originally posted by: NutBucket
You're bitching about 75?:disgust:
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what can i say? i'm more of a 60s person... the warm weather is a great change, but i like to have some place to go and cool off... i don't like sitting at my computer and sweating because it's so dang hot in the room 😛
 
Originally posted by: CTho9305
The most important thing is air movement. If you open your door or other window, it will work much better. Fortunately it isn't too hot here yet.
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we were doing that last night till some drunk redneck came back from drinking and puked down the hall a ways... now i'm not sure if i want to keep it open, smells so bad 🙁:|
 
Blah you.. my dorm room has stayed around 90º all year long.. They don't have A/C, we have a few fans, but it still is hot all the time. The windows are also receive sunlight from morning to night.. it's crazy. 🙁
 
Originally posted by: Imported
Blah you.. my dorm room has stayed around 90º all year long.. They don't have A/C, we have a few fans, but it still is hot all the time. The windows are also receive sunlight from morning to night.. it's crazy. 🙁
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doh! =( during the winter when the sun was lower it would shine straight at our room... it could be -10 outside and it would still be 80 in the dorm during the day 🙁

i just can't believe they don't have the AC units turned on yet =/
 
81 degrees in Richardson, TX at the moment and I sit right beneath a skylight 🙁 sun is beating down on me time to turn teh mini-fan on
 
If the air is hotter outside, blow it out, if it is hotter inside, blow it in. Simple....
When you sleep, I like to have it going in because the night air feels so good.
 
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