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06-28-2011, 08:38 PM
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Definitely go with an AC.
I live in a one bedroom apartment that has only two windows in it and a wall between them so I get no cross breeze. One window is in the living room, the other in the bedroom. My tank, usually hits about 84 degrees inside when it is 30 degrees outside and gets hgher if the room isn't air condiitoned. Last year used a Danby 5200btu AC (the cheap ones from Walmart) and it cooled down my livingroom nicely. (11ftx17ft area). In the bedroom, instead of shutting the window, I kept the window fan in there which has the dual intake and exhaust function on it. During the day, from 6:30am until 10pm I have the fan running on exhaust. At 10pm, when it starts getting cooler outside, I reversed it. This worked nicely to keep temps down inside the apartment and the tank temps ranged from a low of 78 to high of 82 for the whole summer. As others have suggested. Keep an eye on Kijiji ads in your area for good used AC's. Check to see if they are energy star or not. Go to Costco, if you have one in your area and know someone with a card you can go in with if you don't have your own. Last month, I found a Danby 8000btu AC with remote there for $167 and my local Walmart was selling the same unit for $229
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