Chiller Suggestions

[freshair]

I sleep better when my room temp is between 50-55 degrees and the outside temp in the low to mid 40's.....I leave the window open about 3"....when the outside temps climb above 60 at nite i have a hard time breathing....I don't want to turn my AC on for the whole hse or buy a portable room AC unit....i've use crushed ice in my humidifier but it melts too fast with the setting even on "0"....Any chilly idea's would be helpful-----TKS FA

[DreamStalker]

You could move farther north.

Or you could move into Mammoth Cave, the temperature inside there is about 54 degrees all year around.

[WearyOne]

How about a fan in your room?

[Madalot]

My husband and I are the same way. The colder the better. We open our bedroom window most nights, unless it is bitterly cold and the wind is howling.

On warmer nights, we haven't found much that helps, I'm sorry to say. We use fans, but it doesn't cool the temperature of the air coming through the hoses.

We tend to deal with it if it's just a few nights of unusual warmer weather, but once it gets warm and stays warm, we use the AC.

[Mary Z]

Would it work if you filled the humidifier with water and froze the whole thing?

[chunkyfrog]

This reminds me of Mr Freeze (a nemesis of Batman)
I need another comforter just thinking about it.

[Pachyderm's Nose]

Any possibility of moving your bedroom to the basement (assuming you have one) my basement temp is probably 55 to 62 degrees. Not as cool as you'd like but much closer than upstairs.

[freshair]

no cave, have ceiling fan, no basement, believe that freezing the humidifier would cause a condensation problem.....may have to rethink about an external chiller in a styrofoam case or a 6 pack ice cooler loaded with ice using tubing as an air passage way to inlet of machine.....---FA

[Pachyderm's Nose]

no cave, have ceiling fan, no basement, believe that freezing the humidifier would cause a condensation problem.....may have to rethink about an external chiller in a styrofoam case or a 6 pack ice cooler loaded with ice using tubing as an air passage way to inlet of machine.....---FA

You could also lengthen the hose (add another 6') and run it through a cooler full of ice, coiling it in the bottom of the cooler a couple times. Might get expensive for the ice though.

[freshair]

damn good idea.....i carry/store my back up 12v marine batteries in igloo coolers, don't know why i didn't think about that, this is wat forums are for, to get idea's and get one's mind to working.....I need to get me a 6pk flat top cooler and a hose coupler and it should be a go.....TKS--FA

[Pachyderm's Nose]

Happy to help.

[freshair]

I am going to make up some "Chiller Paks".....a combination of alcohol and water and place them over the coiled tubing in my 6pk cooler.....I havn't found a "flat Top" yet, until then I'll use one of my battery carriers....once i have this in place I'll remove the humidifier and set my cpap on top of cooler-----TKS-FA

[herefishy]

Wow, you don't have to worry about "ice cube nose", do you? The one thing I hate to be cold is the air on my nose.

[freshair]

I put together a prototype chiller today and will try tonite....I forgot how to upload picture (---FA

[Pugsy]

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