On Jun 26, 5:02 pm, Just Joshin wrote:
On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:38:03 -0700, DerbyDad03
wrote:
This is a continuation of a thread I started a couple of weeks ago...
Recap - I mentioned that my basement was much cooler than the rest of
my house, even with the basement AC vents closed. I asked about
cutting a whole in the return trunk to move some of the cooler air
upstairs. The consensus was that if I got my return air from the
basement, I would be limiting the movement of air in the other rooms.
The last question I asked was never answered, so I'm giving it another
shot:
If I were to *open* the basement vents *and* add a return in the
trunk, wouldn't the basement now be just like any other room? Would
that help to balance the temperatures across the 3 floors?
Thanks!
I think this is more than a "can I equalized" temps, but what do you
want to do?
- - Is your basement occupied? If not, then why spend money
conditioning
- - the air to it?
The basement is not "occupied" per se, but it is used frequently
(laundy, bathroom, workshop, etc).
However, the second part of that question why I started this thread. I
don't want to spend money conditioning the air to it, but it is
happening anyway. Since my basement is 4 - 5 degrees colder than the
first floor, I feel that I am wasting money by having all that cold
air downstairs. I was hoping that a cold air return in the basement
would cause the blower to recirculate the cooler air to the rest of
the house, thus turning off the thermostat sooner.
- - Is the thermostat on everyfloor? If not, often it's differcult to
- - equalize temps completely over floors. (might try running fan
often).
I'm not looking to specifically equalize temps completely over all
floors, I'm just trying to recoup some of the cooler air that spending
all it's time hanging out in the basement. BTW - The fan runs 24-7
when the AC is on.
- - Is your basement humid? If so, your AC will work harder to remove
the
- - moisture than cool down the living spaces.
No, the basment is not any more humid than the rest of the house...no
moisture problems since I live on top of a sandy hill with great
drainage.
- - See.... how there are more questions than answers.
See....how I answered them all? ;-)