On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:22:25 -0700, "Zephyr" wrote:

Keep in mind though, running the 'fan' will increase your cost of operation
while increasing your comfort level.

Yeah, I tried this this week, but the problem was that they fan was
never going to turn off. So I had to go down stairsand turn it off
when I was already in bed, because I thought it had done all it would
do. Especially since when not using the AC I open the windows at
least at night if not during the day.

It did feel good with the cool basement air coming out the vent near
my desk chair, and blowing on me, but the fan on the file cabinet
actually gave a better breeze that sort of overwhelmed the basement
air breeze.

OTOH, No bad smell either, even though there had been one the last 4
weeks of winter at my desk chair. Another problem solved without
doing anything.

It only lowered the temp in the bathroom about a half degree, although
the vent in the bathroom is closed, so it doesn't hcange temps
quickly.

While moving the air through out, it
will also bring heat from the attic through the duct insulation to your
living space.

I don't have any ducts in my attic, so that is not an issue. The OP
didn't say he had any.

Our heat wave was only 2 1/2 days, and it getting was nice yesterday
afternoon and beautiful today in Baltimore.

The thermostat is in the same wall that goes around the chimney, so I
could probably put extra swtiches of all sorts on a little panel in my
bedroom closet, directly above the thermostat. This is one more
reason to do so. I know about the remote thermostats also.

--
Zyp

"Don Young" wrote in message
"batman" wrote in message
My upstairs is really hot during the summer and my downstairs stays
cool. My dad told me to start adding more insulation to the upstairs
attic. I am doing this but will that help the upstairs to cool down?
Half of my upstairs is finished and there is 1 vent in each bedroom
(total of 2) I do not see anyreturn duct work. If I install that will
that help?

In addition to the other good suggestions, you can try setting the AC fan
switch to ON so that the fan runs all the time. This will help equalize
the
temperatures. Be really sure that your filter is clean and the blower is
moving as much air as possible.

Don Young