keepin' cool.

hello errr' body!


almost two weeks ago, mike and i moved into a new, cute basement apartment. it's the perfect size for a newly wed couple (aka: tiny) and we love it. 


the only downside to this wee, new place is that there's no central air conditioning, not even a swamp cooler. the temperature outside is just getting warmer as we are nearing the end of july, and august isn't looking much cooler. 


i've googled a lot of ideas trying to find ways to keep cool for the next month or two. as many of you know, i work for nest and have gained a scant knowledge of HVAC systems. how i understand central air is very basic; the cool air gets to our house by the compressor coils cooling and the air handler blowing that cool air through the vents. 


in the 2.0 software update for nest, a feature called airwave was announced. this feature saves energy by turning off your compressor a few minutes before your home reaches the target temperature and the fan continues to blow through the coils before they fully cool. 


sooooooo... i got creative, or crazy. i asked mike to stop by the store on his way home from work one night to buy a case of water bottles. i then froze those water bottles. once they were frozen, i placed them in a big metal bowl and put my handy dual turbo force fan behind the bowl, pointed at our bed. our room dropped 4 degrees in a matter of minutes. 

(since it's saturday i have moved the ice bowl and fan out to the living room)

our freezer is currently filled with about 50 water bottles that i continuously cycle through the metal bowl as the ice melts in each bottle. it's no perfect fix, but i like to think that it's helping! 

* hmm let's see..I'm a little over 6ft and there's three of those. sooo 6 x 3 is..92ft? that seems a little high don't you think?*