I live in Phoenix and have a two story house. You're probably aware of this, but it gets pretty freaking hot here during the summer. Our master bedroom is on the southwest corner of the second floor and it gets hammered by the sun. The windows are tinted and we have blackout curtains, but the master is warmer than the other rooms upstairs. Considerably warmer when the sun is blazing and it is still 108* at 10pm.
We have separate upstairs and downstairs A/C units. We keep the upstairs at 85* during the day (no kids, there isn't anyone up there for an extended period of time), 75* during the sleeping hours. Downstairs is usually set to 78* during the day, 85* during the evening.
Our thermostat for upstairs is right off the stairwell, and it is cooler there than it is in the bedroom, especially so when the sun is blazing. We're going to run a fan to try and keep the master at a temperature more similar to the rest of the second floor. What I don't know is, should the fan be placed in the bedroom to blow warm air out, or should it be placed in the hallway to our bedroom, blowing cooler air in? Or is neither going to do much of anything?
We have separate upstairs and downstairs A/C units. We keep the upstairs at 85* during the day (no kids, there isn't anyone up there for an extended period of time), 75* during the sleeping hours. Downstairs is usually set to 78* during the day, 85* during the evening.
Our thermostat for upstairs is right off the stairwell, and it is cooler there than it is in the bedroom, especially so when the sun is blazing. We're going to run a fan to try and keep the master at a temperature more similar to the rest of the second floor. What I don't know is, should the fan be placed in the bedroom to blow warm air out, or should it be placed in the hallway to our bedroom, blowing cooler air in? Or is neither going to do much of anything?