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I live in an apartment building on the top floor. The apartment is very hot when others in the building turn their heat up as heat rises. The temperature in my apartment reaches almost 82 degrees fahrenheit without my turning on the thermostat.
To keep the temperature down in the bedroom I run a portable air conditioner with a hose that vents out of the window. I've used this air conditioner for approximately the last two years.
One week ago my neighbor, in the apartment below me, came up to tell me he can't sleep because of the sound of my air conditioner. He asked me to stop running it at night.
i told him that the apartment is very hot even with the thermostat off and that the only way to keep the temperature down to at least 70 degrees is to run the air conditioner.
He was polite enough but not happy that I am continuing to run the air conditioner at night.
I'm wondering if anyone has any other suggestions as to how to keep the apartment cool. It's an older building and there are no ceiling fans or central air conditioning available.
Never forget that heat rises and that is beyond your control. I don't think you are being unreasonable by running the AC if the temps are that high. You could try running a box or oscillating fan inside your apartment. I know Dyson makes a very quiet/efficient room fan but it is very expensive.
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We run ours at night too, but it has a timer, so it goes off at about 1am. In our house the heat rises to the second floor so even in winter keeping it at 70 downstairs it can be 76 in our bedroom. If the person below you is hearing it, Rabbit33 has the answer. It's transmitting the sound through the floor, especially if it's a hardwood or other solid-surface floor.
The unit's probably vibrating and ringing the floor (his ceiling). Put it on some thick foam rubber.
That's my guess as well. The low-frequency vibrations are likely carrying through to the unit below you. I also recommend insulating the unit on the floor or maybe transition to a window-mount unit. Window mounts are slightly more efficient, as some of the heat from a portable unit does make it's way back into the room.
What is the ambient temp of the area you live in? If it cool/dry enough at night to simply put a box fan (or specific window mount fan in one window to blow out, and open another window in another room?
Essentially you are emanating a "whole house fan" that moves air quickly through the residence to drop temps down with cooling outdoor temps.
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