Window AC units

About $25 a month or so.

 

It all depends on how many hours per day you run it & how cool you try to keep it. But for just a small room running 12 hrs per day at 73 degrees is about right.

 

I had a "window air chiller" before in a similar sized room and a 5000btu one was very adequate for the 125 I had then...agree that it is a more economical solution than central air.

 

have you looked at those portable A/C units? the one we got is 12k and under 400 bucks.

 

Bela I'm guessing you only have 110 in your apartment. But I know lowes have a 6500 I think. But they might have some dented models too if you check in there.

 

I also use this in my bedroom where my tank is, since we don't have Central Air in my house, but it runs at 68 degrees and it keeps the room cold and keeps my tank pretty even it goes from 76.5 to 78.1 through the day.

 

I picked up an 8000 BTU portable unit to replace one in my new house. So far I like it and glad I got something I can easily move by myself. Plus I plan on getting central air next summer most likely and I will be able to easily put this in the garage if ever want to keep it cool.

 

I ment 110v power source. See in my house we have 220v power for a big AC unit. The 6500 BTU is for the AC, I know we have one there right now that was regularly 400$ and now its down to 300$, thats only if you want a bigger one. Something in the 6000 to 8000 range is about 200-300 at lowes.