Keeping a computer lab of angsty teens cool

valeryce

It's supposed to get to 103 degrees F today. This summer I'm teaching a bunch of teenagers at a computer camp at a university. Our lab is completely full this week. We're in a small room with no windows, and with the 20ish teenagers we have in there it's hot as hell. Think the body heat of almost two dozen teens combined with gaming PC's- plus the instructors.

The humidity today is supposed to reach 77%. I'm considering buying a big bag of ice and making an impromptu swamp cooler (i.e. a bucket of ice in front of a fan) but I also know that the evaporating water would cause the humidity to rise.

My other option is to have a fan blowing cooler air in from outside the lab while having the door open, but that doesn't work all that well, and it's really only a little cooler outside the room anyways since there's no AC out there.

So, H/A, any ideas? PLEASE HELP.

Ruckus

The University doesn't have Air Conditioning?

valeryce

Not in the building we are in. No AC.

Ruckus

Is there a secondary exit that can be opened to generate airflow?

Grundlestiltskin

Not helpful, but putting a computer lab in a room with no windows, no ventilation, and no AC seems pretty retarded to me.


Maybe your swamp cooler idea plus a dehumidifier?

Dunadan019

turn off the flourescent lights.

It doesn't actually make it cooler but people 'feel' cooler with them off.

valeryce

There is a set of double doors. That is the only enterance/exit.

Also I'm not the one who books the rooms, I just teach there.

I mostly want to know if doing a swamp cooler at 77% humidity is a good idea or not, or if there's a better alternative.

valeryce

Oh wait, I guess the forecast is actually calling for 69% humidity. Still pretty high though.

rockmonkey

A couple fans just in the room along with a cooler full of those flav-ice things. Popsicles in a tube for no mess around the keyboards and they are super hella cheap.