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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DustyD" data-source="post: 196199" data-attributes="member: 36911">Early heat and anticipating how to keep things cooler in summer.Today it was unusually warm at 84 F  (29C) and Wednesday is predicted to be 90 F (32C) before dropping to high 60s and low 70s. Summers will be like 80s -90 s  here in Maine.It was hot enough that my two grammostolas pushed back their entrance blockades.For summer i had planned on using ac from windows across the room, thereby also reducing humidity. It was 60 percent humidity in my room while 44 percent inside my enclosure I have protecting the individual enclosures.I am away working two daytimes during the week and three nights.  I am wondering if frozen gelpacks covered in towels placed a distance from the Ts  inside the larger enclosure might help keep things cool.I have a small air purifier on the floor near the enclosure that pushes up cooler air and helps a bit.Any thoughts? I may end up placing the whole enclosure in the mostly unfinished part of my cellar. It is a bit cooler down there, but out of the way and mostly used for storage and laundry.</blockquote>