# How should I cool my detached home office?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [June 2, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-cool-my-detached-home-office/965597 "2022-06-02T20:23:53Z")
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### Author: ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-cool-my-detached-home-office/965597/44 "2022-06-03T14:47:04Z")

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From the times I’ve used this “solution”, I had access to a commercial ice machine at the building in question. I think if you want good cooling for an 8 hour work day you probably need 10 gallons of ice. I.e. a 5 gallon bucket filled with ice, times 2.

Commercial ice maker that isn’t much problem, but for someone without a relatively robust home ice maker it can be a little hard to easily produce that much.

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