There are limitations to how much heat you can exchange with the basement. I tried this in July 2010 by running a ducted blower upstairs and gave up when my basement hit 75 degrees and the upstairs was still mid 80's and the house was muggy since the A/C wasn't running to remove the humidity, even the basement was uncomfortable. Eventually the concrete warms up and you lose the battle. I later decided to let the upstairs get to mid-80s on its own and sleep in the lower level of the house without using power to even out the temperatures. I then ran the A/C for 2 hours on my thermostat schedule at the coldest point of the night(but not colder than 60 degrees outdoors for the A/C's sake) and that took the humidity out of the air nicely and added just enough comfort to the house to where I had no complaints.
Your mileage may vary, I don't want to discourage your experiment but 1000 milk jugs would be tedious.
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