Asklemmy

42502 readers

1435 users here now

A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions

Search asklemmy 🔍

If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!

Open-ended question
Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
An actual topic of discussion

Looking for support?

Looking for a community?

Lemmyverse: community search
sub.rehab: maps old subreddits to fediverse options, marks official as such
[email protected]: a community for finding communities

~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_[email protected]~

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

157

Those without A/C, what are your tips to stay cool during the summer? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

102 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 80 points 4 days ago (3 children)

If you have cool nights, setup fans up at night to bring the house down to a lower temperature. Close everything up in the morning when the outside temp starts rising above your inside temp. If your place is insulated reasonably and there's no excessive sun from windows, it will stay cool for the day.

Protip: Setup the fans in all rooms on one side of a chokepoint in your house/apartment (stairwell/hallway) to exhaust, to encourage airflow. Open up all the windows on the other side for intake. It'll also help reduce pockets of hot air left over from the day before.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago

Pro tip: Point the fan so that it blows outside and DO NOT put it directly on the window or right next to it. Instead, move it ~50cm away from the window to take advantage of Bernoulli's principle (push the air out more efficiently by pulling the air surrounding the fan).

You can cool down the room even if the door is closed. You are lowering the pressure inside your room so the outside air is forced to rush in. If you place the fan like I explained, and point it at the lower part of your window and you put your hand next to the upper part of the window, you will feel the cold air coming in.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago

I practice this same thermal battery idea as well with an extra tip of having a couple of fans on timers (sun up to sun down) that sit on the floor and blow the cold air up. It makes a significant difference, especially if you can sit a fan where the cold air from the AC falls to the ground.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Cool shower! Put water in your tub with a fan nearby.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I've never gotten this to work very well. Though I didn't do it with a fan. Any tips?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Get in tub; get out; lie in front of the fan. It won't cool your house, but it will keep you from dying of heat stroke.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Ah, I thought you were using the shower as a way to cool down the air for your house. This makes way more sense.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Live in a dry climate. The evaporating water will cool the house. Doesn't work if the air is already wet

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm sorry, but are you serious?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Any tips other than the fan...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

You could try an ice dildo. I hear that a 6 incher tends to last about an hour..