It got up to 35°c today ( about 100°f ) it is still 28°/86°f (ish). I cant cool down. I have my fan on but it's just blowing hot air at me. I had a damp cloth on my head earlier which did help but it's not practical for sleeping.
Don't have air con so what else can I try that i may not have thought of already?
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Thank you all for the suggestions. Gonna have a cold shower and sleep with a damp towel under my neck.
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I live without air conditioning. When it gets bad, I wear a wet dish towel around my neck and sit in front of the fan - as in, I do practically nothing around the house. I sleep with a fan blowing across me, too. It's not ideal, but it helps.
shareIf you have a bath tub fill it with cold water and submerge yourself with a good book for 30-60 minutes
Then, go to bed in the least amount of clothes possible (I'm aware that line reads pervy but try it)
Before I had air conditioning this was my go to cool down move
Not pervy at all lol 😉 I'll try anything atm.
shareI put the cool towel around my neck, and that helps a bit too. Also, like others have said a cool bath or shower. If you don't like to have a bath in the evening, a cold foot bath can help too.
shareOr a person could buy one of those little kiddie pools, fill it, and sit in it to stay cool. Not suitable for indoor use, though. 😉
shareIf your humidity is lowish 10% get a 100$ swamp cooler. You fill it with water and when you run a little A/C it makes nice cold wet air.
shareAnother way to do a "swamp cooler" is to get a big block of ice or bowl of of ice cubes, and set the fan to blow into it or across it. It'll blow cooler air into the room, and can actually lower the temperature of an entire room.
I grew up in California without air conditioning. The other big thing to do is to pull the curtains and close the windows fairly early in the day, keep the cooler air inside and prevent radiant heat from the sun from getting in. Yes, it makes your home feel hot, claustrophobic, and generally miserable, but it's still cooler than it would be if you had the curtains or windows open.
Well I consider myself the expert. Its 105 here and I fill my swamp cooler with 4 gallons of water and run it in my bedroom while I read or sleep. I can keep the A/C at 75 in the rest of the house then:)
shareRemember Nelly?
https://youtu.be/GeZZr_p6vB8
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You’re using Canadian temp. The small one . I would really suggest getting a portable a c unit. Well worth it .
share°c in Britain . I was always taught to double it and add 30 to get approx °f🤷♀️
shareWe use c in Canada too. I don’t care if no one else gets what it is ! Let them do the math !
share😄👍
shareYou guys do km or miles per hour ?
shareMiles per hour.
shareThat’s cause your steering wheels are on the passenger side of the car .
share??!
shareI’m Britain are the steering wheels not on the right side of the car ?
shareBucky how many stones do you weigh? And now tell me what the hell a stone is:)
shareI don’t even know how much a fifth of gin is !
share🤣 Thanks, I needed a laugh!
shareAnd what it is a fifth of ? Can’t I just have the whole thing ?
shareI use this site and usually try to show both C and F in my posts as a courtesy since we have members from many parts of the world.
http://www.onlineconversion.com/temperature.htm
And the gin is on there ?
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