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Home style methods of cooling the air that actually work?

Bleaney

Bleaney

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As we reach the peak of another heatwave in the UK the usual tips and tricks for keeping cool keep cropping up. The only problem is that some of the "tips" I have tried just don't work.

One I keep seeing advises to 'freeze a 2L plastic bottle of water and then stand the frozen container in front of a fan to get cooled air'. But this simply does not work at all. Probably because the ice is totally sealed inside of plastic insulation, so the whole idea is completely hopeless. This evening I shall progress onto hopefully finding some way of getting a fan to blow in my direction across the surface of a shallow and wide bowl of iced water. I think this should work, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to get the fan to blow at the correct angle.

Has anyone found any combinations of electric fans and iced water that actually have any useful effect?
 
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I have a split a/c system in the office, the rest of the house is a sauna. Have a couple of fans but all they really do is circulate the warm air.

Best to keep all the curtains closed so the sun doesn’t shine through and warm the room up.

Oh, and cold showers.
 
Yeah I do the closed curtains thing. The cold showers thing is probably a good shout too.
 
you need a bigger container of ice. use a large plastic storage bin (maybe 12-18 gallons) and cut a hole in the sides so the fan can blow through. a 2 liter bottle or bowl of ice will do nothing. you need a lot more than that.
 
I made a homemade swamp cooler for my indoor poppies that works well, reduces air temp by around 8 degrees Fahrenheit


It is essentially just a thick towel with each end in a bucket of water, draped over two boards. Aside from the support boards, underneath the towel is a baking sheet where additional water collects.



In front of the wet towel place a fan, the larger the better. I also cover the top to force the air through the folds.

Decreases air temperature at the cost of humidity however. The effect is similar to the cold air that one feels by a lake or body of water. Won't work well if it is already very humid.

On a side note, I read that the temperature is only like 95°F, which doesn't seem that hot by western US standards.

But perhaps one day I'll move to some chav town in the UK, like Doncaster, find me a proper chav girlfriend named Chantelle, and say something to her like, "don't slag off right now Chantelle, its a sizzler today and I've got a puddle about me bollocks thats as deep as the thames" (or whatever is customary in said situation).
 
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Get yourself a portable AC. Summers will only get hotter so a good investment. I never tried the fan/ice method and you don't want something blowing moist air because the UK isn't a dry climate and it will make the humidity worse.
 
Bleaney said:
One I keep seeing advises to 'freeze a 2L plastic bottle of water and then stand the frozen container in front of a fan to get cooled air'. But this simply does not work at all.
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I don't know if you EU bros need some basic survival advice, but freezing multiple 0.5-1L bottles of water (or whatever size) and placing them between/under your legs or arms, or behind the back of your neck (next to arterial veins) will cool your body down way more efficiently than placing ice next to a fan which sounds barbaric

I've always been jaded by having air condition my whole life in the US, but grew up in deserts and am used to 46°c summer every year.

Ice bottles on your body are very efficient, but I guess not the most comfortable.

Also... regarding the stated advice... it would be a lot better to create a small pool of water filled with ice, maybe some very large/deep dish, then blow a fan over that. That would be 10x more efficient than some fuckin 2L plastic bottle full of ice which won't transfer any temperature at all.
 
lol, open window, avoid direct sunlight, wear shorts and cotton shirts and use a small floor fan to ventilate indirectly

Don't use bed clothes or blankets
 
Thanks for the replies (I was already aware of most of the very obvious things, perhaps I should have stated this)

The heat tends to feel more oppressive in the UK because we have higher humidity and our homes are built to retain heat also.

Temperatures here reached above 40 centigrade for teh first time since records began, a couple of weeks ago, and we now have another spell of +30 C.

Our weather is famously variable (depening on where the jet stream is and if it gets stuck and is stable for a long time, or if it moves around, and that affects the direction the wind blows from, and whether we get the air from the north, west, or south can make a huge difference day to day) and this is why Brits talk about it so much.
 
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Jennn said:
No that's a myth. People say it increases your core temp so the air seems cooler but that's not true.
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I heard that hot drinks make you sweat more so eventually you do end up cooler. The Turks seem to swear by it as their hot tea obsession is quite extreme (it is served in many places that are unusual by UK standards, from banks and shops to taxi ranks and bus stops and stations)

It does seem counter intuitive to me though and I don't fancy the method because it does make you feel even hotter in the immediate aftermath.
 
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It's 32c here and 78% humidity right now

It's warm in direct sunlight but i'm sat at my desk on a wooden chair, with a door and a few windows open but shaded, and I have a basic small floor fan helping the air circulate and I'm as cool as a cucumber

It's not in reality a high temp; it's just that you all are unaccustomed to any heat; stay hydrated EADD!
 
Jackal said:
It's 32c here and 78% humidity right now

It's warm in direct sunlight but i'm sat at my desk on a wooden chair, with a door and a few windows open but shaded, and I have a basic small floor fan helping the air circulate and I'm as cool as a cucumber

It's not in reality a high temp; it's just that you all are unaccustomed to any heat; stay hydrated EADD!
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You came to mind last night & I did wonder how you cope in S.E. Asia.
I know one thing from this heat if I were you live I'd be making the best hash ever, the more sun the more resin the plant puts out to protect itself.
 
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