How To Survive Without Air Conditioning

  • June 18, 2008
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No AC? Before you die of heatstroke, try these cool tricks.

You Will Need

  • A fan
  • Ice
  • Linen sheets
  • Spicy food
  • Wristbands
  • A bandanna
  • A window exhaust fan
How To Survive Without Air Conditioning: Make a half-assed air-conditioner

Step 1: Make a half-assed air-conditioner

Mimic the cooling effects of AC by putting a heaping bowl of ice in front of a fan. Hey, a half-assed air-conditioner is better than no air-conditioner.

How To Survive Without Air Conditioning: Use linen sheets

Step 2: Use linen sheets

Use linen sheets, which are twice as cool as cotton, the next best choice.

Leave the bed unmade in the summer. Putting a heavy spread on it will only trap heat and prevent the sheets from airing out.

How To Survive Without Air Conditioning: Eat spicy food

Step 3: Eat spicy food

Eat spicy foods. They will make you sweat, which is your body’s way of cooling you down.

How To Survive Without Air Conditioning: Take warm baths or shower

Step 4: Take warm baths or shower

Take warm baths or showers, which will trigger your body to cool off. If you take a cold one, the opposite will happen, and you’ll end up hotter than before you bathed.

How To Survive Without Air Conditioning: Wear cold wet wristbands

Step 5: Wear cold wet wristbands

Wear wristbands that have been dunked in ice water, and tie a cold, wet bandanna around your neck. Keeping those areas chilled will cool off your entire body.

How To Survive Without Air Conditioning: Stay hydrated

Step 6: Stay hydrated

Stay hydrated by drinking a lot of cool water. Don’t drink the water too cold, or your body will go into overdrive trying to warm you up.

How To Survive Without Air Conditioning: Chill your bed linens

Step 7: Chill your bed linens

Stick your bed linens in the freezer for a few hours before bedtime. At the very least, chill your pillowcases.

How To Survive Without Air Conditioning: Suck hot air out, blow cold air in

Step 8: Suck hot air out, blow cold air in

Suck hot air out and blow cold air in by putting an exhaust fan in one window, facing out, and closing all the other windows except the ones in the room in which you’re sleeping.

How To Survive Without Air Conditioning: Wear a wet T-shirt to bed

Step 9: Wear a wet T-shirt to bed

Soak a T-shirt in ice water, wring it out, and wear it to bed. You can also wet your hair. Hey, you may be a little damp, but at least you’re cool.

Four hundred Americans die every year as a direct result of the heat.

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Comments (15)

Persephone

Great Tips, coz here in Austria (Europe) flats usually don't have air conditioners. Besides, it's unhealthy so I won't install one.

over 3 years ago by Persephone

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fac143

para que serve um aparelho de ar condicionado onde voce vive .voce tem que ter um aquecedor com todo o respeito.venha para o brasil rio de janeiro e deixe o frio para traz aqui temos muito calor bom e gostoso muitas e belas praias e um mundo de gente bonita homens e mulheres escolha o que voce gosta e venha.

over 2 years ago by fac143

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Tiny_Van

不错! 换成英文就是 Good!

over 3 years ago by Tiny_Van

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Member08

Cool, this could come in handy!

over 3 years ago by Member08

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6 months ago by afsa

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cmemove

this is great if you have no choice, but dont it cost more to buy and do all these thing when a AC unit cost under $100..or you can just find an apartment with AC and move....CMEMOVE.COM

over 3 years ago by cmemove

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maanjoy

very good. I'm Chinese. I like your American Style. my msn(skype): maanjoy@hotmail.com

over 3 years ago by maanjoy

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kpfingaz

like how he ate the peppers and turned into Hellboy.

over 2 years ago by kpfingaz

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fac143

aqui no brasil onde moro no rio de janeiro ten que ter mesmo um bom aparelho de ar condicionado outra coisa não da certo,mas suas dicas foram boas.

over 2 years ago by fac143

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Magaroonie

Finally! A video we hong-kong people can use!!!! Thanks sooo much, man!

over 2 years ago by Magaroonie

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XCASEY

it is owesome!but spciy-----sounds more hot. by the way ,it is amazing more chinese here

about 1 year ago by XCASEY

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Christy2000

Some good tips, but I don't agree with the hot shower one. I take cold showers all summer, and it is just like jumping in a pool. It cools me off for hours. Besides, unless you're taking a hot shower somewhere other than your own home, you're going to heat it up and make it more humid!!! Stick with cold showers. They are the best. Don't listen to this video at all on this one. Try one, and you'll agree.

about 1 year ago by Christy2000

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