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Daily Discussion Thread 🌅🌈⛱️ Sunday, 24 November, 2024 (aussie.zone)

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[–] Baku@aussie.zone 8 points 9 months ago (33 children)

So just wondering, how do you guys keep cool during the hot days (especially when it's in the 40s) without A/C?

It's been so long at this point since I lived in the country without A/C that I've kind of forgotten how to do the do. I don't pay the power bill, so at the moment I have pretty much zero hesitation about turning the air con on the night before hot days to keep the house cool. But once I move, I will start paying for my own utilities, and in any case, the house doesn't have a splitty or anything, just a single gas heater in the living room

The only thing that's coming to mind is a wet towel draped over a pedestal fan or two. I'd prefer not to buy one of those portable ones with the pipe that goes out the window because in my experience they usually just end up heating the space it's in, with the only cooling being the air it blows out (mike used to radiate heat out the sides like mad). And I'm a bit concerned with energy efficiency

[–] Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

As someone who’s kind of done it all and lived mostly without aircon… What I have found helpful:

Everything closed up, even doors inside, especially if the sun is on one part of the dwelling, during the day. Keep the doors closed between the hottest rooms if possible.
Car sunscreens on the window have helped reduced the heat a little.
Open up windows at night if possible and cooler outside, although sometimes ambient heat make it challenging.
Portable fan on the body when sleeping. As someone that used to not be able to sleep with the sound of fans, the day I finally could, this was a game changer. It kept me cool enough to sleep.
A comfortable foam mattress to sleep on the floor of another room if the bedroom is too hot. Heat rises, so it will be cooler closer to the floor. (This I can’t recommend enough. A few nights of restlessness in the heat is enough to make anyone batty.)

I’ve had portable units from evaporators to vented aircons. The cool air from a portable aircon is an amazing, but my unit was noisy as all hell and made it hard to sleep.

[–] Baku@aussie.zone 4 points 9 months ago

Thanks Llab! Super helpful, especially the foam mattress idea. I don't know why I've never thought of that. Lounge rooms in my experience are often the only places air conditioned, so sleeping out there makes sense. And a foam mattress is certainly a lot more comfortable than the couch!

And I actually can't sleep without the sound of a fan on. I pretty much have a fan running 24/7, although these days I use an air purifier rather than a fan. When I go to hotels, I play white noise if there isn't a fan

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