How Can I Improvise Some Air Conditioning For A Couple Of Days ?
The central air conditioning in my apartment is getting repaired and won't be working for 4 or 5 days. I want to improvise something. Maybe taking a fan and pointing it a a bag of ice. Heck.. I don't know... Any tips
Answer:
use the principle of evaporation. Depending on the humidity, it can work wonders. Lightly soak and wring out a sheet before bed, and have a fan blow across you. You will be comfortable enough to get to sleep. Some people get a large amount of ice, put it in a shallow pan, and have a fan blow over it. Another is to fill an ice chest with 70% ice and 30% water, take a hand towels, soak and wring out, then place over head and breathe the cold air. Do it once more but this time leave on your wrists for a couple of minutes. As for a whole house fix, there is no other DIY method I know of. The ice cold towel on the head is really amazing relief even though temporary. friends of mine live in a trailer with no a/c--they hung bags of ice behind the fan (put a pan below it to catch any drippings) they found these ice cube bags that were like tubes & twist tied them on to the fan It is possible with a little hardware http://www.eng.uwaterloo.ca/%7Egmilburn/... The other answers I see here don't address humidity. This setup will actually do the work of real A/C if you are mechanically inclined.