Summer Heat and No AC-I have a great idea that works!?

Question

take plastic tupperware and fill with water and freeze. ( I used 8 in all different sizes)

After they are frozen solid take the big ice blocks and put in a big bowl such as a mixing bowl

Take a standing fan and place on ground where you can point it directly at the bowl of ice

This will cool you down quick especially if you sit in front of it and you can keep filling up the ice buckets and refilling the bowl! Honestly I have no AC and no money to buy one and I will tell you that this is probably the best thing I have come up with. I was sooo hot and thought that there must be some way to keep my room a bit cooler. Try it! BE CAREFUL though! Remember that your fan runs on electricity and electricity and water do not mix so take care your bowl doesn't spill over water (I put a large towel under the bowl to catch condensation)

I look forward to hearing feedback and hopes this idea will keep some other hot sufferers out there like me!

Answer 1

very good idea!

kudos to you

Answer 2

yep!! it works, but I use those disposable water bottles. cheaper than keeping all the tupperware in the freezer all summer . We also use the disposable water bottles in the rabbit and cavvie cages. keeps the critters cooler too.

I have also stuck washcloths in the sink and barely wrung them out and put them in the freezer then clipped them to the top of the fan cage in front. This way water drops will not hit the fan motor.

I am not having that problem this summer. My windows are closed and the fans off. It has been unseasonably cool here. We will probably pay in spades in August, but for now is great!!!

Answer 3

:) What you have done is made your very own Swamp Cooler/Evaporative Cooler!  What a Swamp Cooler does, and your fan and ice are doing, is blowing warm air across a cool/cold surface thus reducing the temperature of the surrounding air as the cooler water evaporates.  You are very cleaver to figure this out on your own. Congratulations!  Just be a bit forewarned though, it will not work as well when it gets humid - sorry.  Try to keep cool - I know just how you feel.

WA

Answer 4

cool idea

Answer 5

An even simpler way to keep cool (and I use it when outside working in 90+temp) is to take one of those blue freezer gel shipping things and freeze it then put it under your hat.If you keep your head cool your body will too.