All of your suggestions are excellent advice thank you for sharing your knowledge. I hope you don't mind my adding a tried and true method to lowering the temperature in one's home. Rock salt either water softener salt or plain ol rock salt placed in a bucket or any sort of container ( the more the better) will draw the moisture in the air out of your home lowering the humidity substantially keeping you cooler and more comfortable. I learned this cooling lesson from my amish wife made years ago and I can say with assurity it really makes a difference.
Thanks for your kind words and the suggestion! I haven't heard that, but it sounds like a great idea! The Amish are an amazing resource when it comes to doing things without electricity.
I never needed any cooling in my country house (aerated concrete walls on a massive concrete slab), it never gets above +23C (73F) inside even in those rare days when it's +40C (104F) outside in the shade. But my urban apartment is a whole different story, excessively hot despite facing north-east. I never managed to get along with AC, my go-to solution is forced ventilation fans pumping outside air into the rooms. The distribution box has an uninterruptible supply that can drive one such pump for almost a whole night. But when it's out of juice... bad luck.
I never in my whole life have run my air conditioner. I open the windows because I do not like cold. Air conditioning tends to be too cold for me opening the windows is plenty. I have one open right now and it’s 80°. I only have one open if it gets up to 90 I’ll probably open the one opposite for a cross breeze other than that I won’t open anymore.
the trouble with opening windows is high-humidity as well as when it is 85 to 90+, just bringing in even hotter air when keeping everything closed and using a fan would work far better. It's also possible to run a/c but set it to 78 to 80 just to take out the humidity, not actually making it cool. personally unless it is really dry, much above 76 is too hot for me.
Temps up to only 90 degrees F. here would be like a dream come true. When it hits 110 or sometimes even more, it's just not an option not to run the AC. Having said that, electricity is super expensive here in CA, so we set our thermostat to 80, so it's not too cold, even with the AC running. But it's nice that you don't need to run AC, due to your relatively cool climate.
@@Jon-hx7pe Good point on the humidity. I live in a relatively dry climate, so don't have that problem too often, though occasionally, humidity is high. Since electricity costs are so high here, we set our thermostat to 80 and run some fans.
Here in the UK most homes do not have air conditioning but we can still have really hot days. Watching to get some tips. I have a cooling cloth that I can dampen with cold water and place around my neck or over my head. 🤣 yes, I put my feet in a tub of cold water when camping.
That sound like a good plan! Regarding temperature, I think that your body adjusts and so regardless of temps, you do get hot even if people in some other part of the world doesn't think your temperatures are that bad. We get up to around 110 degrees Fahrenheit here (approximately 43 Celsius) and that can last for a month or more. We moved here from Colorado which was quite a bit cooler, so it's been an adjustment. But I know we felt plenty hot while living in Colorado, too. We own a condo in Colorado without any air conditioning, because it is cooler there. But we had AC window units put in for our renter, so she will hopefully be more comfortable when it is hot. I hope that my tips in this video help you stay cool, in spite of not having air conditioning!
Great topic and tips video. I have recently bought a solar generator (2400wh) with two 200w solar panels , low watt window A/C (400W) , and a low watt heater. Both a/c and heater can easily run 4-6 hours on one charge. If the power outage runs longer than a day hopefully there's sunshine to recharge the generator. All these products were a total of under 3,000.00 Staying hydrated is by far the most important. Put a pintch of sea salt and potassium in the water for electrolytes. I really like your tip of taking a cold shower.
All of your suggestions are excellent advice thank you for sharing your knowledge.
I hope you don't mind my adding a tried and true method to lowering the temperature in one's home. Rock salt either water softener salt or plain ol rock salt placed in a bucket or any sort of container ( the more the better) will draw the moisture in the air out of your home lowering the humidity substantially keeping you cooler and more comfortable. I learned this cooling lesson from my amish wife made years ago and I can say with assurity it really makes a difference.
Thanks for your kind words and the suggestion! I haven't heard that, but it sounds like a great idea! The Amish are an amazing resource when it comes to doing things without electricity.
I never needed any cooling in my country house (aerated concrete walls on a massive concrete slab), it never gets above +23C (73F) inside even in those rare days when it's +40C (104F) outside in the shade. But my urban apartment is a whole different story, excessively hot despite facing north-east. I never managed to get along with AC, my go-to solution is forced ventilation fans pumping outside air into the rooms. The distribution box has an uninterruptible supply that can drive one such pump for almost a whole night. But when it's out of juice... bad luck.
Wow, your country house sounds like a dream! I love the forced ventilation concept. I'll have to learn more about that!
Very helpful tips-thank you!
Glad it was helpful! You're very welcome!
I never in my whole life have run my air conditioner. I open the windows because I do not like cold. Air conditioning tends to be too cold for me opening the windows is plenty. I have one open right now and it’s 80°. I only have one open if it gets up to 90 I’ll probably open the one opposite for a cross breeze other than that I won’t open anymore.
the trouble with opening windows is high-humidity as well as when it is 85 to 90+, just bringing in even hotter air when keeping everything closed and using a fan would work far better.
It's also possible to run a/c but set it to 78 to 80 just to take out the humidity, not actually making it cool.
personally unless it is really dry, much above 76 is too hot for me.
Temps up to only 90 degrees F. here would be like a dream come true. When it hits 110 or sometimes even more, it's just not an option not to run the AC. Having said that, electricity is super expensive here in CA, so we set our thermostat to 80, so it's not too cold, even with the AC running. But it's nice that you don't need to run AC, due to your relatively cool climate.
@@Jon-hx7pe Good point on the humidity. I live in a relatively dry climate, so don't have that problem too often, though occasionally, humidity is high. Since electricity costs are so high here, we set our thermostat to 80 and run some fans.
Here in the UK most homes do not have air conditioning but we can still have really hot days. Watching to get some tips. I have a cooling cloth that I can dampen with cold water and place around my neck or over my head. 🤣 yes, I put my feet in a tub of cold water when camping.
That sound like a good plan! Regarding temperature, I think that your body adjusts and so regardless of temps, you do get hot even if people in some other part of the world doesn't think your temperatures are that bad. We get up to around 110 degrees Fahrenheit here (approximately 43 Celsius) and that can last for a month or more. We moved here from Colorado which was quite a bit cooler, so it's been an adjustment. But I know we felt plenty hot while living in Colorado, too. We own a condo in Colorado without any air conditioning, because it is cooler there. But we had AC window units put in for our renter, so she will hopefully be more comfortable when it is hot. I hope that my tips in this video help you stay cool, in spite of not having air conditioning!
Great topic and tips video.
I have recently bought a solar generator (2400wh) with two 200w solar panels , low watt window A/C (400W) , and a low watt heater. Both a/c and heater can easily run 4-6 hours on one charge. If the power outage runs longer than a day hopefully there's sunshine to recharge the generator. All these products were a total of under 3,000.00
Staying hydrated is by far the most important. Put a pintch of sea salt and potassium in the water for electrolytes.
I really like your tip of taking a cold shower.
It sounds like you have found some great options! Thanks for the tip on the pinch of sea salt and potassium. I'll definitely keep that in mind!