Comments on: 6 Cheap Ways To Stay Cool Without Air Conditioning http://www.squawkfox.com/2009/07/31/ceiling-fans-air-conditioning/ Where personal finance & frugal living are sexy, delicious, and fun. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lynda http://www.squawkfox.com/2009/07/31/ceiling-fans-air-conditioning/comment-page-1/#comment-215160 Lynda Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:54 +0000 http://www.squawkfox.com/?p=1907#comment-215160 We keep our windows closed during the hottest part of the day and run fans inside, then once the outside temps drop in the evening, we use multiple window fans to draw cooler air through the house. Also, we put exterior bamboo blinds on the west facing windows that do not get shade, they help more than interior shades from the blasting afternoon sun. We keep our windows closed during the hottest part of the day and run fans inside, then once the outside temps drop in the evening, we use multiple window fans to draw cooler air through the house. Also, we put exterior bamboo blinds on the west facing windows that do not get shade, they help more than interior shades from the blasting afternoon sun.

]]> By: Terri http://www.squawkfox.com/2009/07/31/ceiling-fans-air-conditioning/comment-page-1/#comment-204702 Terri Sun, 04 Sep 2011 03:04:57 +0000 http://www.squawkfox.com/?p=1907#comment-204702 You can also wrap a couple of gel ice packs in pillow cases. Great to sleep with too! You can also wrap a couple of gel ice packs in pillow cases. Great to sleep with too!

]]> By: dan http://www.squawkfox.com/2009/07/31/ceiling-fans-air-conditioning/comment-page-1/#comment-145067 dan Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:22:29 +0000 http://www.squawkfox.com/?p=1907#comment-145067 I like to sleep with the ac but dont want to ac the whole house so I tape a plastic tarp over one air conditioner duct and put a cot underneath it to act like a tent. I block off the other ducts. I like to sleep with the ac but dont want to ac the whole house so I tape a plastic tarp over one air conditioner duct and put a cot underneath it to act like a tent. I block off the other ducts.

]]> By: Linda http://www.squawkfox.com/2009/07/31/ceiling-fans-air-conditioning/comment-page-1/#comment-129001 Linda Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:46:20 +0000 http://www.squawkfox.com/?p=1907#comment-129001 I'm an apartment dweller with a south facing, sliding glass door. Sunny! I plant climbing Malabar spinach and pole beans in pots in front of the door. As the plants climb, they create a cooling - and edible - curtain. Since my apartment is on the top floor, I must admit I really enjoy heading into an air-conditioned environment periodically, even if only for half and hour. The public library is a great place to chill. I’m an apartment dweller with a south facing, sliding glass door. Sunny! I plant climbing Malabar spinach and pole beans in pots in front of the door. As the plants climb, they create a cooling – and edible – curtain.

Since my apartment is on the top floor, I must admit I really enjoy heading into an air-conditioned environment periodically, even if only for half and hour. The public library is a great place to chill.

]]> By: Jace http://www.squawkfox.com/2009/07/31/ceiling-fans-air-conditioning/comment-page-1/#comment-125181 Jace Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:32:04 +0000 http://www.squawkfox.com/?p=1907#comment-125181 Find the free night at your local museum, or go to the library. Also the beach or sitting under a shady tree. Sometimes just sitting with your feet in a bucket of cool water. Find the free night at your local museum, or go to the library. Also the beach or sitting under a shady tree. Sometimes just sitting with your feet in a bucket of cool water.

]]> By: Nicole http://www.squawkfox.com/2009/07/31/ceiling-fans-air-conditioning/comment-page-1/#comment-39933 Nicole Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:12:30 +0000 http://www.squawkfox.com/?p=1907#comment-39933 Frugal is one thing, but I STRONGLY object to what Meaghun suggested. It is wrong to go into a business and use a resource and not make a purchase. I don't care if it's air conditioning or soap and toilet paper. You are costing that business owner money, and those amenities are provided as a courtesy to the business' paying customers. How about instead of leeching (You don't have to like the word "leech", but if you are one, accept that you're being called on your BS and if you have a problem with it, STOP LEECHING!), you make a small purchase in consideration of the business? You wouldn't go to a friend or family member's house when it suited you just to use their AC or bathroom without providing something (even if in this case it was just your companionship) in return would you? And if you would, you're no kind of friend I would want... Think about the fact that you are not contributing, and that YOU are partly to blame for costs going up. Why do you think some places have access only under lock and key now? Because IT'S. FOR. CUSTOMERS! If you're not a customer, you don't belong in the store, and are loitering. Also known as trespassing, or... just being a bum. Frugal is one thing, but I STRONGLY object to what Meaghun suggested. It is wrong to go into a business and use a resource and not make a purchase. I don’t care if it’s air conditioning or soap and toilet paper. You are costing that business owner money, and those amenities are provided as a courtesy to the business’ paying customers. How about instead of leeching (You don’t have to like the word “leech”, but if you are one, accept that you’re being called on your BS and if you have a problem with it, STOP LEECHING!), you make a small purchase in consideration of the business? You wouldn’t go to a friend or family member’s house when it suited you just to use their AC or bathroom without providing something (even if in this case it was just your companionship) in return would you? And if you would, you’re no kind of friend I would want… Think about the fact that you are not contributing, and that YOU are partly to blame for costs going up. Why do you think some places have access only under lock and key now? Because IT’S. FOR. CUSTOMERS! If you’re not a customer, you don’t belong in the store, and are loitering. Also known as trespassing, or… just being a bum.

]]> By: Erin http://www.squawkfox.com/2009/07/31/ceiling-fans-air-conditioning/comment-page-1/#comment-33676 Erin Thu, 20 May 2010 13:33:56 +0000 http://www.squawkfox.com/?p=1907#comment-33676 Great tips! One thing though: if you're going to sleep in your basement, make sure you have at least TWO exits in case of fire, and if one of them is a window, practice getting out of it quickly. Great tips! One thing though: if you’re going to sleep in your basement, make sure you have at least TWO exits in case of fire, and if one of them is a window, practice getting out of it quickly.

]]> By: roberto http://www.squawkfox.com/2009/07/31/ceiling-fans-air-conditioning/comment-page-1/#comment-19089 roberto Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:17:57 +0000 http://www.squawkfox.com/?p=1907#comment-19089 Strangely enough I find the 6th tip to be the most valuable. You get to connect with friends and relax from the heat. A win win situation. If you can't find anyone to visit then try taking a nice long stroll at the shopping mall and window shop a little. Strangely enough I find the 6th tip to be the most valuable. You get to connect with friends and relax from the heat. A win win situation. If you can’t find anyone to visit then try taking a nice long stroll at the shopping mall and window shop a little.

]]> By: Susanne http://www.squawkfox.com/2009/07/31/ceiling-fans-air-conditioning/comment-page-1/#comment-18890 Susanne Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:43:49 +0000 http://www.squawkfox.com/?p=1907#comment-18890 I have window fans in all three bedrooms upstairs, and two ceiling fans downstairs. When I was pregnant we used a block of ice in front of the fan to chill the air. Cheap and works great. I had an airconditioner, but the problem is that the unit was not very effective on the fan setting and much to heavy to remove on a cooler night so it had to be run on the a/c setting permanently which cost a lot of hydro $$. We have curtains on all our windows, you'd be surprised at how much of a difference even a bamboo blind or a sheer can make, for both heat or chill. Open all the windows and acclimatize. I use a horse trough for the kiddies to splash in to keep them cool. Or just douse my head in cold water... faster than the shower and works at cooling me off. I have window fans in all three bedrooms upstairs, and two ceiling fans downstairs.
When I was pregnant we used a block of ice in front of the fan to chill the air. Cheap and works great. I had an airconditioner, but the problem is that the unit was not very effective on the fan setting and much to heavy to remove on a cooler night so it had to be run on the a/c setting permanently which cost a lot of hydro $$.
We have curtains on all our windows, you’d be surprised at how much of a difference even a bamboo blind or a sheer can make, for both heat or chill. Open all the windows and acclimatize. I use a horse trough for the kiddies to splash in to keep them cool. Or just douse my head in cold water… faster than the shower and works at cooling me off.

]]> By: Meaghan http://www.squawkfox.com/2009/07/31/ceiling-fans-air-conditioning/comment-page-1/#comment-18835 Meaghan Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:02:23 +0000 http://www.squawkfox.com/?p=1907#comment-18835 take advantage of stores and shopping malls that are blasting their air conditioning...just be sure not to blow your money in the store! take advantage of stores and shopping malls that are blasting their air conditioning…just be sure not to blow your money in the store!

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