# 10 ways to keep cool at home without A/C

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**Created:** [July 22, 2011, 5:01am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/10-ways-to-keep-cool-at-home-without-a-c/51348 "2011-07-22T05:01:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![smitty1984](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@smitty1984](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/smitty1984)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 5:01am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/10-ways-to-keep-cool-at-home-without-a-c/51348/1 "2011-07-22T05:01:28Z")

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[10 ways to keep cool at home without A/C on Shine](http://shine.yahoo.com/event/green/10-ways-to-keep-cool-at-home-without-a-c-2514394/)

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**Author:** ![Boudicca](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/boudicca/32/5171_2.png) [@Boudicca](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Boudicca)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 5:54am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/10-ways-to-keep-cool-at-home-without-a-c/51348/2 "2011-07-22T05:54:21Z")

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This has some good tips, but the science is a bit lacking.

Humid air is not hotter air. It just increases the perception of heat.

Likewise, moving air is not cooler air; it has a wind chill effect. The temperature of the air has not changed (unless you use the suggestion of blowing the air across an icy object).

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**Author:** ![Misein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Misein](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Misein)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 1:51pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/10-ways-to-keep-cool-at-home-without-a-c/51348/3 "2011-07-24T13:51:05Z")

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> [@Boudicca](#):
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> This has some good tips, but the science is a bit lacking.
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> Humid air is not hotter air. It just increases the perception of heat.
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> Likewise, **moving air is not cooler air; it has a wind chill effect**. The temperature of the air has not changed (unless you use the suggestion of blowing the air across an icy object).

And that saves my life every day. I have no A/C and wouldn’t need it for more than some 4 months of the year but these summer days can be just as hot as they’re cold in the winter. A simple fan keeps me from starting to cook.

This advice isn’t necessarily correct though: “Ceiling fans have two settings, one to pull air up (for winter use), and the other to push air down. Make sure your ceiling fan is blowing down.”

I don’t have one of those but I’ve seen that in many cases one would want to set it just the opposite: push down (warm) air in the winter and pull up (cooler) air in the summer. This depends on the height of your ceiling. If it’s low, you may want to have the fan pushing the air down to get the cooling effect of the breeze. If you have a higher ceiling you won’t feel a breeze but instead just push down hotter air. 😉