TikToker Shares ‘Life Hack’ to Keep Cool Without AC
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Charlotte Russell from Leeds, England, shared this ‘lifesaving’ air conditioning hack to TikTok in the midst of the heat wave that gripped the UK last week.
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Russell told Newsflare she’d tried a number of remedies, but in the end, it was a frozen bottle of water in front of a fan that did the trick, ‘It’s saved me during the intense heat wave we are experiencing this year, as I work in very hot conditions. It’s also helped the kids to sleep easier when the temperature has been the most extreme we have seen in years.’
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Before I had AC I just sprayed myself with a squirt bottle while sitting in front of a fan. At night I'd place wet washcloths on me while sleeping in front of a fan. Worked like a charm.
@MuskanMishra2
Жыл бұрын
Even i used to do the same😂😂
@kelsier1102
Жыл бұрын
Elaborate more
@TheLadyhypa
Жыл бұрын
@Rae I 💯 still do this now in the uk as it gets unbearable at night and I just take a container with cold water and a couple of cloths and a spray bottle of water also and soak the clothes and put them on me and face my fan on me and spritz my self also and believe me it literally saves me and my kids I end up shivering 😂 @kelsier
@akashmondal5589
Жыл бұрын
I laughed hearing this, I used to do this too, so I thought I was the only one who knew this, but saw that it became famous.
@truth4004
Жыл бұрын
still terrible heat.
Use 2 bottles. Use one while other on stays in ready to swap.
@robertcampomizzi7988
Жыл бұрын
I suggest 3. It'll take longer to freeze than to melt(depending on temps and volume)
@sirebless6070
11 ай бұрын
❤
@sirebless6070
11 ай бұрын
@@robertcampomizzi7988❤
@robbarber7253
11 ай бұрын
Or ya know just buy AC
@Galaxy-ice1
11 ай бұрын
brilliant!
So all you need to do is get an empty BO’OH’O’WA’ER
@BeautifullyU2
Жыл бұрын
Lol u so irri😂
@tacticaldev9241
Жыл бұрын
At least our schools don’t get shot up
@selardohr7697
Жыл бұрын
@@tacticaldev9241😅😢
@jacob3010
Жыл бұрын
@@Rachael2703when did he laugh
@arandomzoomer4837
Жыл бұрын
@@tacticaldev9241 All that free healthcare and you still don’t be going to the dentist
A tray to catch the condensation
@pbottomley14
Жыл бұрын
You can also put a washcloth or fold a hand towel in 1/2 and put it under the jug too if space is too tight for a tray
@KingFishdom
16 күн бұрын
Use condensation to water plants 😂😂😂
I have a cold shower and get a wet towel stick it in fridge or freezer lay on it to sleep with the fan on me helps a lot 😅
For a faster cooling process (not freeze) put a lot of ice in the bottle and shake it until the ice breaks.
When it's proper hot af, dampen a t-shirt so it's soaked but not dripping and lie down. You'll fall asleep quickly and wake up when your t-shirt is dry.
@jeaniebird999
Жыл бұрын
Or use a towel that is sitting in a bowl of water. (Hang the premoistened towel up so only the end is in the water this way it will keep sucking up water, and therefore emitting cool air, as it dries from the fan.)
@Hip.Hip.Hurray
11 ай бұрын
I used to do this when I was in hostel 😂 best trick to get asleep fast in summers
@aurelius0171
11 ай бұрын
Do you mean put the shirt under or above the body?
@Crafty_Owlette
Ай бұрын
Then you get pneumonia :)
@romac9516
Ай бұрын
@@Crafty_Owlette Why have I never had pneumonia?
I met an old man who used to live in AZ. He said in the summers he'd lay a box fan on a tray of water. When water evaporates, it cools the air.
@lokomotive28
4 ай бұрын
like put a tray of water under the fan?
@melissathomas7550
12 күн бұрын
Right? Needs more explanation.
BEWARE, THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 10,000 PEOPLE WHO FROZE TO DEATH DOING THIS!!!!!!!!!
@katrinab7657
16 күн бұрын
😂
@jehovahuponyou
16 күн бұрын
@@katrinab7657 :^)
You can also cut two liter bottles in half and secure the pour side to a fan. When air is condensed, it becomes cooler. Two or three on a fan's covering will cool the air significantly. This is better than the video's method because there is no condensation created.
@nate9380
10 ай бұрын
Secure the small or big side to the fan?
The fans I use here in Canada are TWICE the size of that fan
Could have put a bowl under the container 🤣 but it will work
Tried. Didn’t feel any difference! Gallon water bottle cracked. Leaked! Takes up a lot of space in freezer. SO not worth it!
We used to do that in the 60s and 70s. It's not new. We used ice cold water in a baking dish.
@evalopez2700
11 ай бұрын
Better method than ice water in a pan...I imagine will melt within 2 hours. Bottle lasts all night
God it's hot today in the UK .going to try this right now cus I feel like I can't breath thankyou
@lokomotive28
4 ай бұрын
how did it go
@migmigjohnson9351
13 күн бұрын
@@lokomotive28I live next to Vicky. Sadly 2 weeks after her comment she perished due to dehydration. RIP Vicky!
Maybe if it only reached like 80 degrees in the peak of summer, sure this works. In Texas where it’s 100-110 daily , the water melts too fast to do anything
If you use ice just put salt the ice will last longer
@FrankSuno
11 ай бұрын
Salt doesn't make ice colder, or make it last longer. Salt makes the freezing point of water colder, so instead of having 10° ice you'd just have 10° Salt water, same temperature, just a different form.
@kristofs8893
5 күн бұрын
@@FrankSuno Yeah, but if you would put ridiculous amount of salt, the salt wouldn't evaporate, so I think there's something in it, but a waste of time or even a thought tbh. :D
I have a ceiling fan
I see about .3 British thermal units here....😊
Fun fact - during the process of freezing that water, your freezer expels all the heat it’s removing. So you don’t have a net increase in coke air, in fact, you have a net increase of hot air. It’s called thermodynamics and law of entropy.
This only works in dry climates.
@TheFeldhamster
Жыл бұрын
No, because she's not evaporating any water. In the contrary, this method will actually de-humidify your air a bit because humidity from your air will condensate on the outside of the cold bottle. That's why you need a tray or something under the bottle. The thing that does not work in humid climates is hanging up a wet sheet in front of the fan - you'll end up with even more humid air in your house and it'll be even more unbearable.
It is not even that hot in UK it barely goes above 30 C for 10/15 days, In Pakistan it goes above 44/45 C for 5 months straight
@noviceseries
Ай бұрын
True😢😢😢
@TheSivaslixx
Ай бұрын
Pakistanis didn't discover humidity yet i guess
@muhammadtalha6319
Ай бұрын
@@TheSivaslixx No, it is above 70/80% in most of Pakistan in July August with Real feel of about at 45/50 C and in coastal areas the Humidity is at 90% or above. It is literally going above 52/53 C this this Saturday to next Tuesday in many places in Pakistan. You can check that out.
@noviceseries
Ай бұрын
@@muhammadtalha6319 😵💫😭😭😭🫠🫠
@TheSivaslixx
Ай бұрын
@@muhammadtalha6319 brother today, while i am writing this average humidity in pakistan is 20% and in uk its 62% thats all i gotta say. And yeah i see that is above 40c there. but keep in mind 50c with low humidity is cooler than 35c with very high humidity. it sounds dumb maybe but i experinced both, you feel like u cant breathe when humidity is high
It's better for you to just take a short shower and just sit in front of the fan while you're still wet lmao
@ThomasBomb45
2 жыл бұрын
Unless the humidity is really high
@thechronicfiles9327
Жыл бұрын
I do this all the time
@zechariahcifuentes7002
Жыл бұрын
Growing up with no AC my dad used to always tell me to take a ice cold shower and it always worked lol
@speedy6392
Жыл бұрын
That’s how you get ill
@1ZosoLZ
Жыл бұрын
Feels so good
Better hack is the styrofoam cooler with ice water in it, google it. It works better for a few reasons but mostly the cooler keeps the water and ice cold longer and theres no mess like a dripping, thawing bottle of water will have.
A damp sheet or towel will be more effective. When the sheet gets warm or dry remoisten with cold water.
@TheFeldhamster
Жыл бұрын
Only works if your weather is hot and very DRY, though. If the weather is even just normal humidity and hot, you end up with a house that's like a steam sauna. Because you evaporate additional water into your already hot air. This tip with the frozen bottle on the other hand will make your air not only cooler, but also a bit more dry as humidity from the air will condensate on the outside of the bottle. Hot + dry is A LOT more easy to bear than hot + humid. Because the more humid, the less sweating (which cools you down) works. Sweating works better than cooling down a towel or sheet because it directly cools YOU down, while the damp sheet drying cools the sheet down and then indirectly the air that flows through it and that indirectly cools you. If you wan to do the wet towel thing, then wear it, like sling it around your neck or something. Don't just hang it in front of the ventilator. Where I live, they actually sell "cooling towels" made from fast dry fibers and in suitable size just for that, they work ok. Hope this helps a bit and you don't end up like me, who thought our air was dry enough and went and hung up our washing and let the fan blow at it and thought we'd get a nice cooling effect but ended up with a house that felt like a jungle. At least it wasn't that long until night time when it got cold enough to let that air out. Should have looked at the hygrometer first and stopped a moment to think 🙈
@katrinab7657
16 күн бұрын
@TheFeldhamster your point about the condensation is so good. Thanks for that.
What to do if i have celiling fan ?
I first saw this trick on an ep of 1000 ways to die😂
That doesn’t condition the air to lose heat energy, it just makes humidity which will make your room feel hotter
This is air conditioning with a compressor cooling cycle, just indirectly (more wasted power). Instead of the cooling cycle cooling air directly, you cool air, that cools water, that cools air. Also, it probably only works for a single minute, until the frozen condensation on the outside of the bottle melts down.
How’s this even a hack.
@writerconsidered
Жыл бұрын
In the UK its hack since they never need AC till the last 10 to 15 years. Temps have been sky rocketing in the summer over there. So they don't have AC.
@The.Local.Blockbuster
Жыл бұрын
@Punished Nickname oh you live there?
@escapegulag4317
Жыл бұрын
barely changed in europe. its a rather cool summer this year.
@AlrightDave
11 ай бұрын
@@writerconsideredno, wherever you heard that, you need to quit listening to it.
@CountryKyle007
27 күн бұрын
@@AlrightDaveuh it’s the truth. My family is from Oldham but I’m American. English homes were built to keep heat inside since it was usually always cold. And homes weren’t built with air conditioning.
This doesn’t help always point your fans towards a window. if you’re using only one fan, keep the fan pointing at the window, not too far but not too close.
you can also just do a bowl of ice you don’t need to do all that
Here in the states we use AC and fans...
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@nanshanker6941
Жыл бұрын
goofy ahh
@hoguejp
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for trying to spread the gospel to every creature Mark 16 : 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 : 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
@pellwano7079
Жыл бұрын
Jesus is a prophet brother
@jdowombo
Жыл бұрын
I would like to call upon Jesus to bring my balls salvation from the sweat brought upon me
@Fedreal_Bureau_Of_Investigaton
Жыл бұрын
jesus is not gonna cool my room brotha. With Satan i get a lot of potential evaporative cooling instead
This is great!
I used to sleep on ice packs
It’s probably going to melt overnight
Wow if that's uk then it volcanic winds down under 😂😂😂
25 seconds huh?
And then have a puddle of water bedside when it melts overnight 🙄
@srikanthkonda4725
Жыл бұрын
😂
@ms.pirate
Жыл бұрын
Put something underneath
I have that same fan!
@bremCZ
Жыл бұрын
Have you given it back yet? Heyoooh! Dad joke.
@amariepickstock
Жыл бұрын
@@bremCZI'm sorry, I'm confused?
Fill 3, and rotate as they are frozen. A cold shower before bed is lovely too.
@katrinab7657
16 күн бұрын
A cold shower yes, but stay wet and sit under fan to dry. Cools me to my core!
Use an esky cut to holes one at each end put small fan on one end and a 90° pvc other end. Put large block of ice in esky, put lid back on esky, turn on fan and rotate pvc till you feel the coolness. All melted ice stays in esky.
@KenziBabenzi
Жыл бұрын
What is an esky?
@bbailey9429
Жыл бұрын
Cooler…igloo ice box
@bremCZ
Жыл бұрын
@@KenziBabenziIt's an Australian brand name and colloquial catch all term for a cool box.
@katrinab7657
16 күн бұрын
@@bremCZ like an Eskimo. So cute.
In 25 seconds, but probably gonna take all day
Won't do much in Boston on the third floor when it's 34' Celsius . Wont hurt tho
Use air cooler
Simple ways are the best ways🥰👍
@robertcampomizzi7988
Жыл бұрын
I guess we should all go back to walking??should we all walk down to the river to get water too?
It's just going to hold more heat in the humidity making you hotter
@elevate5136
Жыл бұрын
The bottle is closed, so there’s actually no water vapour entering the air. It’s just taking the heat out of the air.
@karolinacinkova5431
Жыл бұрын
@@elevate5136Well when the ice the bottle melts, the bottle is sweating, so there will be a bit of humidity
@bremCZ
Жыл бұрын
@@karolinacinkova5431But still far less than you sitting there sweating.
For one hour 😂
You need BIGGER FANS
@tommytwoholes
19 күн бұрын
Bigger fans don't help if the air is very humid. It just blows hot air straight at you
43° here in india
I thought it was supposed to take 25 seconds?
@MaddoxSaia
24 күн бұрын
Jk, she means that she is explaining it in 25 seconds😅
If youre not vacuuming out the hot air this is pointless
Freezing water during the day has the added benefit of pumping even more heat into your house! This only works if your kitchen warming up doesn't affect where you are, or if you freeze the water at night when it's cooler and give extra heat won't be as bothersome
@Coopersdad726
11 ай бұрын
Good point
Reminds me of when i thought artic air actually worked. Frozen ice in a small fan. No it did not work. Lol
@f2hw6
Ай бұрын
Hmm idk about that it works for me. When I don't put the ice In it it doesn't blow as cold.
@HellomuSic1296
Ай бұрын
@@f2hw6 I hope it works ok for you. I was using one in san antonio texas a few years ago in the summer heat. No effect whatsoever.
She forget to mention tgag u need to take a shower in order for that thing to work.
It doesn’t take ac turns on the ac😊
Thats not really a trick you cant even feel anything lol
i just use my air conditioner
Not how it works
This is the worst idea ever... waste about the same amount of energy as air conditioning, and it takes longer!
@jaridkeen123
Жыл бұрын
They dont have AC in most buildings in the UK
Another useless video for view
Doesn't really work
the oldest trick in the book ..
Save up a bit and get air conditioning installed. It’s about £1300
@bremCZ
Жыл бұрын
How much extra is the power bill than a fan?
@truth4004
Жыл бұрын
and lose electric for not paying the huge bill.
@robbarber7253
11 ай бұрын
@@bremCZIts not that expensive to run AC if you're not stupid about it.
@robbarber7253
11 ай бұрын
@@truth4004how broke are you seriously
@bremCZ
11 ай бұрын
@@robbarber7253 When it's hot enough to run it 18 hours a day and you're living off a pension, it's bloody expensive.
But it will only work for couple of hours...
@palebluedot7854
Жыл бұрын
Better for a couple of hours than being hot a couple of hours🤔
@vipinchauhan1509
Жыл бұрын
@@palebluedot7854 well than all the best..may you secure comfort for a couple of hours.
@Ashthedragon69
Жыл бұрын
Noo did you think it was a infinite amount of cold air
12hr and 25 seconds then 😂
It doesn’t work
Barley works
Srupid idea 😅 unless you gonna hug the frozen bottle it wondpt make any difference...
It wont work in humid climate because the condensation will eventually make it hotter as it matches the surrounding temp and will make it more humid and hot. But if you live in dry climate than the humid aircondtioner thing will work
@TheFeldhamster
Жыл бұрын
Err no. The condensation is humidity REMOVED from your air. So, even if you wait long enough for that condensation to evaporate again, the net change of your humidity would be zero. The condensation does not come from the freezer, it comes from the air in the room. The ice in your freezer doesn't come from the freezer either, it comes from the room air that immediately condenses in your freezer while you have the door open. It's not like the freezer somehow produces that. So, what will happen with the ice bottle method is this: your room air will get de-humidified a bit and typically the condensation should be quite a bit and run down the side of the bottle. Therefore, put a tray under it. The air will be cooled not because it's evaporating any condensation, but because it is blown across a bottle that's cold. So, you cool down the air a bit AND de-humidify it a bit. Not too bad for the money.
How do empty bottles of water freeze 🤔
@priyaranadive8237
2 ай бұрын
There's water in it. What do you mean?
@MrW582
2 ай бұрын
@@priyaranadive8237 not if its empty.......!!
Makes no sense
Why y'all don't have ac? I would die 😂
@brendalg4
Жыл бұрын
Some areas don't get a lot of hot weather, so nobody has AC
@shena1256
Жыл бұрын
@@brendalg4 80 degrees is hot to me. My ac stays on 68. My house is like a freezer and I love it
@truth4004
Жыл бұрын
AC costs lots in electricity.
@shena1256
Жыл бұрын
@@truth4004 I spend between 4 and 5 bucks a day. So worth it to me 😂
@specialk8927
11 ай бұрын
Ac breaks wait until yours go out
Put a big bottle in front of a fan block the win??? Not everyone drink milk or buy that big plastic bottle of something.
Life hacks: for when you don't understand how to make use of reality.
Why would you need air conditioner in Uk
@robbarber7253
11 ай бұрын
Buh muh global warming?
Even better idea get a bag of dry ice. This is literally how a/c worked in 30s/40s cars and trucks
@Coopersdad726
11 ай бұрын
NO! This will fill your room with C02 gas. Then you wake up dead.
Doesn't work