Karachi Sweltering Heat Wave 8 Home Cooling Tips Without Air Conditioners

Karachi Sweltering Heat Wave 8 Home Cooling Tips Update:

Summers are brutal and this year holy month Ramadan fell on extreme hot weather. The fasting expected to last nearly 14 hours a day. Karachi Sweltering Heat Wave 8 Home Cooling Tips.
A heatwave has killed 65 people in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi over the past three days, a social welfare organization said on Tuesday the 22st May 2018, amid fears the death toll could climb as the high temperatures persist. Karachi Sweltering Heat Wave 8 Home Cooling Tips. 

Also Read: People’s Air Conditioned Bus Service Karachi Launched

The heatwave has coincided with power outages and the holy month of Ramadan, when most Muslims do not eat or drink during daylight hours. Temperatures hit 44 degrees Celsius (111 Fahrenheit) on Monday the 21st May 2018, local media reported. Karachi Sweltering Heat Wave 8 Home Cooling Tips.

Faisal Edhi, who runs the Edhi Foundation that operates morgues and an ambulance service in Pakistan’s biggest city, said the deaths occurred mostly in the poor areas of Karachi. Karachi Sweltering Heat Wave 8 Home Cooling Tips.

Edhi said most of the dead brought to the morgue were working class factory workers who came from the low-income Landhi and Korangi areas of Karachi.
He said:

“They work around heaters and boilers in textile factories and there is eight to nine hours of (scheduled power outages) in these areas.”

Temperatures are expected to stay above 40C until Thursday, local media reported.

Things are becoming really challenging if there is no air conditioning. But here are eight ways that can allow you to beat the summer by keeping your home cool.

So following are the eight (8) helpful tips wich can cool your home without using Airconditioners:

Make a Smart Strategy to Leave Window Open

Keep your windows open in the morning as it’s cool at that time of the day. But don’t forget to shut them in the afternoon as it gets warm.

Break up with Electronics in Summers

It is important to ditch appliances in summers because they get hot easily. Specially, unplug them when they are not in use.

Cover Doors

Apart from curtains, use towel and blankets to cover the doors. Use towels on the floor to cover the bottom part of the door to stop cool air from getting out.

Just Two Things, Ice and a Fan

Put some ice in a large bowl and place it close to the fan. This will maintain a misty breeze in your home.

Try Cooling Only One Room

You can’t cool the whole house, so try to cool only one room that you are using.

Use Exhaust Fans

It is perfect time to bring those kitchen and bathroom fans to use.

Planting Trees

Plants can be used as a shield against sunlight. So plant trees and plants to keep your home cool.

Minimize Cooking, Washing Clothes and Showering

Reduce doing such things because it can cause humidity in the house. Minimize washing clothes, cooking and showering.

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Laptop CPU Cooling Tips During Summer Vacation 2017 for Better Performance

If your laptop is running hot, it’s not good for you or your precious gadget. If laptop is running hot, it’s not good for you or your precious gadget.

Notebooks are designed to pack the most in a limited amount of space. What happens when you squeeze together a bunch of computer parts together in the size of a small box? Everything either runs at sub-optimal capacity or overheats.

To solve that problem, laptop makers add heat vents and a bunch of fans to keep everything running smoothly. Unfortunately for us folks in Pakistan, the summer heat robs us of that convenience.

Here’s how you can keep your laptop cool and avoid overheating or damaging it.

No Laps or Uneven Surfaces

Despite their name, laptops should not be placed on your lap while you’re using them. It can potentially block the air vents, trapping the heat inside your notebook.

The best option here is to use a laptop stand or placing something underneath it to elevate the thing. You can use a small book for this but make sure it doesn’t block the vents.

Alternatively you can also place it on a smooth flat surface.

Buy a Cooling Pad or Fan It

If the first option didn’t work out well you can buy a cooling pad instead. If you’re the experimental type or on a budget (or both) you can try making one. There are plenty of guides on YouTube for a DIY cooling pad for laptops.

Another option is placing a standing/pedestal fan near your laptop if you can’t buy/make a cooling pad.

Clean it Inside Out

Ah dust, the enemy of all things electronic.

Pakistanis are all too familiar with the menace of dust gathering on stuff all the time. If dust gathers inside your laptop’s vents, fans it can block the airflow.

Be sure to get your laptop cleaned by a laptop service person or from a repair shop every once in a while. Once every two months should be enough.

If you’re on a budget or can’t be bothered to go to a laptop repair shop, you can try doing it yourself. Use a compressed can of air to spray short bursts of air inside the vents. You can also use your mom’s hairdryer for this too.

It is advised that you get it thoroughly cleaned out by an experienced repairman though.

Check and Adjust Settings

Reducing the workload on your laptop can also help lower the temperature. Changing your power plan to balanced or power saver decreases the performance of your notebook which can also reduce heat issues.

You can try other things as well such as:

Lowering your screen brightness
Unplugging unnecessary USB devices
Closing apps that use up CPU

An important thing to note here is that some laptops have a high speed/loud fan by default. This doesn’t necessarily mean that your laptop is overheating. If you get frequent crashes or abrupt shutdowns coupled with high fan speed, then you may have a problem on your hands.

Monitoring the fan speed of your laptop can help in this case. Download SpeedFan to monitor temperatures and fan speeds.

Leave it Idle

This one may be obvious but giving your laptop a rest can also help cool it down.

Frequently turning it off and on is not recommended. If you turned on your laptop for a quick edit on Microsoft Word or for checking your mail, you should leave it on for a while.

Have any other tips or ideas for cooling your laptop/notebook? Feel free to comment below.

Via: Mehran Post