What's the best way to cool down?

I'm struggling here. It's 31.3degC in my room and I'm sticking to my chair. Ice cubes last milliseconds and it almost feels like nothing is helping!

I feel like I should be able to McGuyver a solution out of random hardware to get somewhere, though I'm not sure where to start...

What can I do? Or more importantly, what do you do?

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cstanton over 6 years ago +13

Some people also suggest putting a pillow/cushion in the fridge/freezer, though I'm not sure how well this one will work: https://www.redbubble.com/i/throw-pillow/Forbidden-Li-on-Pillow-by-snwball/40944007…
dougw over 6 years ago in reply to cstanton +8

That is a scary pillow. I have seen a Li-Po battery that was swollen like that - nobody wanted to go near it.
wolfgangfriedrich over 6 years ago +7

Put a bucket with cold water under the desk and stick your feet it and let the cold blooded goodness flow through your body. Pro tip: Don't tip it over and spill it into your electronics. - W.

michaelkellett over 6 years ago

At work I turn the air con on !
It uses a reversible heat pump so I feel no guilt, in SW Scotland it's sucking heat away from the cows far more often than it heats them up.
I had an insulated room (about 600 sq ft) built in my factory unit several years ago with 100mm insulation all round so it takes very little to heat and cool it.

At home I can swim in the sea (less than 100m walk) - but it's not often that warm that I want to.

MK
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rstone over 6 years ago

Ok, first get a very large dog collar, then one of thesehttps://www.newark.com/european-thermodynamics/aph-241-14-11-e/peltier-cooler-module-29-2vdc/dp/40Y2106?gclid=EAIaIQobCh…

attach it to the back of your neck and power it up! It just could work.

Rick
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ntewinkel over 6 years ago

Cold shower, and then just walk around wet and naked to benefit from the evaporative cooling. All the cool kids are doing it ;P
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ntewinkel over 6 years ago in reply to Fred27

>zero technical details

Yikes! you weren't exaggerating there. And the idea wasn't even original, as he points out the 2 medical units already in production (that are luggable portable).
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Fred27 over 6 years ago

How about this project on Hackster.io? https://www.hackster.io/vasu-sharma/pride-chill-6eaab8

Despite having zero technical details (and sounding more like a Kickstarter scam than a project) it won the $4000 prize in the hacking menopause contest.
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cstanton over 6 years ago in reply to Jan Cumps
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Jan Cumps over 6 years ago

Accept it and go to town. Face up to the sky. Smile.
Maximise our regained freedom .
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cstanton over 6 years ago in reply to wolfgangfriedrich

You might be onto something...
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wolfgangfriedrich over 6 years ago

Put a bucket with cold water under the desk and stick your feet it and let the cold blooded goodness flow through your body.
Pro tip: Don't tip it over and spill it into your electronics.
- W.
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