Bijli ka bill garmi se pehle dekho
March mein hi AC aur cooler ki service kara lo. Gande filter wala AC dedh guna bijli kha jaata hai — service ka kharcha ek mahine ke bill mein nikal aata hai.
March mein hi AC aur cooler ki service kara lo. Gande filter wala AC dedh guna bijli kha jaata hai — service ka kharcha ek mahine ke bill mein nikal aata hai.
Shaam ko chhat par paani chhidak do. Din bhar ki jama garmi bhaap banke nikal jaati hai aur upar wala kamra raat mein thanda rehta hai.
Hang a wet bedsheet or khus mat right in front of the table fan and point it at the bed. Air comes through the wet cloth and drops the room temperature by a few degrees. Re-wet it once at 2am. Works best in dry heat — in humid coastal cities it just makes the room sticky.
Open a window on the shaded side and one on the opposite wall, and put the fan facing out of the hot-side window rather than into the room. You are pushing hot air out instead of stirring it around.
सूती कपड़ा पसीना सोख कर उड़ने देता है, पॉलिएस्टर उसे शरीर पर रोक लेता है। एक ही तापमान में सूती में ठंडा लगता है — कपड़े का चुनाव ही एसी है।
दोपहर में बाहर निकलना पड़े तो कच्चा प्याज़, नमक और खूब पानी। सिर ढको और दो बजे से चार बजे के बीच धूप से बचो — यही सबसे असरदार हिस्सा है।
सूखी गर्मी में हल्के गीले पर्दे खिड़की पर टाँग दो। अंदर आती हवा ठंडी हो जाती है। उमस वाले शहरों में यह उल्टा असर करता है — चिपचिपाहट बढ़ जाती है।
Barf se thandak minton ki hoti hai. Khus ki paddi geeli rakho aur hawa ka rasta khula rakho — asar poori raat rehta hai aur kharcha kuch nahi.
छत पर सफेद चूना या रिफ्लेक्टिव पेंट कर दो। ऊपर वाला कमरा कई डिग्री ठंडा रहता है और कूलर का काम आधा हो जाता है। हर दो साल में दोहराना पड़ता है।
Run cold water over your wrists and the back of your neck for thirty seconds. Blood runs close to the surface there and you cool down faster than with a wet towel on the head.
An old loo-season habit: keep a raw onion in your pocket or bag when you have to be out at 2pm. Whether it does anything physical is arguable — what is not arguable is raw onion, water and salt at lunch, which genuinely helps.
Hang a khus or bamboo chik outside the window and wet it at noon. The room gets cooler air and the smell of wet khus, which is half the point. Dry heat only — in coastal humidity it does nothing.
When the submersible pump in the desert cooler burns out, pour half a bucket of water directly over the khus pads every hour. Not elegant, but it gets you through the night until the electrician comes on Monday.
Tape a double layer of newspaper on the outside of whichever window catches the 3pm sun. The room stays noticeably cooler till evening and it costs nothing. Comes off in two seconds when the season changes.
Garmi mein bike ki seat par akhbaar ya kapda daal do. Baithne layak rehti hai aur seat ka cover phatta nahi.
Before switching the car AC on, drive with all four windows down for thirty seconds to push out the trapped hot air. The AC then cools a much smaller problem, and it gets cold faster.
Self-adhesive foam strip along the window frame gap stops the cold draught that no amount of blankets fixes. Same strip keeps dust out in summer, so leave it on year round.
शरीर की गर्मी सबसे तेज़ पैरों से जाती है। रज़ाई पर रज़ाई डालने से पहले मोज़े पहन लो — फर्क तुरंत महसूस होता है।
Baarish ke turant baad bahar ki hawa mein nami zyada hoti hai. Khidki band rakho aur pankha chalao — kamre ki umas jaldi kam hoti hai.
Baarish ke dinon mein almirah din mein thodi der khuli chhod do. Band almirah mein nami baithi rehti hai aur kapdon se boo aane lagti hai.
Geela chhata band karke rakh doge to zang lag jaayegi aur agli baarish mein khulega hi nahi. Khol ke sukhao, phir band karo.
गीले जूतों में अख़बार ठूँस दो और हर दो घंटे में बदलो। अख़बार नमी खींचता है और जूते का आकार भी बना रहता है। हीटर के सामने मत रखना, चमड़ा फट जाता है।
Raat ko khidki ke kaanch par akhbaar tape kar do. Kaanch se hi sabse zyada thand aati hai. Subah nikaal do, dhoop andar aane do.
Save the silica sachets from every shoebox and packet of namkeen and drop them into the shoe rack in monsoon. They hold back the smell and the white fungus that grows on leather in a closed rack.
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