The article shares a personal experience of managing extreme heat in a Los Angeles apartment that lacks central air conditioning. The author discusses the challenges faced with their portable air conditioner during particularly hot summers and reveals a clever solution: the 'sheet method.' By hanging a bed sheet in the doorway of the living room, the author successfully isolates the cooling effect to a smaller area, keeping the living space comfortable even when outdoor temperatures soar past 100 degrees Fahrenheit. This approach reduces the workload on the air conditioner and enhances indoor comfort.
To keep my main living space at a temperature that's more than tolerable, I've discovered my very own summer cooling hack.
I had been trying to make my air conditioner cool the whole apartment, and that meant it was working extra hard and not really able to keep up.
Eureka! I had an idea that changed everything. Instead of cooling the entire apartment, I decided to let my air conditioner focus on the living room.
By hanging a bed sheet in the doorway, I could block off the heat from the rest of the apartment.
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