Wet towel over the fan: Sultry heat instead of cooling
Especially in offices and small apartments, it is in the summer often very hot. A fan provides for quick cooling. Even cooler it's supposed to be supposedly, if you put a damp towel over the fan, or in a few centimeters distance before it hangs.
- This should lead in theory to that of the fan, due to evaporation of the water lowers in the wet towel the temperature. The fan distributes the cool air better in the room. This method can't keep up with a air conditioning, is clear - but in fact, it is even counterproductive.
- The towel is usually very quick to dry and warm. Then, it prevents the fan brings the air to circulate and provides an even greater sensation of heat.
- However, even if you replace the towel regularly, increases the heat felt, how the trade Association gebäude-Klima has found out. The reason: The combination of a wet towel and a rotating fan pushes the humidity in the amount. The result is that the air feels humid and so hot.
- Ultimately, it depends on your individual Perception of whether you prefer a slightly lower temperature when the humidity is high or a slightly higher temperature in dry air. Test it out the method for yourself.
Heat in summer: fans worry, even without a wet towel for cooling. (Image: Sven Schulz)
Mold-danger: beware of damp towels in the apartment
Even if you the cooling of the trick like, you should be careful and not overdo it.
- The high humidity and the heat and humidity favour, namely, the mold-production on their walls. Therefore, it is especially important that you, at least in the night with good ventilation, the humidity from the room to get.
- Should mould occur, you must immediately and properly remove.
Mold hazard in a damp towel (image: Pixabay)
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