# Cooling my apartment..

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooling-my-apartment/312919>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 18, 2005, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooling-my-apartment/312919 "2005-07-18T00:31:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooling-my-apartment/312919/21 "2005-07-19T05:07:07Z")

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Oh man, I grew up in Sacto, sometimes without enough AC. I was about to advise you to try to create a cross, breeze, but a Sacramento summer breeze is like a blow dryer to the face.

My advise is to make your place dark. Black out any widows you don’t need for ventilation with dark blankets. Keep the lights to a minimum. Put foil facing out if your complex will allow it.

Try to hang out in the kitchen or dining room- anywhere with nice cool smooth surfaces.

I used to sleep in wet clothes and sometimes with wet sheets.

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