If temperature is high outside and you are feeling hot than probably you are in New Jersey at the time of summer. People in NJ are always looking for different ways to defeat heat and keep themselves safe from heat. Here are some ways to keep yourself safe from heat wave.
Be at Home
First of all one should try to be at indoor area of home or office as much time as possible. You should wear loose and cool clothes that can lower heat effect, if it is compulsory to go outside you home of office. Try to avoid to be in contact of direct sun light for long time. If you haven’t got Air Conditioner (AC) at home try to visit the place like mall, library, cinema or any other place with air conditioner area so you can give some relief to your body.
Drink More Water
One of most thing these days is to be hydrated, especially when temperature is at its peak. You should drink huge amount of water to keep hydrated. Even if you don’t feel thirst, should keep on drinking some soft drink or water that regulates temperature of your body. You should avoid drink with huge amount of sugar, alcohol or high caffeine drinks that can dehydrate your body quickly.
Avoid Gym, Exercise, Sport Activity and Other Hard Work
One should try to avoid any kind of activity that can cause loss of energy at least until the hot hours of day time. Dehydration can be cause by any of our routine activity like heavy gym workout, stretching exercise, some kind of garden work or adjustment of lawn, playing routine sports games etc. If you stop this activity, you will be able to keep your body temperature cool and you will not need your AC for long time. Also you can keep yourself hydrated for long hours and prevent yourself from possible damage of heatstroke.
Switch Off Non Used Lights and Electronics Equipment
Some electronic appliance and lights are great ways to generate heat at home or offices. If you keep your lights and electronic devices off, you can keep temperature of room down and make it more compatible to human.
Set Thermostat to 78 Degrees
During the heat wave time one important thing you shouldn’t forget is to set your thermostat to lowest and that is 78 degrees in most of the time. This can help to lower unnecessary load on your air conditioner. In other way it keeps your home cooler and more comfortable life can be inside in compare of outdoor environment.
Use Your Fan Sensibly
Another weapon to keep heat wave away from your room is quite handy and that is your fan. It is recommended to use rotation of fan anti clockwise in case it is possible because fan pushes cold air down side from the ceiling. If you are using tower fan or table fan use a simple trick. Just point the fan towards the wall, so a cross angle of air circulation can create a breeze at home area.
Close all your window covers
To lower your room temperature you should shut all your window curtains, drapes or blinds closed during heat wave time. Direct sun rays increases temperature of room and all these covers closed can help to keep the room cool.
Get Your Air Conditioner Service and Check Up Done Before Summer
When summer comes on its peak there is no better way than air conditioner in any means as its best on its way. If you have an air conditioner at your home than you need to make sure it is on perfect working condition. You should get your air conditioner maintenance regularly and especially before summer time it should be ready with deep cleaning by chemicals. So in summer time when it is used most, it work without any technical defaults. A regular air conditioner maintenance service at every three months makes air conditioner generating cooling efficiently and effectively.
Check the thermostat
Sometimes you believe your thermostat is set to right parameters, keep on checking it, especially you have many people at home to manage the thermostat and can reset it. Sometimes there is possibility that your air conditioning systems fan is only running part and might be circulating hot air inside home or office.
Whenever your thermostat status is ON that means that fan inside the system is working and doing its work. This clearly means that the air will be dumped through the tubes and finds way through indoor unit when even the unit is not cooling it. You should keep mode of your thermostat to cool and auto mode so you’re AC keeps cooling and remove humidity from inside unit and at same time fan circulates the cool air.
Heat Deaths
Heat wave should not be taken lightly at all. Summer weather takes highest lives in compare of any other weather incident. Signs of heat stroke is feeling weak and dizzy, you should also take medical assistance immediately in such cases. Get exhaust during heat peak time and get heat stroke can be a life risk.