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Post Info TOPIC: Cooling Blankets


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Cooling Blankets


Has anyone hear have a cooling blamket and if so how well do they work? It seems like a better option than running your generator all night so you can use your AC.



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Kid,

If the temperatures are in the area where A/C is needed, I don't think the cooling blanket would make much of a difference. The material the blankets are made out of regulates the heat coming off of your body. When it's hot allows more heat to escape. When it's cold holds more heat in.

Problem is when your body temperature and the outdoor temperature are close to the same, the blanket does not have the capability to provide cooling. If the blankets had some form of mechanical cooling, something like cool water running through tubes in the blanket, then it would work to help cool the body temps.

We use a Ryobi 18V fan with rechargeble battery to keep us cooler at night when it's 80 degrees or less. Over 80 the A/C and generator are used.

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Its minus 20 here today.......... I'm having a tough time trying to find a use for a cooling Blanket this week....it was actually minus 80 wind chills at the observatory om Mount Washington last nite...!!!!!!!



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