During the last few weeks, Mexico has suffered from intense heat, which will persist for the next few days, exceeding 30 degrees Celsius in the 32 entities of the country, as reported on Monday, June 19, by the National Meteorological Service (SMN).
Faced with the ’embarrassment’ and the intense sun to which many of us are not accustomed, fans, air conditioners and fans They have increased their sales, but when offering a large number of models and brands of the latter, how do you know which is the best?
The Federal Consumer Attorney’s Office (Profeco) evaluated the quality of 18 fans (11 pedestal and seven floor) of six brands to display the best and most efficient options on the market to Mexicans. These are the results.
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The devices were subjected to air displacement, speed control and efficiency tests. According to 2020 Consumer Magazine, the best pedestal fans are:
- ships (VPN-118X model)
- man (model VPG-0018)
- T-fal (model VF2255X0)
In the case of floor fans, the best ones according to Profeco are:
- man (FREAL-2020 model)
- Atvio Home HV-20K (2)B
The heat wave, which is defined as a period of at least three consecutive days above average, It has placed Mexico as one of the hottest areas in the Western Hemisphere.
The heat that Mexico has suffered since March and extends this week has left eight dead, the Government Health Secretariat reported last Friday.
No budget? Build this homemade air conditioner
Invented in Bangladesh, this system known as ‘Eco Cooler‘ works with the technique of adiabatic cooling, which consists of reducing the temperature through a change in air pressure caused by the expansion of the volume.
To exemplify it, it is enough to blow air into your hand with your mouth open to realize that it will be hot. On the contrary, if you now blow with pursed lips (as when we cool the soup), the air is simpler.
To create home air conditioning and achieve adiabatic cooling, you only need a few empty two-liter plastic bottles, a cardboard plate, and a few utensils such as scissors and tape, among others. Next, the tutorial in three steps:
- In a piece of cardboard the size of the window, make holes the size of the neck of the bottle in a grid pattern.
- The bottom half of the bottles is cut and inserted into the holes
- The carton is placed on the window frame with the necks of the bottles facing inward.
You can find a tutorial with more specifications in the following video:
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