DO NOT USE DRY ICE!!! When it dissipates, it will fill the room or vehicle with CO2 which will displace the oxygen causing you to suffocate, pass out and possibly DIE!!!
Wow, dude. You definitely started a trend with this. If you follow the link you provided to the marine blower, the "frequently bought together" shows the blower, the cigarette lighter chord, and the metal shelf! Nice job! This is an absolute genius idea. I will definitely be running out to build a couple of these, One for our kids room, and one for our room, and will probably bring it with us for long drives FOR SURE! Thank you for this, man!!!!
Great video and design. I would like to see a follow up video with the outside temperature, ambient room temperature readings before during and after, temperature readings of the intake air, temperature readings of the out put air, volume of ice used and total running time before the air until the output air reaches 60 degrees F. These readings should answer the majority of the legitimate questions here in the comments. Thanks for the build and the video. Keep up the great work. D. (Edit). Also the readings of the unit before ice is added. The control readings to show its performance.
Muster Gwarfield what people don’t realize about air-conditioners especially “portable“ air-conditioners is that they are incredibly inefficient. Any efficient window air conditioner has all of the parts that create heat sitting outside the window while only the fan is inside the room. But a portable air conditioner has to contain all of the heat generating elements inside the unit itself so we have to depend on hoses sometimes for intake and exhaust. I have seen a few “ductless“ portable air conditioners but I don’t understand much about how those work and if they are efficient or not. I have one portable Solisair air conditioner that I got for $50 from a guy who was moving back up to Oregon, it has served me well but it still causes my electric bill to jump up to about $400 a month in the summer months which is just fucking crazy even with level pay. But I discovered that if I leave a couple of windows open a crack this gives the portable air conditioner new air to work with. My window unit doesn’t need the fresh air, because the heat transfer is taking place outside of my house and so all I get from the fan is the cold air. But you do realize that this gentleman created this unit specifically to use with his vehicle, I suppose if he were to use not dry ice but blue ice packs or gel packs it might last a little bit longer than ice. I’ve got several medical gel packs that stay cold for days because they were used to ship medication to me, those might make this design a little bit more efficient. But I’m just wondering how efficient this design will be to use in a room say, about 20‘ x 20‘?
Social Spit This gentleman has a cargo trailer that he converted into an RV. It is an 8x16 Trailer. After the rear kitchen area and front bathroom are put in, the living space appears to be about 8x10. The hight seems to be only about 7 feet making this space slightly smaller in cubic feet than an 8x9 room in a house. This is the area that this cooler is designed to be used in on weekend excursions. Ice packs may last longer. However, with the reduced surface area of the ice packs, the output temperatures may not be as cold as those shown in the video. The ice melts and the water in the bottom creates more surface are for the air to flow over. This may not make much difference as he mentions using ice in the bottom of his previous build in the video. But, it may add to the overall cooling of the output air. D.
This design also seems to solve the leaking problem some people have with similar designs, where they put the blower down lower, and as the ice melts, they have leaks. This seems to not be the case here, which I like. Also looks quite easy to make and use.
I have a 26ft pilothouse boat that I really didn’t want to put a permanent AC in for just summer month usage. This is perfect. Portable. Light weight. I will try the half frozen bottles half ice trick and see what’s the difference. Thank you for making this video!
Blowing under the ice is a great idea. One suggestion is a cap for inlet and outlet when transferring it when not in use. Adding a filter at the inlet would also keep bugs n debris from being sucked in.
Very cool build! You could increase the air diffusion by extending a duct or hose going across the bottom with a series of smaller holes to evenly distribute the air under the ice. Perhaps even a tight mesh could even work? Now I wanna build one!
Would be interesting if you could run ducting back and forth inside cooler to form a heat exchanger and use ice & rock salt. A salt bath can reach 0°F. So in theory your discharge air could be significantly colder. Plus you would get cooling the melted ice bath versus just blowing through the ice while it’s frozen
@@kathleenfoster8552 - good luck with your attempt. The short coming of ice based system is keeping the ice/water cold. Ever though about evaporative cooling?
That's pretty smart. And with 200+ cfm's being pushed through a 6 inch pipe the velocity or throw would be outstanding for rapid cooling of an area space while under load. A simple cooler turned into this is freaking awesome lol
The intake is sucking in hot air, (for this example lets say from the north) and the out duct is blowing out cold air (to the north), so you have created a cycle of air that is just blowing the already cooled air back into the intake to be cooled again, this won't make the air get colder and colder at an efficient rate, instead at best it will just keep your ice slightly colder for longer lol, you want your cooling duct to be blowing (south)....away from the intake so it can fill the room/car with cold air. Ideally, the intake should be as high up as possible so it is sucking in the already risen hot air and your cold output duct as low as possible so you don't end up with a useless cycle of air as already mentioned. One better would be to have one more duct and fan on it's own, set it high up in the room/car so it's sucking the hot air from high up and pumping it out of a window, i would make sure the inline fan was positioned outside though so the extra motor doesn't add heat to the room/car, this is the reason air cons are so effective because they suck out the hot air of the room which makes any cold air you put in way more effective.
Very well done ! great video too. Short and directly to the key details. I made something along these lines several years ago with acceptable results, but your idea about directing the air below the ice is truly innovative with minimal additional $'s and time. Thank you !!
Get a camper shell on a truck and plum through the back glass from the seat and survive the summer in your truck rent free. Basicaly 2-4 bucks a day or night depending on how long it last
Very cool version! I think if I did one, it would have both ducts through the lid, or, would simply fit the intake fan through the back end of the box, to avoid having bulky ducts stick out on 2 sides. Using dry ice is costly, but more effective at chilling. Water ice ends up humidifying the cooled space, & having to dump the meltwater periodically. Using a cooler with at least double the wall thickness, preserves ice for several hours, so you could commute to work & back home on the same load of ice...but only if the box & ducts are far better insulated. Refreezable ice packs is another possible.
I was thinking that too I think that if they would have that same cooler out of expensive yeti or something like that with thicker walls but I find it would be really hard be cutting and drilling holes into the expensive cooler like that.
You, sir, are an innovator! I love your idea, I have made a blower box that doesn’t get as cold but allows for the ice to last longer by using 2 transmission oil coolers to cool the air going in the box and the air going out of the box. The box is connected to an ice chest via insulated tubing that has a pump pumping water from the ice chest to the coolers in the blower box. I use a turbo fan at the exit point. The temp has gotten to the mid 40s, it’s just a proto type.
@@gibster9624 But if you're making your own ice, you're just making more heat from the fridge motor and the cooler motor. The energy extracted from the water in the freezer is dumped into your house which you then use the ice to cool which nets nothing.
Before anyone contemplates actually doing something like this, I suggest considering how much heat energy can be removed by the ice that will fit in the cooler (less the space used for the air passages). When you put plain water ice in a cooler, it rises to the melting point very quickly, after which it takes only 144 Btu of heat to melt one pound of ice ("Latent heat of fusion"), and about another 30-35 Btu to raise the temperature of that water to where it won't provide any sensible cooling (other than evaporative cooling, which isn't effective in humid weather). So the best you're going to get is about 175-180 Btu per pound of water. How many pounds of ice fit in the modified cooler shown in this video? The cost and weight of this setup make it impractical, especially if you have to buy the ice and/or you have to carry all that weight any distance.
You're using the same machine that's constantly keeping heat dissipated, when it gets down to a certain temperature, the energy requirement goes down, but yes you're still technically correct, the issue is are you routing the heat out of the house, is the freezer keeping things cold to the point it only kicks on to disperse enough heat to keep things where they're at, is the internal insulation thick and well designed enough? There are a multitude of variables to consider here, but if you're using this to cool another room, you will get a measurable difference in the room you want to work on.
Dyi on Amazon as of today is around 120 ish for this build. I work in an office at a warehouse average temperature is 90+ with No AC so this is looking nice. Just need to convince my boss to get an ice machine and a scooper. 😂
Currently building two of these in Australia, thank you for the info. To run off solar the wattage is amazing. And I only use the freezer I'm currently using anyway :)
Did you ever finish it? I live in Australia as well, but I worry that something like this will increase the humidity which is pretty bad already near the coast.
The thing with using the laser thermometer to measure the temp is that they don’t work on reflective surfaces. So it just told us how cold the ice was .
I really enjoyed this. I think you’ve over engineered it already but you could always chain two together, taking the cold air from one and feeding it into the second. What’s your application? Cool a tent? Really enjoyed this thanks.
This would be a great project for non-profits to make for the elderly who can't afford AC in the summer heat or after a power failure. It would take dedicated people who would stay in touch providing ice to the people to keep it running. You would need a solar panel or a battery to keep it running.
Be good to have you do a test on longevity doing the blow vs suck methods on the fan motor to see if indeed it would be better to suck air through vs blowing it through. I also like the frozen water bottles idea. I like even better the concept of using super coolers with salt water. But regular water you can at least drink. Super viable system though. Jump in your pick up cap camper overnight and stay cool for the cost of a couple bags of ice. And you can use it as a cooler too. Neat concept.
Thanks for a great idea. I used mine Friday and it cools my pickup. No, it isn't economical. This uses a lot of ice. It is getting me by until I get my new AC system and put it in. I thought frozen bottles of water would work but you need ice. The ice blocks around the intake tube where it goes into the lath and forces the cooling air to circulate. The idea of having the intake tube on the side and angled down recirculates the cooler air better. That is, you are cooling cooler air and the intake and exit aren't competing. Everything about this design is great. My only disappointment is I didn't get a cooler with a drain plug. You can get the adjustable elbows a lot cheaper at home depot, but they don't pivot as easily.
What about connecting a small solar panel to a marine battery and hook up the blower to it and add a switch to turn it on/off? And put the cooler and battery on a small cart wheels?
I was thinking of 2 idea's 1 a container to put water in and 2 a Plastic hose that comes with a condensate pump that runs into the river you would need a filter to keep out trash and debris like on a refrigerator
@@craigschray4486 a panel the size of the lid would easily power this, also if its hot its probably because the sun is out so it will be powering the system. hater.
I've seen 10 hours of cooling time at 21° f. And what impresses me is insulation inside of cooler at 1 1/2" thick separates the ice from the residual air therefore reducing warm air melting the ice. It has an oil cooler radiator that pump freezing water blown by an Ryobi 18v fan and a DC pump powered by a Ryobi 18v inverter. How long does yours last?
Could have used this some years ago when my truck's AC went out while I was down in Florida. Had to take my break in Belle Glade and talk about a rough time trying to get some sleep. I used to carry a plug-in fan but I didn't have it then...
A 1 ton AC rating is equal to 2,000 pounds of ice melting in 24 hours. 12,000 BTU per hour or 288,000 BTU's per day. 20 pounds of ice = 20/2,000 = 100 BTU. A tiny, tiny AC unit considering that a 5,000 BTU AC is the smallest that Home Depot sells. Not much cooling can be expected from a 100 BTU AC unit.
@Joe T Sweating or perspiration is in essence evaporative cooling and yes it works, but.... The effectiveness of evaporative cooling is directly proportional to the amount of moisture in the air AKA humidity. The higher the humidity the less the cooling effect. This is why swamp coolers work great when the humidity is low. Regular air conditioning cools and dries the air which makes it a win, win.
@Joe T I agree, we are very spoiled in most regards including climate (HVAC). I use to not even think twice about climbing into a hot attic. Now my reply is: How about tomorrow morning, early!
@@waverlyjt2784 A block of ice sitting in a 100° vehicle might take 1-2 hours to melt and the temperature of the vehicle would never change. If you're cooling the vehicle down then you're removing the cold from your block of ice even faster. These coolers are "cool", but they will never be practical. I wish they could be though, cause I really don't want to buy a portable A/C cooler.
@@Xanthopteryx it depends on where they live. If your rockn a swap cooler then open ice. If your in a dry climate using this method in conjunction with your central AC then enclosed frozen water. I'm not going into why. Google it.
im working on an AC myself. First you shoot a portal at Antarctica and then shoot one on your wall. The portal transports the cold air from antarctica directly into your living room
My buddy, Rick Sanchez C-137 had an extra portal gun and loaned it to me. To keep the portals open you need a couple of Mr. Meeseeks to sit at each entrance with their arm sticking inside. I tried moving them so they sat half in and half out, but when the energy source surged it cut them in half. That was a mess.
Interesting -- but from what i can see the ice wont last long. I would go with a more expensive build and go the the FrankenCooler design. I have not done the FrankenCooler one but it looks like a better design if one can afford the parts. Thanks for posting Cheers
Great job. Suggestion: drill your inflow toward the bottom of the cooler so no second elbow and tape needed, no hole on your mesh and you can put more ice there. The less the warm air has to travel, the lower the temperature on the outcoming cold air. Also, have you thought about adding an exhaust fan at the top to project the air further out in a larger space? Or maybe, for more air volume, how about putting two air blowers on the sides of the cooler for more air volume. It will also look literally "cooler", more symmetrical, kind of like some kind of ship with the motors on the sides.
I like where you're going with this, but, then the water would come through there. Perhaps if the ducting were faced upward, but then I think there would be an issue of it filling up and blocking airflow.
What about when the water collects at the bottom? Won't the motor be pushing air into a chaotic bubbling water then? and then air coming out the top vent may get splashes of water coming out as well right?
This is a fantastic Idea, design, and execution. I am currently making one similar, based off of your design. I am going to try freezing water bottles to put in first then pouring ice over them. Bigger pieces of ice in a sealed container = colder longer and less water once melted and I have a cold drink.😁I'm playing with the idea of a sealed container with a pressure regulated vent and putting some dry ice in it.🤔It will only be used in a space with very good ventilation. Lastly contemplating putting fan on top, pulling air through the cooler, mainly because it will not change the footprint.
Awesome project great results !! I suspect you would get better results pulling through the ice rather than pushing through. Food for thought. Nice project again
At 85 degrees the ice was gone in 1 hour. Filled with 23 frozen water bottles at 85 degree outside temp. they lasted about 2 1/2 hours before they were all unthawed.
I thought about this very plan based on some military training I had in survival through my law enforcement career.... I don't know the exact reason...but the larger a black of ice is the longer it lasts and certain types of salt slows down the melt rate as well..... If you were to have a large freezer and had a custom ice tray built exactly to properly fit it.. I estimate you could get 4 hours out of it. If you carried 2 same size ice chests with max insalation and carried 2 or 3 blocks in the other one without it every being opened it should hold 90% + So by the end of 3.5 to 4.5 you could change out the water 💦 for the new ice and hopefully you would get 7-8+ hours combination.. I think this guy is smart and awesome...
Awesome If you could throw in several Gatorade bottles with frozen water in them they will stay frozen longer than throwing ice in there by itself. I’ve done it.
If it hurts to hold Dry Ice in your hand after a few seconds, why the heck would someone want to continually inhale it by putting as a source of cold air??
I think this is great but what if you added a second blower in reverse so 1 blows air into the cooler and the other blows the air out. Would that increase its effectiveness? Would you end up pushing more cold air out of the cooler? Either way this build looked clean and very well put together...i am subscribing hoping to see more DIY projects like these or better..
Best to use frozen bottles of sea water, as salt water freezes at a lower temperature - around 28 degrees Fahrenheit so even colder. Yes your home freezer will freeze salt water fine - but obviously if on a road trip, as soon as they have melted it's back to stopping off at a store & using normal ice bags
I used to have a 1941 Buick.... it had an AC in it and you had to put ice in it for it to cool the car.... might need to make one of these for my Sprinter Van that we use for camping.... thanks for posting ihis
You are a genius, period. This is the best homemade air cooler I've ever seen. How much would you charge to make me one of these? My bedroom gets kind of warm in the summer, even with central a/c.
I just built something similar to use in the mail truck myself. 1 frozen gallon survived the day and was still half frozen at the end of the shift. 80° and sunny all day. Mine needs serious improvement, but it was definitely better than nothing at all
You ever smoke weed out of a bong or anything? Or like blow bubbles in your chocolate milk? When air passes through water it takes the form of an air bubble and just rises to the surface. Water cannot stop airflow lol
if you let too much ice melt, and the intake pipe becomes sumberged in water, it'll work the exact same except it'll start bubbling and you'll just hear it make bubbles
It seems like it does what is intended but I think it would be more expensive to have ice or something you freeze just to run it; you would be better/cheaper to run an electrical ac unit to cool and take advantage of dehumidification.
Dave DC yes it would cause problems that this guy left out. Air conditioning works by taking moisture out of the air thus lowering the temperature but this guy is pushing a lot of moisture into the air causing the perfect place for mold to start growing. I would never do anything like this.
Cameron Sheridan funny 😄 you would have to sit very close to it outside to feel anything and he was using it to cool a car because it was to expensive to fix the ac so he did mean for it to be used inside.
I am in the process of making one of these and I had planned on forcing the air to go under the blocks of ice. Having the fan blow over top of the blocks didn't make sense to me. I also plan to capture the outgoing air closer to the end and on top of the cooler. I am going to do a test to see if it is more effective to use the fan to suck the air out of the cooler vs the common method of blowing the air from lower, under the ice and let it blow out.
Now use solar power to make the ice. Saw a YT video once that showed a guy who made the same as this guy but he used a large heat sink (cutting out a much larger hole in the chest), and used a wire shelf to hold the ice. Not sure if this added any efficiency, but, I can't recall the details of the heat sink.
This will cause mold from putting so much moisture in the space you’re trying to cool. In air conditioning it lowers the temperature by removing the moisture. So beware of doing this.
That is not how AC works, lol, AC works alot like this DIY cooler Freon is pumped through a radiator (condenser) and air flows through and is cooled by the freezing tubes. How is that removing moisture from the air? Also a swamp cooler makes cool air from warm water that creates humidity inside the cooler by soaking the pads on the walls of the box then the fan blows thruogh the pads and comes out cool its a reaction of water and evaporation. So putting Ice or Ice water in the tank does not make it work better it works from warm water. This cooler is more designed like an AC is thus the name. Great build here BTW
In my world, Phoenix, moisture is a good thing...we use it in swamp coolers to AC houses and shops. I am pretty sure this has specific applications like when your ac goes out and you just want to blow cold air on you directly until its fixed. People are funny...
You should try adding a peltier as an ice/cold generator and heatsink the hot side with a fan or output waste vent for hot air. A peltier takes volts in, then one side of a plate freezes, the other heats up. Instafreeze is possible.
I just planted shade trees around my house and wear cotton cloths and suck on ice cubes .also i have a while house fan that sucks cold night are in my house cooling the sheet rock down .if sits a super heat wave I wet my cotton clothes and sit before a fan or under a ceiling fan .It can be 100F outside and im very comfortable and fresh without HVAC
you need to cool the air before it goes through the ice. You would need to set up a water cooling system as the air is coming in. I also believe air crossing across water creates some form of friction that warms up that water even faster. So maybe it would be better to run like 1-inch diameter copper tubing that mazes around a bit to give it time to cool and connects to the exhaust outlet. I kinda want to try something like this for 100 degree days in my postal truck which none of them have.
Just a tip.......take another fan like the one you have. And put it on the output pipe pulling the air out of the cooler. You will double your air flow, AND it will cool a much larger space.
This project is super interesting. It's got me thinking about a way to automate a water and ice supply system. Could put some sort of liquid pressure sensor and water temp sensor to open a valve to drain water once there is enough liquid in the system and if that liquid is over a certain temp. Automating the ice delivery would be harder but I bet I could tap right into the automatic ice dispenser on my fridge.
If you are using one of these at home and using ice from your ice-machine, then you won't actually cool your home, since the ice-machine is just taking the heat from the water(to make it ice), and dispensing the heat in your home. Your home will actually be warmer if you are doing this, since the fridge needs electricity to work, and no machine is 100% efficient... some of that electricity will actually become heat.
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How much would you sell this for ?
Copper tubing i think would work better.
Seal up the gores.
If I use this cooler directly into a computer case, will it cause condensation? Is there a way to mitigate condensation to help cool a desktop PC?
All you did was copy TKOR you clown
DO NOT USE DRY ICE!!! When it dissipates, it will fill the room or vehicle with CO2 which will displace the oxygen causing you to suffocate, pass out and possibly DIE!!!
make & do lol handy tip that one . Haaaaa cheers .
I can't imagine the ice would stay ice long enough to do much
make & do Thank you... I’ve never used dried ice before... I doubt I would . 🕉 namaste
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if you use dry ice for this, you are one stupid ass
Wow, dude. You definitely started a trend with this. If you follow the link you provided to the marine blower, the "frequently bought together" shows the blower, the cigarette lighter chord, and the metal shelf! Nice job!
This is an absolute genius idea. I will definitely be running out to build a couple of these, One for our kids room, and one for our room, and will probably bring it with us for long drives FOR SURE! Thank you for this, man!!!!
Great video and design. I would like to see a follow up video with the outside temperature, ambient room temperature readings before during and after, temperature readings of the intake air, temperature readings of the out put air, volume of ice used and total running time before the air until the output air reaches 60 degrees F.
These readings should answer the majority of the legitimate questions here in the comments.
Thanks for the build and the video. Keep up the great work.
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(Edit). Also the readings of the unit before ice is added. The control readings to show its performance.
Exactly my questions. Basically how long will it run in a warm room
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Muster Gwarfield My freezer is already freezing.
Cost me nothing to freeze jugs of water, genius.
Muster Gwarfield what people don’t realize about air-conditioners especially “portable“ air-conditioners is that they are incredibly inefficient. Any efficient window air conditioner has all of the parts that create heat sitting outside the window while only the fan is inside the room. But a portable air conditioner has to contain all of the heat generating elements inside the unit itself so we have to depend on hoses sometimes for intake and exhaust. I have seen a few “ductless“ portable air conditioners but I don’t understand much about how those work and if they are efficient or not. I have one portable Solisair air conditioner that I got for $50 from a guy who was moving back up to Oregon, it has served me well but it still causes my electric bill to jump up to about $400 a month in the summer months which is just fucking crazy even with level pay. But I discovered that if I leave a couple of windows open a crack this gives the portable air conditioner new air to work with. My window unit doesn’t need the fresh air, because the heat transfer is taking place outside of my house and so all I get from the fan is the cold air.
But you do realize that this gentleman created this unit specifically to use with his vehicle, I suppose if he were to use not dry ice but blue ice packs or gel packs it might last a little bit longer than ice. I’ve got several medical gel packs that stay cold for days because they were used to ship medication to me, those might make this design a little bit more efficient. But I’m just wondering how efficient this design will be to use in a room say, about 20‘ x 20‘?
Social Spit This gentleman has a cargo trailer that he converted into an RV. It is an 8x16 Trailer. After the rear kitchen area and front bathroom are put in, the living space appears to be about 8x10. The hight seems to be only about 7 feet making this space slightly smaller in cubic feet than an 8x9 room in a house. This is the area that this cooler is designed to be used in on weekend excursions.
Ice packs may last longer. However, with the reduced surface area of the ice packs, the output temperatures may not be as cold as those shown in the video. The ice melts and the water in the bottom creates more surface are for the air to flow over. This may not make much difference as he mentions using ice in the bottom of his previous build in the video. But, it may add to the overall cooling of the output air.
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This design also seems to solve the leaking problem some people have with similar designs, where they put the blower down lower, and as the ice melts, they have leaks. This seems to not be the case here, which I like. Also looks quite easy to make and use.
I have a 26ft pilothouse boat that I really didn’t want to put a permanent AC in for just summer month usage. This is perfect. Portable. Light weight. I will try the half frozen bottles half ice trick and see what’s the difference. Thank you for making this video!
Much better idea and more practical than an old refrigerator radiator!! Good idea!! Redirecting the air under the ice makes all the difference.
That's the best one yet! I've been making these type of things for years and that really is an awesome design
Running duct hose and packing ice around it work better ??
Blowing under the ice is a great idea. One suggestion is a cap for inlet and outlet when transferring it when not in use. Adding a filter at the inlet would also keep bugs n debris from being sucked in.
@OnlyGod MayCommandMe you beat me to it🤣
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Very cool build! You could increase the air diffusion by extending a duct or hose going across the bottom with a series of smaller holes to evenly distribute the air under the ice. Perhaps even a tight mesh could even work? Now I wanna build one!
Would be interesting if you could run ducting back and forth inside cooler to form a heat exchanger and use ice & rock salt. A salt bath can reach 0°F. So in theory your discharge air could be significantly colder. Plus you would get cooling the melted ice bath versus just blowing through the ice while it’s frozen
I like this idea of ice and salt. We are making our own a/c and will try your idea.
@@kathleenfoster8552 - good luck with your attempt. The short coming of ice based system is keeping the ice/water cold. Ever though about evaporative cooling?
Thanks! I can't wait to make one for myself. I'll be heading to the mountains soon and this baby will be a dream come true!
That's pretty smart. And with 200+ cfm's being pushed through a 6 inch pipe the velocity or throw would be outstanding for rapid cooling of an area space while under load. A simple cooler turned into this is freaking awesome lol
You should have the intake and the duct that blows air out facing in opposite directions.
Why? Please explain the science behind it . Thanks
The intake is sucking in hot air, (for this example lets say from the north) and the out duct is blowing out cold air (to the north), so you have created a cycle of air that is just blowing the already cooled air back into the intake to be cooled again, this won't make the air get colder and colder at an efficient rate, instead at best it will just keep your ice slightly colder for longer lol, you want your cooling duct to be blowing (south)....away from the intake so it can fill the room/car with cold air.
Ideally, the intake should be as high up as possible so it is sucking in the already risen hot air and your cold output duct as low as possible so you don't end up with a useless cycle of air as already mentioned.
One better would be to have one more duct and fan on it's own, set it high up in the room/car so it's sucking the hot air from high up and pumping it out of a window, i would make sure the inline fan was positioned outside though so the extra motor doesn't add heat to the room/car, this is the reason air cons are so effective because they suck out the hot air of the room which makes any cold air you put in way more effective.
Nice to see someone who understands how much of a difference that airpocket on top of the ice makes.
Very well done ! great video too. Short and directly to the key details. I made something along these lines several years ago with acceptable results, but your idea about directing the air below the ice is truly innovative with minimal additional $'s and time. Thank you !!
Build one out of a truck tool box and plumb it through the sliding back window..
I love the Larry the Cable Guy AC. PU version.
Hilarious 😂
Yep.
That’s gd brilliant 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Get a camper shell on a truck and plum through the back glass from the seat and survive the summer in your truck rent free. Basicaly 2-4 bucks a day or night depending on how long it last
I save plastic bottles of all kinds ,time to start freezing water and do this.
NEVER USE DRY ICE.
What happens if you use dry ice?
@@Viltgance1 Dry ice is carbon dioxide. Too much of it in an enclosed area will suffocate any animals (including your pets, your children, and you).
@@Uejji holy shit! Good to know, thanks.
Very Wise 4u2 suggest we use frozen water bottles for reuse,recycle, refill to refine😂Ty
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Very cool version! I think if I did one, it would have both ducts through the lid, or, would simply fit the intake fan through the back end of the box, to avoid having bulky ducts stick out on 2 sides.
Using dry ice is costly, but more effective at chilling. Water ice ends up humidifying the cooled space, & having to dump the meltwater periodically. Using a cooler with at least double the wall thickness, preserves ice for several hours, so you could commute to work & back home on the same load of ice...but only if the box & ducts are far better insulated. Refreezable ice packs is another possible.
I was thinking that too I think that if they would have that same cooler out of expensive yeti or something like that with thicker walls but I find it would be really hard be cutting and drilling holes into the expensive cooler like that.
Dry ice will expose you to carbon dioxide
You, sir, are an innovator! I love your idea, I have made a blower box that doesn’t get as cold but allows for the ice to last longer by using 2 transmission oil coolers to cool the air going in the box and the air going out of the box. The box is connected to an ice chest via insulated tubing that has a pump pumping water from the ice chest to the coolers in the blower box. I use a turbo fan at the exit point. The temp has gotten to the mid 40s, it’s just a proto type.
Great little DIY AC The only thing I would change is I would have baffles to close off the vent and blower when not in use to conserve ice
I might add a regulator on the blower to control the output and also conserve ice.
Fill it with frozen water bottles the ice lasts longer and u have something cold to drink
That's what I was think. Bags of ice would just be a lot of money to spend
Ernie Villa:You done made me thirsty
Thanks mate. Good idea.
You are living in 2046 sir 🍻
@@gibster9624 But if you're making your own ice, you're just making more heat from the fridge motor and the cooler motor. The energy extracted from the water in the freezer is dumped into your house which you then use the ice to cool which nets nothing.
i made one just like that about 15 years ago they work great always add some alchahol to the water it really gets cold !
Did you misspell alcohol? If you misspelled alcohol, I don't know if I trust your advice.
Oh demon alcohol sad memories I can’t recall! - the Kinks. It wouldn’t hurt to try this though,
Before anyone contemplates actually doing something like this, I suggest considering how much heat energy can be removed by the ice that will fit in the cooler (less the space used for the air passages). When you put plain water ice in a cooler, it rises to the melting point very quickly, after which it takes only 144 Btu of heat to melt one pound of ice ("Latent heat of fusion"), and about another 30-35 Btu to raise the temperature of that water to where it won't provide any sensible cooling (other than evaporative cooling, which isn't effective in humid weather). So the best you're going to get is about 175-180 Btu per pound of water. How many pounds of ice fit in the modified cooler shown in this video? The cost and weight of this setup make it impractical, especially if you have to buy the ice and/or you have to carry all that weight any distance.
Have you constructed this yourself to prove your data correct or incorrect? He built his and real world tested it.
What about adding salt to the ice.
You're using the same machine that's constantly keeping heat dissipated, when it gets down to a certain temperature, the energy requirement goes down, but yes you're still technically correct, the issue is are you routing the heat out of the house, is the freezer keeping things cold to the point it only kicks on to disperse enough heat to keep things where they're at, is the internal insulation thick and well designed enough?
There are a multitude of variables to consider here, but if you're using this to cool another room, you will get a measurable difference in the room you want to work on.
Dyi on Amazon as of today is around 120 ish for this build. I work in an office at a warehouse average temperature is 90+ with No AC so this is looking nice. Just need to convince my boss to get an ice machine and a scooper. 😂
Got link?
@@mq4oneseventyeight567 yes but I put in all the work and don't feel like sharing. Happy hunting.
Currently building two of these in Australia, thank you for the info. To run off solar the wattage is amazing. And I only use the freezer I'm currently using anyway :)
Did you ever finish it? I live in Australia as well, but I worry that something like this will increase the humidity which is pretty bad already near the coast.
The thing with using the laser thermometer to measure the temp is that they don’t work on reflective surfaces. So it just told us how cold the ice was .
I really enjoyed this. I think you’ve over engineered it already but you could always chain two together, taking the cold air from one and feeding it into the second. What’s your application? Cool a tent? Really enjoyed this thanks.
Man, you built that thing without even one beer break? I bow to you sir.
This would be a great project for non-profits to make for the elderly who can't afford AC in the summer heat or after a power failure. It would take dedicated people who would stay in touch providing ice to the people to keep it running. You would need a solar panel or a battery to keep it running.
Excellent, very good tutorial
Dude! Refrigeration air is 40 degrees. Wow, that would be great for camping. Good job!
Be good to have you do a test on longevity doing the blow vs suck methods on the fan motor to see if indeed it would be better to suck air through vs blowing it through. I also like the frozen water bottles idea. I like even better the concept of using super coolers with salt water. But regular water you can at least drink. Super viable system though. Jump in your pick up cap camper overnight and stay cool for the cost of a couple bags of ice. And you can use it as a cooler too. Neat concept.
Blow vs suck. Ha ha ha
I don’t need this but I now want to make one. 😂
He looks like Ned Kelly with glasses and I'm living for it ❤️not to mention he just cooled over a million people houses, thank you!!😸😺👍
Thanks for a great idea. I used mine Friday and it cools my pickup.
No, it isn't economical. This uses a lot of ice.
It is getting me by until I get my new AC system and put it in.
I thought frozen bottles of water would work but you need ice. The ice blocks around
the intake tube where it goes into the lath and forces the cooling air to circulate.
The idea of having the intake tube on the side and angled down recirculates
the cooler air better. That is, you are cooling cooler air and the intake and
exit aren't competing. Everything about this design is great.
My only disappointment is I didn't get a cooler with a drain plug.
You can get the adjustable elbows a lot cheaper at home depot,
but they don't pivot as easily.
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What about connecting a small solar panel to a marine battery and hook up the blower to it and add a switch to turn it on/off? And put the cooler and battery on a small cart wheels?
Hey man this is a really great idea. How do you avoid condensation blowing out the seals of the lid and output?
Best i've ever seen on youtube. The most efficient by far
I did it in my truck and gotten a refrigerator with 7 frozen water bottles no problem buying ice, sleeping better now thanks for this great videos,
Two words solar panels and ice maker this would be perfect for a tent on the river
That are 15 words
@@Engineer9736
THAT'S
Solar panels are worthless and inefficient
I was thinking of 2 idea's 1 a container to put water in and 2 a Plastic hose that comes with a condensate pump that runs into the river you would need a filter to keep out trash and debris like on a refrigerator
@@craigschray4486 a panel the size of the lid would easily power this, also if its hot its probably because the sun is out so it will be powering the system. hater.
I've seen 10 hours of cooling time at 21° f. And what impresses me is insulation inside of cooler at 1 1/2" thick separates the ice from the residual air therefore reducing warm air melting the ice. It has an oil cooler radiator that pump freezing water blown by an Ryobi 18v fan and a DC pump powered by a Ryobi 18v inverter. How long does yours last?
Can you post a link with instructions please! I’m not at all Davy on how to do any if this but I need to make one for my 70 year old wife!!
How long will the air be in the 30s?
How long will it take for the ice to melt?
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Thank you very much....fishing trip now... especially having a heat wave in Texas and other places!
This also makes a great low crawl fog machine as well for holloween, chilling the smoke makes it crawls across ground like fog
You've successfully made a forced induction water bong😂😂
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Always trust a man with a good beard. Well, 98% of the time. Great video man!
Wayne Lawson hell yeah brother
Wayne Lawson great video to show how to grow mold in your car
This video has been stored away in long term memory for future summer camping trips.
Could have used this some years ago when my truck's AC went out while I was down in Florida. Had to take my break in Belle Glade and talk about a rough time trying to get some sleep. I used to carry a plug-in fan but I didn't have it then...
A 1 ton AC rating is equal to 2,000 pounds of ice melting in 24 hours. 12,000 BTU per hour or 288,000 BTU's per day.
20 pounds of ice = 20/2,000 = 100 BTU. A tiny, tiny AC unit considering that a 5,000 BTU AC is the smallest that Home Depot sells. Not much cooling can be expected from a 100 BTU AC unit.
Why you gotta bring physics and thermodynamics into this? Haha.
@Joe T Sweating or perspiration is in essence evaporative cooling and yes it works, but.... The effectiveness of evaporative cooling is directly proportional to the amount of moisture in the air AKA humidity. The higher the humidity the less the cooling effect. This is why swamp coolers work great when the humidity is low. Regular air conditioning cools and dries the air which makes it a win, win.
@Joe T I agree, we are very spoiled in most regards including climate (HVAC). I use to not even think twice about climbing into a hot attic. Now my reply is: How about tomorrow morning, early!
I like your previous version better, I think it'll work better long term.
I do like that you found the dc motor for me though 🙂
Anyway to power this Blower, or the 3" version of this blower with a USB power bank or any other battery source?
Use an AC DC adapter or converter
Wow!! That's awesome! I have never seen something like this before! 🥶🥶🥶
I remember some guys down in flroida did this for private investigative work back in the 90's, this version is much better.
You'll need an ice machine close by on hot days. The price of ice at a convenience store, you might as well buy a portable A/C !
or you could freeze 3 or 4 gallon jugs of water and then put those in
@@waverlyjt2784 ....good thinkin
@@waverlyjt2784 A block of ice sitting in a 100° vehicle might take 1-2 hours to melt and the temperature of the vehicle would never change. If you're cooling the vehicle down then you're removing the cold from your block of ice even faster. These coolers are "cool", but they will never be practical. I wish they could be though, cause I really don't want to buy a portable A/C cooler.
Another Somebody this is a mold making cooler . It adds moisture instead of removing it like air conditioning does.
@@mwatkins2464 can you imagine the BO too?!?
Very cool, how about making it run on solar power.👍
@Cool 😂😂😂😂
how long does it last before the ice melts? how do you handle the moisture it adds to the air doing this?
I've heard a few hours. I'd use water frozen in containers to stop humidity from entering your home.
@@ksks6802 That what i was thinking instead of buying ice, get some water bottles and freeze them and reuse them instead of buying ice all the time
It will only add as much moisture as the outflowing air can hold. How much is that? It depends of the temperature of the air.
@@altha-rf1et That will reduce its efficiency.
@@Xanthopteryx it depends on where they live. If your rockn a swap cooler then open ice. If your in a dry climate using this method in conjunction with your central AC then enclosed frozen water. I'm not going into why. Google it.
Insulate your output pipe with foiled pipe insulation. Helps alot. 😎👍
That’s awesome, might actually pull more cold air of the put another fan at the top vent to blow the air out!
im working on an AC myself. First you shoot a portal at Antarctica and then shoot one on your wall. The portal transports the cold air from antarctica directly into your living room
Won't this contribute to gloBULL warming? Lol
@@nickrose5872 No it really does work. Just make sure your entrance portal is somewhere obscure so unwanted guests or pests show up unexpectedly.
My buddy, Rick Sanchez C-137 had an extra portal gun and loaned it to me. To keep the portals open you need a couple of Mr. Meeseeks to sit at each entrance with their arm sticking inside. I tried moving them so they sat half in and half out, but when the energy source surged it cut them in half. That was a mess.
Interesting -- but from what i can see the ice wont last long. I would go with a more expensive build and go the the FrankenCooler design. I have not done the FrankenCooler one but it looks like a better design if one can afford the parts.
Thanks for posting
Cheers
Great job. Suggestion: drill your inflow toward the bottom of the cooler so no second elbow and tape needed, no hole on your mesh and you can put more ice there. The less the warm air has to travel, the lower the temperature on the outcoming cold air. Also, have you thought about adding an exhaust fan at the top to project the air further out in a larger space? Or maybe, for more air volume, how about putting two air blowers on the sides of the cooler for more air volume. It will also look literally "cooler", more symmetrical, kind of like some kind of ship with the motors on the sides.
I guess why he did that is so when the ice melts, it wouldn't interfere or ruin the blower motor
I like where you're going with this, but, then the water would come through there. Perhaps if the ducting were faced upward, but then I think there would be an issue of it filling up and blocking airflow.
What about when the water collects at the bottom? Won't the motor be pushing air into a chaotic bubbling water then? and then air coming out the top vent may get splashes of water coming out as well right?
This is a fantastic Idea, design, and execution. I am currently making one similar, based off of your design. I am going to try freezing water bottles to put in first then pouring ice over them. Bigger pieces of ice in a sealed container = colder longer and less water once melted and I have a cold drink.😁I'm playing with the idea of a sealed container with a pressure regulated vent and putting some dry ice in it.🤔It will only be used in a space with very good ventilation. Lastly contemplating putting fan on top, pulling air through the cooler, mainly because it will not change the footprint.
So if I use a yeti can it cool my house for a year with a couple bags of ice ?
Very usefull during summer beer sessions in the beach
Awesome project great results !! I suspect you would get better results pulling through the ice rather than pushing through. Food for thought. Nice project again
That IS COLD!! How long can a batch of ice like that last?
insignia37 Yeah, and knowing how quickly heat returns after turning off a real AC, this creation is totally useless.
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The whole point of the " closed" system is the air doesnt flow through the ice .. Doesn't dump moisture in the air
how many hours does it last ~ I imagine you would have to refill every so many hours!
At 85 degrees the ice was gone in 1 hour. Filled with 23 frozen water bottles at 85 degree outside temp. they lasted about 2 1/2 hours before they were all unthawed.
I thought about this very plan based on some military training I had in survival through my law enforcement career....
I don't know the exact reason...but the larger a black of ice is the longer it lasts and certain types of salt slows down the melt rate as well.....
If you were to have a large freezer and had a custom ice tray built exactly to properly fit it..
I estimate you could get 4 hours out of it.
If you carried 2 same size ice chests with max insalation and carried 2 or 3 blocks in the other one without it every being opened it should hold 90% +
So by the end of 3.5 to 4.5 you could change out the water 💦 for the new ice and hopefully you would get 7-8+ hours combination..
I think this guy is smart and awesome...
Creating a closed power flow for your blower is a good idea.
Awesome If you could throw in several Gatorade bottles with frozen water in them they will stay frozen longer than throwing ice in there by itself. I’ve done it.
PLEASE TELL PEOPLE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO NOT USE DRY ICE!!!!
If it hurts to hold Dry Ice in your hand after a few seconds, why the heck would someone want to continually inhale it by putting as a source of cold air??
GRIMLOCK07 Because I’m suicidal.
Best sleep ever
grumpybill LMAO💀💀
@@asherdie But the waking up part is difficult. 😱
I recommend building these in a nice air conditioned shop or house.
If you are already in a air conditioned house or shop why would you need to build another one?
@@fashionstreet1 can't get anything past you.
I think this is great but what if you added a second blower in reverse so 1 blows air into the cooler and the other blows the air out. Would that increase its effectiveness? Would you end up pushing more cold air out of the cooler? Either way this build looked clean and very well put together...i am subscribing hoping to see more DIY projects like these or better..
I was thinking the same, then I realized the temperature will cause condensation. Wet electric fan might not be so good. Lol
Thanks for this, it's great! What works better, a bunch of small frozen water bottles or a bunch of ice/cold packs?
Best to use frozen bottles of sea water, as salt water freezes at a lower temperature - around 28 degrees Fahrenheit so even colder. Yes your home freezer will freeze salt water fine - but obviously if on a road trip, as soon as they have melted it's back to stopping off at a store & using normal ice bags
That’s a great idea blowing under the ice
I like this but I want to use it for my house, not my car...
So how do I go about that?
Cause I'm not trying to use like the car charger thing.
Have you tried it on solar power?
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I used to have a 1941 Buick.... it had an AC in it and you had to put ice in it for it to cool the car.... might need to make one of these for my Sprinter Van that we use for camping.... thanks for posting ihis
You are a genius, period. This is the best homemade air cooler I've ever seen. How much would you charge to make me one of these? My bedroom gets kind of warm in the summer, even with central a/c.
How much you charge to make ... I'll love to have this in the mail truck!
I just built something similar to use in the mail truck myself. 1 frozen gallon survived the day and was still half frozen at the end of the shift. 80° and sunny all day. Mine needs serious improvement, but it was definitely better than nothing at all
How long does it take to melt that bag of ice? Once melted, does that water block the air flow?
You ever smoke weed out of a bong or anything? Or like blow bubbles in your chocolate milk? When air passes through water it takes the form of an air bubble and just rises to the surface. Water cannot stop airflow lol
if you let too much ice melt, and the intake pipe becomes sumberged in water, it'll work the exact same except it'll start bubbling and you'll just hear it make bubbles
Adore Arwen as long as your fan is strong enough to push the water down and if it is string enough the water will decrease the airflow.
It seems like it does what is intended but I think it would be more expensive to have ice or something you freeze just to run it; you would be better/cheaper to run an electrical ac unit to cool and take advantage of dehumidification.
Quick question, if I paid for all of the parts and for the shipping & handling, could you make me one and send it to me?
Lazy ass
No fuck off
why not mount the blower on the lid then 90 degree it down into the cooler?
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Super job mate, I made my own fan, ..but your cooler rules sky high!!!!!!!
Nice set up I built the same one but the ice don't last long at all going to freeze some bottles of water and see how that works
Great Build. Is the bilge fan very loud? are there any humidity or moister issues?
Dave DC I am curious about the humidity as well
Dave DC yes it would cause problems that this guy left out. Air conditioning works by taking moisture out of the air thus lowering the temperature but this guy is pushing a lot of moisture into the air causing the perfect place for mold to start growing. I would never do anything like this.
@@mwatkins2464 Dont think its meant to cool your house or a room....best application is for outdoors sitting around enjoying a cold beer!!
Cameron Sheridan funny 😄 you would have to sit very close to it outside to feel anything and he was using it to cool a car because it was to expensive to fix the ac so he did mean for it to be used inside.
@@mwatkins2464 Would happily sit on top of it if I had to!!! Anything to beat 40deg C heat
@make & do it'd be awesome if you pressed the c/f button on the thermometer just once ;) people across the pond would appreciate it
I am in the process of making one of these and I had planned on forcing the air to go under the blocks of ice. Having the fan blow over top of the blocks didn't make sense to me. I also plan to capture the outgoing air closer to the end and on top of the cooler.
I am going to do a test to see if it is more effective to use the fan to suck the air out of the cooler vs the common method of blowing the air from lower, under the ice and let it blow out.
Now use solar power to make the ice.
Saw a YT video once that showed a guy who made the same as this guy but he used a large heat sink (cutting out a much larger hole in the chest), and used a wire shelf to hold the ice.
Not sure if this added any efficiency, but, I can't recall the details of the heat sink.
This will cause mold from putting so much moisture in the space you’re trying to cool. In air conditioning it lowers the temperature by removing the moisture. So beware of doing this.
Run a de-humidifier with a filter at the same time. Then take the water from that and freeze it to make more ice for the cooler
Josh Lewis dehumidifiers works like a small ac unit. How on earth would you ever run one in a car anyways. You just need an ac !!!
what a bunch of dumbasses
That is not how AC works, lol, AC works alot like this DIY cooler Freon is pumped through a radiator (condenser) and air flows through and is cooled by the freezing tubes. How is that removing moisture from the air? Also a swamp cooler makes cool air from warm water that creates humidity inside the cooler by soaking the pads on the walls of the box then the fan blows thruogh the pads and comes out cool its a reaction of water and evaporation. So putting Ice or Ice water in the tank does not make it work better it works from warm water. This cooler is more designed like an AC is thus the name. Great build here BTW
In my world, Phoenix, moisture is a good thing...we use it in swamp coolers to AC houses and shops. I am pretty sure this has specific applications like when your ac goes out and you just want to blow cold air on you directly until its fixed. People are funny...
How long does the ice last for in the cooler when running this?
half an hour to an hour, depending on your summer temperature, but not longer.
You should try adding a peltier as an ice/cold generator and heatsink the hot side with a fan or output waste vent for hot air. A peltier takes volts in, then one side of a plate freezes, the other heats up. Instafreeze is possible.
I just planted shade trees around my house and wear cotton cloths and suck on ice cubes .also i have a while house fan that sucks cold night are in my house cooling the sheet rock down .if sits a super heat wave I wet my cotton clothes and sit before a fan or under a ceiling fan .It can be 100F outside and im very comfortable and fresh without HVAC
perfect for those sweltering hot alaskan winters
I built one of these for my Jeep Comanche which had no air conditioner back on 1992. The ice melts too quick to be practical.
you need to cool the air before it goes through the ice. You would need to set up a water cooling system as the air is coming in. I also believe air crossing across water creates some form of friction that warms up that water even faster. So maybe it would be better to run like 1-inch diameter copper tubing that mazes around a bit to give it time to cool and connects to the exhaust outlet. I kinda want to try something like this for 100 degree days in my postal truck which none of them have.
lmao my '92 corolla has an AC🤣
for real !!!! In AZ that would last 1hr.....and at $2.50 a bag of ice 4-5 a day is 350 mo. ...turn on the AC
@@alerdman2002 Who the fuck buys ice in this day and age?
@@kiyoponnn Umm, Lmao indeed.... You have a 92 corolla........
Just a tip.......take another fan like the one you have. And put it on the output pipe pulling the air out of the cooler. You will double your air flow, AND it will cool a much larger space.
This project is super interesting. It's got me thinking about a way to automate a water and ice supply system. Could put some sort of liquid pressure sensor and water temp sensor to open a valve to drain water once there is enough liquid in the system and if that liquid is over a certain temp. Automating the ice delivery would be harder but I bet I could tap right into the automatic ice dispenser on my fridge.
If you are using one of these at home and using ice from your ice-machine, then you won't actually cool your home, since the ice-machine is just taking the heat from the water(to make it ice), and dispensing the heat in your home.
Your home will actually be warmer if you are doing this, since the fridge needs electricity to work, and no machine is 100% efficient... some of that electricity will actually become heat.