$100 Homemade Air Conditioner - DIY
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- Опубликовано: 9 июн 2024
- It's ridiculously hot in my workshop, so I built a homemade air conditioner using a cooler, box fan, water pump, and tubing. It circulates cold water through tubes in front of the fan that then blows cold air through the room. Watch to see how I built this machine for only $100.
requires frequent ice
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Well as an HVAC tech I have to say this would work in theory. Not sure exactly what the delta T would be infront and behind the fan. It would certainly be better with some form of aluminum finned type copper tubing. There's also the law of thermodynamics that energy cannot be created or destroyed... Which means the heat energy that exists within that room is simply being transferred into the cooler. Heat is energy that moves to something cooler... So the real question is how long will it take this contraption to cool the garage before the cooler itself has absorbed too much heat and the water is now just as warm as the room? It realistically cannot change that heat energy into something cooler. it can only be transferred from one place to another.
@Jason Sincerely enjoyed and appreciated your science, I learned something. Did ya have to pee on the party though? 😋😜
I'm inclined to trust your opinion as an HVAC tech, because this was all greek to me. Impressive though, but you would know whether this works or not.
I would think the answer is....that while the ice cubes in the cooler are cooling the room but melting ...and moving from cold to warmer, the ice trays in the fridge are freezing water and a manual refresh of ice cubes is added to the cooler again, so that this ultimately has less environmental impact than a throw away portable and also keeps you physically fit cause it gets you off the "couch" by having to periodically replenish the icecubes? This system while crude seems cheap to maintain and is very simple a answer, my question is, just how good is the heat/cool exchange of the copper pipes, and you've already touched on this....so the quick anwer to your question is fresh ice cubes go in the cooler periodically.
so just put it in a window?
@@raillanmcneill8401 sir.... It's literally elementary school science...
A few years ago I built an AC based on the same principle as this one. I uead a 1 sq foot solid block of Ice in my chest then filled it with cool water. It cooled great for about 12 minutes, then the heat was transfered to the water. The Ice block completely melted and the water heated up. In less than 45 minutes, my Ice Chest AC unit was pumping out air that was just as hot as the room air. It is very impracticle. If you can transfer the Heated water away from your room, this would work. For example, get rid of the Ice Chest and Draw your water from a pond or stream that has cool water during hot days. Have the system return the water to the source, then you have successfully removed the heat from your space. This kind of system would work.
Would putting hot ice be better
We cooled a shop on a farm using a water well that filled an irrigation pond. From the well the water was pumped through a couple semi radiators with box fans attached. We had to have a drip tray below the fans because of condensation.
Should have used dry ice or liquid nitrogen
@@xnviper3631 I'm no expert but I've seen plenty of comments on this video ruclips.net/video/I9Td5uMB_vQ/видео.html on why using dry ice is a terrible idea, even fatal.
Yeah I did this design.. it worked a lot longer than 45 min.. the ice melted after about 4 hours but I had about 3-4 feet of coiled copper buried in ice inside the chest circulating the water in addition to coil on the fan. It kept that water freezing cold.
we wanna seethe temperature testing after your homemade ac unit runs in the garage
WAITING 😉
Waiting still
Yes!! I expected to see the Temps after you built this! What the f*ck is up with that??
Still waiting
Yes 🙌
I'm curious the temperature difference with this, would have liked to see that digital thermometer do a before and after
Not much if the room is a typical size or the temps outside are high..all these gadgets are neat but not worth the money spent. just get a air conditioner...
Probably wouldnt really lower the temp of the whole garage but if you have the fan pointing towards where youre working i bet it feels better than just normal fan blowing. Also this dude is dumb for buying ice you should freeze water in some gallon jugs or something and re use it 👌🏻
@@banehogs5589 It's basically re-engineering the old school version of putting a block of ice in front of a fan.
Well Water with ice will only my get up to 32 degrees so I’m 5 degrees f cooler than the garage temp
@@banehogs5589 Did you have to call him dumb to make your point?
You could also insulate your garage doors with rigid foam sheets. I did this and it brought the garage temp down by about 20 degrees.
I was going to suggest the same thing :) also in the attic space. a fan that would exhaust the hot air from the garage would make it more comfortable as well
I used to have a shop next to an ice plant. It had two big ice machines that ran all day long and expelled about 5 gal a minute of very cold water (about 38 to 42 usually) with all the minerals left over that didn't freeze into ice. I ran it into a igloo cooler and pumped it into the building and through a a/c cooling coil with 4 rows of tubes. It got clogged with scale after a few months and started leaking. I built a cage of stainless tube and ran a 4 tube manifold system that worked pretty well. It wasn't like ac but it was cheap and it got the temp down to 76 some mornings in my 2000 sf shop.
As for a cooler full of Ice I don't think it would effectively cool a small closet with a 20 pound bag of ice and a few feet of copper tube. You don't have enough cold (BTUs) and you don't have enough coil to move any cold. The ice will work great for the first few minutes but if you are in a hot place you would do better to put wet rags on your head and arms and keep beer cold as you can in the cooler.
I also used to get hundreds of pounds of ice that I would do into my cooler cage and run the fan with that. I have melted tons of ice with a box fan in my days. A cooler full of ice is a few dozen BTUs an hour.
The cooling is psychological.
Purchased: August 2023 - still works GREAT!I ruclips.net/user/postUgkxxsUnXhGsSJLim_XnMHyQK0u3XVaW-CGn live in a studio and during the summer it gets scorching hot - really old building with no ac units. I can’t express how EASY it was to install. This unit has been a life savior during the summer and some days during other seasons where it can still be a bit warm at night. In this small place is my friend, a husky, poodle mix and myself. We need AC - lolI don’t use the dehumidifier option - I’m not sure if it will leak in my house, since I did not install the small draining hose that came with it. May look into it late but I don’t worry about much humidity in the apartment. I don’t understand why the negative reviews since all things mentioned, I personally did not find issues with. Definitely worth it!
I once had a similar situation. First and most importantly you must insulate the garage door. In my case, I was able to use 1/2 inch thick Styrofoam sheets that dramatically cut down on the heat transfer. I then utilized a portable air conditioner that only required a small opening to vent out the hot air. My method cost about $300 but on a 100° day I could cool this garage down to 75°.
You cut a hole in your garage wall? I assume it was between the studs.
You cut a hole in your garage wall? I assume it was between the studs.
Hey, you have forgot to measure the Temp. (for us) after installing this device....! Or could you put at the very end of the video like a subtitle that info. Please. Thnx :)
ruclips.net/video/TtRkd-rITkU/видео.html is also a great way to cool down!
For pretty close to the cost of that, you could buy a real AC unit.
MrDgwphotos yep with tax only 109.99 for the extra 10 you can be lazy.
All depends on the size of the room to be cooled. $100 units won't cool much.
MrDgwphotos and those A/C Units will jack up your Electric Bill
not to mention the constant purchase of ice. If you make the ice at home your house ends up getting warmer
Raul Cipriano me personally... I'm actually looking into buying a legit icemaker found one from a gas station for 100$
It would have been nice to see the comparison between the before and after on the fan. It will surely be cooler after the fan contraption is built. What I like is you could at the end of the day take the melted water in the cooler and freeze it over night. Moreover, yo might actually be able to bury the cooler somewhere and pump the water from there. The ground typically keeps a natural temp of about 50 degrees. It is a cool project and is meant to keep things cool for a short amoutn of time.. Maybe insulate your garage door as well.
I agree that the first thing you should have done was insulate the garage door. Easily done with foam adhesive and foam board. For ice, use gallon milk jugs or 2 liter soda bottles filled with water and frozen. Will last far longer than ice cubes. And as this is now 6 years later, the cost is closer to $200 not counting the door insulation.
Just for the fact that you put some thought and effort into this build I give you a thumbs up young man!
😁😄😆😂
Good work Ben! These people who are quick to complain should be more supportive and constructive in their comments. Why others feel they have to tear people down is perplexing. So how many of you who made snide comments have a youtube channel? How many videos have you all made? Keep building and keep posting Ben, you always have my support . The way we get better is by sharing ideas and thoughts without the fear of ridicule.
brufadeve and one more thing I see alot of these negative comments your talking about and some of them don't even know how to spell which is funny. I loved this video
How well did it cool off the garage itself? I know it would feel amazing on a hot day standing right next to it, but if I'm working on the garage in different positions (above the engine, under the engine, under the back of the car etc) it would be kind of a nuisance to move the fan and cooler around. I'd like to do something like this but wall mounted.
I did this with a smaller cooler. One thing I will say is that you don't need a lot of water. Just enough for the pump to recycle it through. You have to really pack it with ice. Otherwise it will melt really fast and the water going through the tubing will start to get warm. That's the key. PACK IT with plenty of ice.
Recently had some time on my hands, and most of the materials to try this, knowing going in that it was likely a waste of time. I was right. useless.
Yeah there is not enough surface area on the copper pipes for heat transfer. A better method would be to make an imersion chiller with the copper pipe, stick it in the ice water, and connected it to a heat exchanger. See desertsun02 videos
Post build temp readings ?
It will make the room hotter. The tap water will warm up, get pumped into a cooler where it will stay warm, then only warm water will get pumped through the pipe. In addition, the fan and more so the pump, will be creating heat. This means an overall gain in temperature.
when all the ice is melted you should change it or turn off the cooler and close all of your window room to preserve the coolnes
Great video! I'd like to know the ambient temp as well. Also how well it works with just water as water has a good heat absorption threshold. Also I'd be curious to know how much energy it uses over all as this is a great build! Thanks for the video! We appreciate you!
Imagine ending the video showcasing the temperature difference/drop? That woulda been nice. Which makes me wonder if this really had any effect at all besides what a traditional say vornado fan does, lol
It didn't lol a 100 dollar ac unit would be far better.
At the end of the day how much did it cool off your workshop? You left out that small detail.
I was waiting for that part
Probably not at all but i bet it feels good in front of the fan.
Try dry ice
@@ronwitek4539 dry ice will pump carbon dioxide into your room. It's deadly in an enclosed space.
How cold does it put out? A temperature reading with the gun would be nice....
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Put some styrofoam insulation in your garage door and this will help reduce the heat transfer into your garage.
I installed a solar powered garage vent fan. It sucks the air out of the garage creating airflow which lowered my garage temp by at least 30*. Cost me 15$ at HomeDepot. More cost efficient and runs itself for free when it's hot out.
Plus this is 100$ plus the cost of ice, water, electricity each time you run it...
@@matthewcastle3364 what solar fan at home depot is that?!? Only solar powered ones I've seen were in the hundreds
@@matthewcastle3364 Works as long as there is cooler air outside to pull in. Best is to insulate entire garage first; cement floor will act as a heat sink to cool the space; adding REAL A/C will complete the job.
@@x.y.8581 put a mylar blanket to reflect sunlight of the garage door
ruclips.net/video/TtRkd-rITkU/видео.html is also a great way to cool down!
I'm in the New Orleans. It gets insanely hot here and humid. I made one of these earlier for about $80. I think I got a smaller pump but perfect for this. It's made for 3 foot fountains. It may be from the humidity but my copper line condensates like crazy. I had to make a hole for it to drip into.
Interesting.
Next video: How to make a space heater using a match and firewood. Stay tuned.
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u made my day i so needed a laugh like that
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Lmmfao
This is a space heater when you consider the for the fridge to make the ice, it had to extract heat from water and pump it out into the room from the back metal tubes, and fan spinning and water pump actually create heat too
Nice Video! Does it make it Significantly Cooler? Or just a Tad Cooler.
Did you meassure the temperature difference with an d without cold water running?
2nd that
how much does the ice cost you? and how often do you have to recharge the cooler with ice. and what about the condensation from the copper tubing?
This is fun! It's great to see how the basic idea of an air conditioner works.
Thumbs down for not testing the temp afterwards
He did test it, with himself
Did not show it couse it did no work lol
yeah maybe like 1 degree, so he's going to sweat a few drops less in an hour.
Agreed
yes that was my question. What's the temp now after running for 1hr?
Cool idea! What was the temp at the fan with that temp gun?
After running for hour is there a change in room temperature. Curious cost per hour watts used vs a window unit. Now that would make a video!
They say he is still sitting in front of the fan.
You built an ice melting machine for almost the price of a small AC unit 🤣
@ProBannedMiner25 and how much are you going to keep spending on ice
@ProBannedMiner25 right. So now you're paying to make the ice you want to melt and for your other air conditioner to cool off your kitchen
😋
An enclosed cooling system like this is much cheaper to operate than a typical AC unit..I like it because it doesn't have the humidity problems that a swamp cooler brings into the mix.. As for ice you can freeze 1/2 gl. milk jugs and keep them on hand to reuse on a daily basis and swap the "spent" out with fresh jugs..Yes I do that with just a fan and an aluminum pie pan..Its not the "most" convenient.. its limited by the amount of cooling capacity.. but if you have a freezer of frozen water jugs it will cool things down for only the electrical cost of operating a submersible pump, box fan, and freezer
WELL HE IS JUST SHARRING HIS IDEA LOL.... 😎😎😎😎😎😎 LETS BRAVO HIM...😍
Great project! At 2:58, my dad would refer to those as "coping saws" rather than hacksaws.
Tom Nally that is its correct name, but an easy mistake
What did you do about condensation on the copper tubing? I have a floor that cannot take water spilling onto all day long not even from condensation
Looks like a fun build. Can’t wait to try it.
I built one for less than $50 basically the same but used items I had on hand. I used a fish tank pump. The pump was about $11. The most expensive item for me was the copper tubing. Worked great.
Interesting.
OK, I had HIGH hopes for this cooler. The theory sounds great, and I was hoping it would really cool the air. Nope. It sucks. My apologies to the people I replied to about their comments on here, I tried it and it DOES NOT WORK! I even filled the cooler almost full of ice, and you can't tell a difference in temperature 3 inches away from the fan and coil. Don't waste your time or your money. Go get the portable unit from Lowes or Home Depot.
Brett Harper that’s why he kept touching the coils
This is literally a DIY swamp cooler which is just way over thought up. If he took the ice and put it in a strainer over the bucket but in front of the Fan it would have had a much greater effect.
Poor buddy, you have actually done that?
@@BenjaminSodos A swamp cooler works by evaporating water to lower the air temp. It also will raise the humidity. That is fine in an area where the humidity goes low but not so well in an area where the humidity is above 80%. I actually built one and added it to our central air unit here in southern Florida. When the humidity is low, the water temp is about 10°+ cooler than the air temp. 6 to 8 when the humidity goes up. But the air coming out of the condenser unit also even after picking up the heat from the house is the same as the incoming air. So they can work. 90° day and 90% humidity and the water might be at 82°-84°. As the fan has to run anyway, the only added electrical use is the water pump to circulate the water. Which mostly is water ( condensate ) from the A/C unit and from the dehumidifier in the house.
Check out the homemade AC 5 gallon bucket
nice rig for sure . but you can drill a round hole, then feed the cable through and install a grommet for a tight seal and complete the electric cable construction
Your never gonna get the satisfying cool, without compressed refrigeration(aka real air conditioning)
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why didn't you just buy a $98 AC from walmart?
Because with Trump’s super Tariff, the price have gone up bigly.
@@yolamontalvan9502 I just check there are a lot for that price? www.walmart.com/search/?cat_id=0&query=small+ac+unit
@@yolamontalvan9502 should just blame yourself... On the net is the only place people like you have a spine.. In person you're a jellyfish
He'll save more money in the lowered energy cost I'm guessing.
There's a couple of reasons why this is better for a garage / enclosed space:
Window AC units stick out through a window, or hole in the wall for two purposes. There is accumulated water which needs to drip somewhere, and the heat exchanger needs to exhaust air outside (otherwise it would completely negate the cooling, if not cause /additional/ heat)
Those portable units have the same requirements, though usually a bit easier to deal with, if you have a window (but then, why not just get a window unit?)
Portable units have 2 things over window units: usually less power draw (so no dedicated circuit, or worry of overloading a circuit) - and they're, well, portable - meaning you can move them around within the room, or to other rooms as needed.
A home made swamp cooler (which Ben created here), requires neither an exhaust port nor dripline, and is portable. It also requires much less amperage than either AC unit. The downside is that this will cool a small area barely to humane levels in those temps. This is a good design, if for temporary / non-permanent use.
For a more permanent solution, this can be scaled up to a buried 55 gallon plastic drum, automotive radiator, and a single motor to run a spindle pump and fan unit. Burying the barrel to a depth of about 4-5 feet (the bottom) will allow the water to cool off better, as ground temps are usually stable at much lower temps. Using a stable liquid, this can be left in service for a long time. I wouldn't use water alone for this. Possibly automotive coolant as an additive and stabilizer if not something else.
I've seen homesteader plans for using PVC pipe buried in the ground, in a U shap. One end is outside of the home, with a capped T on sideways - the top being capped and used for cleanout purposes, and the side with a screened off elbow for air intake. The other end is inside, with a blower fan pulling air in. The pipe has to be long enough, and deep enough for the air passing through to be cooled off. This isn't usually something suitable for suburban settings though.
So... his homemade swamp cooler, even being $100, is a better use for his purposes. And, it'd made a great power-outage cooling system, running on a generator or battery system.
Does that even work? What was the temperature of the space after u use it? I beat its about the same.
What was the temp coming out from the tubing aimed at the tubing is what I wonder cause I’m really thinking about building this as well for my garage I use as a shop as well. Or the temp gauge u had on the wall style after it’s been going for a couple hours what does it get down too? Thx for the idea and the video might just build one myself thx
What happens to the condensation that forms on the copper tubing?
It will humidifie the room and transfer atmospheric heat back into the room. Now if he could create high presser in there, he could get the humidity back out and our drought problems are solved.
Can I use my air compressor to blow out the dust in my wire round fan?
So what temp did it cool the garage down to
Rather convenient how he left that part out, isn't it?
99.9 f
@@samlabo1688 A 20 degree drop in room temp is a good thing. But at what cost?
This concept works. I did a similar thing (but not as fancy) with contained ice packs in front of my fan. It definitely does feel cool and adds cooling to the room. What people don't get is that A/Cs cost $ to run compared to fans. The dehumidifier mode of the A/C drops temps like a stone in humidity, though, and it's always good for that cold hit for a few minutes. Still thinking about an A/C. First was my awesome box fan to suck in the cold evening air.
So what was the final temperature change? Kinda why I watched the video. Lol
You didn’t show the final ambient temp. Fail.
druidboy76 probably didn't make much of a difference tbh
I know, he had the laser thermometer and everything
put a metal plate in front of the fan. use the laser thermometer to measure the temperature of the metal plate. it's not terribly difficult. and there's no reason to be insulting to someone else the way you were.
Is that why they use them in the A/C industry? lol. Ya I know, they take the temp of the vent, but you could put something in front of it. PLUS he had a GINORMOUS thermometer!
yup.
Bravo Ben! You're a real MacGyver in the garage! Awesome. Question, what about the condensation?
Great video!
Could you please describe all the items you ended up buying like their measurement and sizing? Thank you very much!
Awesome video, and thanks for sharing your knowledge, keep up the good work and keep being creative.
it might work better if you put the copper on the other side pulling out air thru the coil is the only way to get rid of hot air, anti freeze would be better. law of refrigeration, remove heat. if he did it all with dc power it might help when you lose power
Did you measure the temperature in the shop after you had run it awhile?
Smythe and Taylor that’s what I was thinking. Would have been great with a thermometer with before and after
I'm guessing there's next to no effect from it. It's a woefully bad design to begin with.
@@kebman I did a design similar to his but better and more expensive using an old car radiator. It really does blow ice cold air (colder than standing right in front of an ac vent) but eats ice quickly. Part of it though is I need to insulate the attic above my garage. After doing that I bet it will work better (last longer or get the temp lower or both).
You can also connect the high pressure parts of an old fridge to it, just have to find a way to route the hot air from the condenser to the outside.
First minute in: oh yeah I got this, that looks easy
Five minutes in: Yeah ok I'm not doing that
Not even hard
Should have doubled copper tube pre fan and after. Two opportunities to cool the air.
where is the proof of temperature change
It's within the minds of persons who have capacity to comprehend science and physics.
@@The_DC_Kid yuuup
ruclips.net/video/TtRkd-rITkU/видео.html is also a great way to cool down!
So why not show what the temperature is in the shop after the new ac fan?
Because it probably didn't go down much or at all but it feels nice sitting in front of it
Every thing is perfect in this video, the only thing he didn't show us the temperature before and after so that we can see the real difference and it is worth it or not .
My thoughts too. It should have taken the edge off of the total room temp, but thanks for the video!!
whay do you do about the condensation on the coper?
Nothing he doesn't use this self built AC xD
You lick it.
I am impressed.... 120 degrees and you don't have a single drop of sweat on you...
You notice that too🧐
Were you trying to make a "subtle" point? The guy's young and slim and so likely doesn't sweat as quickly nor as much as fat, old men. Which are YOU?
@@The_DC_Kid or it's all bullshit
Why didn't you show the temperature of the cooling fan like you did with the garage door? How cold is the air coming off of it?
He seems like a real nice guy but before making videos learn some basics - that was a coping saw not a hacksaw and hose clamps not pipe clamps 2. Anthony Sambataro brings up a good point so we know if it cooled off the room or do you have to sit in front of it which not much work is getting done in your shop. 3. Design a Misting system for the garage door and install some insulation on the inside of garage door 4, Overall design in theory is possible but not effecient where more surface area of the tubing is needed to match the amount of air blowing across it. If you were able to baffle one person with your brilliance to make one then mission accomplished but I reccomend removing the video
Anthony ...
I was wondering same thing ... I'd like to know how efficient it is.
I like it, I might make one or two for my apartment this weekend.
I’d like to see the temperature differential between the outside temperature and the one with your AC blowing air
Zero, you need a real air conditioner...
A small fan blowing on a 50 lb block of ice would do as well. What you need are the fins, like a regular AC unit has. The surface area those hundreds of fins on the coils of an AC unit are what effectively transfers the cold to the air.
Or, you could just block off the windows and insulate the garage door with styrofoam.
Hey bro, take that pipe off the fan and put an old car radiator on both sides, flush them, and seal the edges. If you have one radiator, put it on the inlet side of the fan.
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Use large blocks of ice to avoid melting too soon. Drill some holes on the bottom of the lid and fill them with spray foam.
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The radiators are evaporative, so they're gonna cause condensation to drip. Take that tube and divert the water. That's the humidity that was in the room.
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Experiment with the speed of your fan. Measure the temp coming out on the different speeds. You don't want to blow the air through it so fast that it doesn't have time to cool down.
How long will it run for and what was the room temperature differential pre and post?
Can you make a time machine video so I can get this six minutes of my life back?
Nice
Ikr, this video is not CooL at all.
Goes the show with good video editing, anything is believable 😂
Intellegent and bright with a coooool air.
Love the effort & creativity. Awesome job!
This is a great tutorial! I want to make this for next summer. It would be around $50 to $60 now, which is way less than the $200+ used air conditioners and $100+ EVAP coolers I saw this past summer.
I wonder how much it cools and for how long: 15 or 20 min, an hour or more? This is similar to hanging a bag of ice ($2 ) in front of a fan.
It does nothing noticeable as far as cooling
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Box fan runs fairly quiet - said no one ever
FINALLY ---- a DIY AC unit that's not actually a swamp cooler!! Likely not as effective as a real AC, but as long as he keeps the ice going, it'll be better than nothing!
How much do You save on electricity doing it this way?
Ice also cost money!
What’s the net difference in electricity between a small AC and this concoction (fan + pump + Ice)?
y2rock If you're worries about Ice usage there's always Ice Packs
It's the same mentality that electric cars are free to run and require no maintenance. Also, that lithium ion batteries are of no harm to the environment.
Your better off buying an air conditioner. Your freezing water in your refrigerator/freezer thus using power. So in the end this is not worth it. The benefits of an ac is taking the humidity out of the air.
Not if you freeze it yourself. Clean air, no chem!
I bought my eco friendly AC for $80 on sale and it works great sometimes I have to turn it off because I get to cold lol
whats it called? I need it lol
I’ve built one and it works well. Best when using bare ice versus bottles of water that get frozen and switched out.
I HAVE DONE THIS AND WOULD NOT RECOMMEND. I built something very similar to this. 20' of 1/4" copper tubing coiled predominantly around the central bit (as I discovered on my older fan that the center moved the majority of the air) of a 20" box fan and a 12V 240L/H pump. I used 2 large re-freezable icepacks and 1 gallon of fridge water in a 2 gallon cooler. It produced air that was about 10F colder for ~15 minutes. Mechanically everything worked perfectly, but this design simply doesn't last long enough to be worth $100, which is roughly what I spent, too. I was trying to use this to escape another Californian heat wave, but it sadly did nothing but steal a large portion of my day.
you got any temp readings for proof bro?
No because it got hot after 20 mins when the ice melts
For those saying that you could simply use an evaporative cooler (swamp cooler) - yes, of course you could. But that would introduce a LOT of additional humidity into the space, which might not be ideal in many circumstances.
This is a swamp cooler
@@michaelsickinger9741 it is similar to, yes. But not quite the same. A swamp cooler usually works by having a membrane full of water that a fan pulls air through. The water evaporates and cools the air, but also introduces that moisture into the air in the form of humidity - thus the “swamp” in “swamp cooler”. If you live in an arid desert that wouldn’t be too bad, but if you are in, say, Houston, the last thing you need is more water in the air.
A design like this one avoids adding additional moisture to the air by keeping the water and air from actually contacting one another, instead having the water pass through a closed system.
@@HowdyFolksGaming if you instead used a minifridge with coils inside the freezer part instead of ice in a cooler. you would effectively made a poor mans's mini split unit. just put the mini fridge outdoors. the only draw back is your mini fridge might not be powerful enough and burn out the compressor.
My man here just dumped a power cord into a water and ice-filled cooler... Like he just tossed the whole adapter in
I'm glad people like this exist so firefighters and EMTs still have jobs
Fill the cooler to about 50% full of water, add a lot of ice (3 bags if possible) then add Salt to the mix. This lowers the temperature like in the old Ice Cream Makers. The only change is that the pump system might need to be made closed loop instead of pulling the cold water straight through the pump since salt is added. It might be worth checking into.
Hi! Cool! That saw, it's not just a hack saw, it's a COPING saw. The blade is much finer and used for detail cutting as you can turn the blade within the handle, good for cutting awkward shapes in most thing including skirting board contours etc.
An Ice Heater! Ingenious.
ruclips.net/video/TtRkd-rITkU/видео.html is also a great way to cool down!
Me looking at this and thinking in 2024 it is not $ 100 anymore. NGL I'm going to be looking for specials and try this myself. Great idea bro.
I think this works well for shop environment where there is no a/c available for large spaces. I plan on trying this out at my work if it don't work out I will try on tent camping ,or back up if a/c goes out .
We made this to help keep our tech's cool when working in attics.
The air coming out the fan is marginally cooler. Barely noticeable.
The attics average about 116 degrees. This thing did nothing to cool it.
What it did do, was create a TON of condensation water.
You cant operate this thing without a drip pan that needs to be constantly emptied
there is better makes then this guys
If you run a heating and cooling company and attempted this you need to find a new trade. We're you surprised it created a lot of condensation while being used I'm an attic? So fucking stupid
@@coryryder9070 yeah we made a way better one with a powerful pump. But it doesnt matter. It doesnt work very well.
We strapped a pan to the bottom of it with a drain tube.
But its just not enough cooling capacity to make a difference.
@@MJC-he3zt No, we weren't surprised, we were prepared for condensation. But to us it was worth a try on the chance that it could possibly help.
Too bad you think we are "stupid and should find a new trade".
But we think we will stay in business since we are excellent at what we do.
Its ok to try new things ya know. Thats how greatness is achieved. Have a peacefull day.
Dude, that's not a hacksaw, that is a coping saw. 😂
I was going to say the same thing and looked through to see if someone else noticed. Cheers, Mike.
I guess he has to COPE with it...
hey, after running this setup how much temperature drop was there in the room any idea ?
This is a great idea, the majority of neighborhood association members don't allow to install a ac unit in the garage,so this project still save money on electricity consumption,than a ac unit,and also a ac unit need extract the heat of the condenser the opposite at this fan cooler.
Why didnt you use a temperature checker
Ok. Well for 100 I’ll be buying an air conditioner. I wanted to see the temperature difference and for some reason that wasn’t included after the build and presentation.
How long does it last? Thanks , good effort!
THANK YOU!!! Awesome video!! I conceived this idea today and sure enough, someone else already did it. So why am I so happy? Because instead of doing it and failing, I already know it worked for someone. My idea was not as original or "cool" (pun intended) as this one, so I DID learn from this video. Also, this video was well made, so I got ideas from that too. Thanks for your contribution! >LIKED< >SUBSCRIBED< >SHARED< >SAVED<
ALSO: I thought about adding (possibly) a solid-state cooling device to the water tubing to see if I can heat-pump with this. I also found that instead of ice, if I freeze a few gallon jugs of water, and place them in a water base in the ice chest, it will last longer before needing to recharge the cooling part with ice. Yeah, I'm transferring energy from my fridge to my overheated garage, but your ice chest idea at least helps the efficiency. I am also thinking of adding wifi-reporting temp sensors to various parts of the water loop to see how I might increase efficiency. Again, a really cool project and pardon the pun again. lol
Did you measure the cooling effect with / without the pump on? I think the effect of the tube is miniscule. If there is almost no cooling effect by the tube, the investment of materials and time is not worth it.
You should make a castle or Mario themed marble machine
At time marker 2:59 you refer to a coping saw as a hack saw. These are two very different saws and each serves their purpose. Because if you had an actual hack saw you would have never been able to make that cut for the power cable. Just wanted to share that with you, and I am also not trying to knock your video in anyway either. In fact I love this video you made, and also shared with us! Keep up the great work!
I get the comments about getting an AC unit from a store, but this makes sense. It's portable to a specific part of the room and when you're done with it, a lot of the parts can be repurposed. I hate figuring out disposal for an AC unit. I think it's cool.