Solar Powered Swamp Cooler Project
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- Опубликовано: 19 сен 2020
- Converted my swamp cooler from AC to DC for my Off Grid Solar Panels.
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Parts for this Project is about $100 not including your own Solar System.
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Fans $43
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DC Speed Control $18
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Toggle Switch $8
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Bilge Pump $20
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14-16 AWG Red Wire $6
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14-16 AWG Black Wire $6
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16 AWG Inline Fuses $8
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1x2x2 Foam Insulation Board $6
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As with this video, your 7 day 'Do-It-Yourself' Off Grid Solar Project RUclips videos are excellent. Thank you.
I did this and i have to thank you! Electric bill went down $70-$80.
This is exactly what I was looking for . Don’t know if I can do it . Don’t have any electrical knowledge.
Your amazing bro. I appreciate all of your time
Very clever
I was thinking about doing something like this for my off grid property so decided to see if there was a RUclips video of someone who has done it. I like how you did it. It's awesome. I also see that you could add a switch and use just one fan if you wanted to. Batteries in a solar system are expensive and there is a big difference between using 500 watts for 10 hours during a night and using just 120 watts for 10 hours. A couple of 12v 100amp LiFePo4 batteries would do it well. No inverter needed and plenty of cool air.
Awesome been boiling this around
This is brilliant!
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You could’ve used a 12 v rv pump to get the water onto the pads, and eliminated the 110 pump, completely eliminating the need for any 110
So cool.
just a drip and a fan - easily work with a solar panel.
I run mine off 500 watt solar and 500 watt pure sine wave inverter. Still on ac power. Runs 250 watts . Runs all day about 7-8 hours
I could not get the motor started with a 500w inverter. The cranking amps is too high for most swamp coolers. I just got my 3000w inverter replaced under Warranty. It died and was probably bad from the start. I might try to see if it will start the AC Motor to see if that was the problem. I'm surprised you can get one started with just 500w. What size swamp coolor or motor is yours?
@@plantbasedprepper my cooler looks just a bit smaller than yours. My motor says 4.5 amps 110 volt. But actual consumption is only 250-260 watts even on start up.
@@kevinbreaux6769 I'll get back to you! I'm going to look at the specs for mine and read the amps on startup using AC power first. Then try it on my new inverter again.
@@plantbasedprepper I just went and rechecked the killawatt meter and its 360 watts startup. 250 watts running.
Clever. Here I was thinking, how can I power the motor, to spin the pulley, to rotate the hamster wheel? When all it took was some 12v car fans. What purpose does the pump achieve. Does it just soak the pads in cold water? I remember having one in my home as a kid, but can't remember how they worked.
The pump moves the water up the tubes and drops it on top of each side of the swap cooler pads. It's still working great! Just installed a cover and vent on the front and it lowered the fan noise quite a bit and directed the air where I wanted it. The only thing I would do diff is try several different 12v fans and choose the quietest one with the strongest flow but I'm very happy with it!
It's an evaporative cooler. The pump puts water on the pads, so it's spread over a large surface, so it can evaporate water into the air. The moist air is pulled through the house by the fans. Moist air holds more heat than dry air, so it collects the heat and then leaves through an open window at the other end of the house. In greenhouses, the pads are at one end of the greenhouse, and the fans are at the other end.
I'm so doing this!
I have those type of fan but they are kind of noisy
hey dude I live in the California Mohave Desert 20 miles from death Valley the well water is loaded with calcium heavily our first watercooler died from the power grid surges either from within the city or our mobile home park so your concept bill is along the lines of what I've been looking for so yes I want the list of parts
The list is in the video description. I would shop around for fans and try to find the ones that are the quietest. At full speed, we have to turn the t.v. up loud.
I was thinking about doing that but with electric power fans the other day and if someone would come up with side panels made with durable plastic instead of metal so they last
I'm running on panel but it doesn't run on battery
on the batteries , you have a 4 battery bank are they deep cycle?
Yes, I bought Duracell GC2 75 amp hour deep cycle batteries I bought from Sam's club for about $50 each 2 years ago. www.samsclub.com/s/duracell%20gc2
You can watch my entire solar build on my channel. Here are the battery connections. ruclips.net/video/XgftCHq2xB8/видео.html
what's t5he air temperature out side? and what's the cooler air temperature across the swamp cooler?
I presume you implemented one or two fuse(s) to protect your fans, and one fuse to protect your water pump or your motor speed controller. What size amp fuse(s) did you use to protect your fans? What size amp fuse did you use to protect your water pump? What size amp fuse did you use to protect your motor speed controller? How many amps / watts is your battery? How many amp hours is your battery? I subscribed to your RUclips video channel and gave you a thumbs up! Please respond to all my questions in the comment / reply section. Thank you.
Please watch my Solar Setup video to answer your questions about my battery bank and how I run this swamp cooler off grid. As far as the fuse, I use an inline 20amp fuse. The fans are 6amps each and the pump is 3amps. The speeder controller doesn't use anything. It just controls the watts and amps which regulates the fan speed. Sorry I didn't do a more thorough instructional video. I listed all the parts used in the description. Look those up for more details on the watts and amps used. If it doesn't tell you the amps, just divide the watts by the 12volts and that will give you the amps. Hope this helps. Here is a link to my Off Grid Solar setup series but it's more involved than just using a basic setup. I'm running lights, cameras, swamp cooler and power tools when I need it. ruclips.net/video/TVwweyqEykE/видео.html
How many batteries are you using for SWAMP COOLER
You might want to watch my series on installing my off grid solar system. I'm using 4 6v 215amp hour batteries I bought from Sams Club.
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I have two 35 amp hour batteries my problem is how do I run it on battery when Sun stops shining
Would a VFD solve the inverter issue?
Loud as fuck man
Yeah, this was before I put the front cover on it. It's much nicer now but ya gotta try diff fans if you want it the lowest sound.
how many panels are you using and at what watts
I have 4x100 watt panels with 4x6v 215amp Duracell Golf Cart Batteries I bought from Sam's Club for $80/each. That gives me about 5k watts that I only drain to 30%, so that's 3,500watts/day. The swamp cooler is 120watts/hour on full speed so if I run it for 24 hours, that's 2,880 watts per day. I probably only run it about 8 hours/day during the summer and it usually runs off the solar panels alone while keeping the battery bank fully charged. I love it!
Here's a look at my solar panel project. ruclips.net/video/C5xY6l-uUuM/видео.html
@@plantbasedprepper thanks for getting back to me,mine runs on the 120 volt at 420watts by my kilowatt meter so i have been thinking of a way to run mine on solar, its a window one about your size, 4000 cfm or so. i have been talking to some forum people and they keep telling me i cant run my cooler at 400 watts on 120 with a battery backup because i need more panels, i was planning on 2x100 to start with, they said 400 watts panels wont run a 400 watt cooler on 120, so your looks great. how much air do you get blowing out, quite a bit
@@plantbasedprepper will go there now thanks
@@mattrowe1229 The only reason I couldn't run mine with solar was the surge required to start the AC motor. It kept tripping my 3000 watt inverter! It blows a lot but the air goes to the side vs directly in front but with a cover, you can direct it where you want. I'm installing a directional vent here soon. Just make sure you find 2 8" radiator fans and read reviews on Amazon. Some are too loud and some take more or less watts. I used a foam Insulation Board I found at Home Depot, cut to size and mounts onto it perfectly.
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