DIY AC! - The "Copper Coil" Ice-Chest Air Cooler! - Combo Air Cooler! - All New! 100% Solar! ez DIY
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- All New Homemade AC Air Cooler! The "COPPER COIL" Ice-Chest Air Cooler! it's a combination of the standard ice-chest air cooler and a copper coil fan cooler - all in one! - combined to make an ice/cold water air cooler! ...and it's 100% Solar Powered! - so all you need is ice/cold water and sun and you got "free" cool air! - be ready for summer! - note that the last 30 seconds of the video lists the stats/details. if you like the vid... consider rating, subbing and sharing!
Everyone in comments asking how much ice does it use. Just get some Zip-lock freezer bags..fill with water..make sure outside of bag is dry and a couple paper towels between (so they don't stick together) and lay in the freezer..once frozen put in ice chest. Make a double batch and as they thaw in the chest replace with the frozen ones and put the thawed ones back in the freezer!
I've built several over the years and one thing that I learned was that ice lasts twice as long if it's not setting in water. I'd suggest a grid or mesh to suspend the ice up off the water and in direct contact with the coils with some ice in the bottom with the water. Pretty clean build though, good work!
Jon Rothenbusch 100% true !
Youd make a better RUclips channel brother
Exactly
YOU COULD USE BLOCK ICE WIT SALT ADDED
The ice lasts twice as long suspended. But only cools a fifth as much. Genius!
I would also Isolate the water ice mix from having the fan blow on it with a sheet of insulation
so it last longer - Isolating the coils in a tube where the air blows throw the tube with the coil in will also help -- of course this is all fine me saying this as I have never built one so just theory.
Thanks for posting - cheers.
1. A sheet of insulation of what material? 2. What tube material to isolate the coils in a tube?
Why do you need the coil if the air is blowing directly across the ice?
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Suggestion - dual use the cooler. Use it to cool the room AND keep your swill cold at the same time.
This is the most gangster thing I've ever seen in my life and I'm from the hood.
Good job! All that work and time I would spend a few more bucks on a more permanent quality ice chest.
How about air temps before and after in a small room or something? Again good job and thanks!
I've been watching alot of these as my job has me sitting idle in a vehicle for a long time. I see a constant issue with warm air coming in and have been thinking about this. As I'm using mine in a vehicle I only need one or 2 vents so I got to thinking. Take the life mount fan and vent setup and make the vent a t pipe. By doing this I have airflow to the front and back. In addition this setup would have one side of the vent exiting over the fan which would cook the incoming air
Would the ice not last longer if it was insulated from the air flow and the air was only passing over the copper tubing?
The fan size will also determine the longevity of the ice, I used a smaller battery opperated fan and frozen water bottles in a couple I made. Great design if I make another I will definitely use some of your ideas. Great video!
I made one of these recently. I have a 48qt chest that holds the ice/water with a small pump inside that pumps the cold water to a separate smaller air box 12qt cooler blower box that has a heater core inside of it and a 4" 270 cfm bilge pump/fan. I took it for a test run in 105 degree temps on a 120 mile trip in the backseat of an old mustang. It worked well but I went through three 8 lb.bags of ice. I am thinking of insulating the ice cooler better and thinking of making it into a closed loop system with copper tubing. Maybe have 2 separate compartments and elevating the copper coils keeping them on the ice and away from the lower warmer melted ice water. I'm adding a 4" flexible hose to the blower box an attach a 4" PVC T to direct the cold air up to the left and right front seats. IDK yet, but at least it worked fairly well and it was fun to build and didn't turn out to be a waste of time.
Your unit has a very nice design.
hi and thank you!
Excellent. But, have the copper coils on the bottom.
You’re welcome! Duration and lower temperature output will improve.
first one ive seen so far that looks like something i would want to make
The air melts the ice too fast
Vic Chavez separate those two
@@CallMeFil yes With a tin foil dryer duct , you coil it inside the icebox and stick both ends out , one for the blower and one as vent , this way the air never touches the ice but cools down as it travels thru the duct. The ice will be good for at least two days instead of 2 hours
@@vicchavez6570 Without the copper coil?
How much ice do u go thru each use?
how long did the cooling effect of the ice last before you head to put some more cold into it?
The best AC in the 🌎world.
Great design. Works in dry heat of a desert I'm sure.
What if you extend those side pipes in the back of the fan to give some cold air instead of just sucking hot air inside.
Yeah, it seems like you could design the fan inside. I'd imagine something like a dual lid where the air being pulled would come from the inside as well
Idea, design a V-twin stirling cold gas engine with a fan and on one fly wheel to draw air through a condensing coil to cool the air. A rewired drum motor generator with magnetic bearings on the other fly wheel to generate the volts needed to power the Helium sealed cylinder stirling cold piston that turns the gases in the atmosphere into a super cold Liquid that fills a insulated resivor with a bell siphon that fills the condensing coil with the liquid air boil off being feed back to the cold piston to reform the liquid atmosphere. The device starts up using a organic carbon power cell to generate the liquid atmosphere then the V-twin stirling cold gas piston engine starts up and spins the drum motor generator that changes the carbon power cell back up and then shuts off power to cell ounce charged while providing the volts needed to operate the stirling helium cold piston that generates the liquid air to keep the cycle going. Free air conditioning? 😉😊
Very nice. How long in duration will the ice and ice water last without loosing a cold Temperature? Considering the warmer air blowing over the coils and ice will melt it quicker. Does it last one day with a decent cold temp?
Great design. That is pretty neat. Good DIY
A good idea maybe: Pre-cool air going into ice chest. That way you're not blowing hot room temperature air into ice chest. Maybe pre-cool air by using your indirect evap to cool off water to cold air box with three PC radiators and duct the cold air to blow in ice chest. That way you have pre-cooled cold air going into ice chest and keeping the ice from melting so quickly . Just an idea but I'm not a thermodynamic expert and there might be air flow imbalances in my idea
Have you thought about trying to isolate the coils from the water/ice? Some type of separation. The air hitting the ice wouldn't melt it as fast. Also, what about using a peltier to cool a water block to use instead of ice, with it venting the heat side to the outside though a window?
Hello there, can you attach the link to the exact fan, water pump, and solar panels used within the making of this video because I would like to follow your example identically? Also, what were the inside diameter (and outside diameter) of the vinyl tubing that you used? Thank you!
Fantastic idea, I'll be making one of these. Can you tell me what size air line you used for the water pump?
Could you please explain the science behind the copper wire.
Also I did not understand the science of the water pump. Nor, did I see or understand the water water pump placement and use for the design.
How long will this device last? And, how much will it cool, say, an average room, and not just the air coming out of it being cool.
Sorry to butt in but the water is pumped through the coils to keep the coils cold and the cold that is generated from the coils is blown into the room
So the coils are always full of freezing water.
That's how I see it.
@@PeakyBlinder Tyank you for taking the time to explain that. I am like most people that dont understand the working of refrigerators and their coils. So, now I am one step closer to having a better idea.
I really liked it. Complete process would have been given. How did you make cupper spiral.?
hi. best way to make the spiral is to wrap it around something about the size of a standard size campbells soup can. i've used cans to make the spiral and i've used pvc pipe as well.
Great job! I do not understand what the coils are for. There is an ambient water temp in the box, so am not sure what coils are for.
Am looking to build something like your model but wish to understand the physics behind your model. Thanks very much for taking the time to filming and uploading.
Hi @shipless. Copper coils react with cold water, it's temperature would drop which is responsible for the producing cold air on the DIY AC
@@pinoymakeiteasytv5910 Thank you.
add a stage ..second box to cool even more
Perhaps the PVC coil support should be polar tubes... turning that much space into ice/ice pack.
instead of using a copper coil (expensive), just use a plastic mesh like what you did with the swamp cooler
can you go a step farther by adding air compression/jet effect??!!
Excellent tutorial. Well explained. Thank you for all you do. Definitely will try and build my portable AC.
Try using a heater core between the fan and the copper coils, and perhaps add a layer of insulation with big holes to allow airflow? Just my .02!
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I don't know if it's this simple, but since you're not concerned with "conditioning" -- i'e.' dehumidifying/pulling the heat OUT of -- the room air, could you enclose the fan and run one of the outlets to it thereby having a recirculating system somewhat like a home AC has, and reduce the ice melting time by not having to cool the incoming room temp air?
If you add a cup or so of salt to the ice it would get colder. I wish these type coolers worked here in Florida... maybe 2 chest unit, one with a coil in ice and one with just a coil and fan. I could even use dry ice in the one and antifreeze in the coils....hhhhhmmm... your videos always exercise my grey matter
Yosef, swamp coolers like this work by chilling water and spraying droplets into the air, this works very well in dry climates (very low humidity) but not so well in areas with high humidity , the cool humid air contacts the hot humid air and loses its cool very quickly only adding to the humidity, the added moisture aids in mold growth as well so you need to be sure to keep the area ventilated. I have used a small swamp cooler in my truck during the summer and it does work to cool the interior several degrees and feels good blowing on me but I had to be sure to wipe down the dashboard and windows and leave the windows open to air out the truck . So they DO work here just not very effectively and the side effects, for lack of a better term, are worse than dealing with the heat IE everything damp and clammy which can quickly turn to musty and moldy. I use a mist system for my patio and it feels cooler than the ambient temp but you are quickly covered in water droplets even with several fans blowing
BTW: This is not really a swamp cooler. Humidity will increase due to evaporation; but evaporative cooling is not what is cooling the air.
Thats what I was thinking
This is using the radiator effect so it will work better in to south east. Me, I live in Nevada and Instead of expensive copper I will just wrap the PVC with Dura Cool swamp cooler foam and wet it with the pump like I have seen in other videos... I think this variation was tried for you in the humid south....Still wonder how much you have to invest in ice ......
Doc Ink that is not possible
but why not do a ton of 3/4 inch copper outlets that are all submerged
If you isolate the ice so the fan does bot blow true it, you will get better results, the ice will las longer and you will steel get the cold air from the tubes
You got a look in the DC air-conditioners that’s what I plan on doing their lower wattage and they do the best work
I live in the desert as well and would love to see what one of these units could OUTPUT if it receives INPUT of 38-40*C air . Can you test this unit out by ducting air from the outside in?
Happen to have a link for Fan & Pump?
If you use a salt water solution or rubbing alcohol instead of just ice water, you might get a better effect. You could even try supercooling a salt water solution for even colder air, like 34°f coming out of the cooler
Salt water + copper tubing = destroying copper tubing
hmmmmmm I wonder if you could use a computer radiator with copper coils, using the ice to cool the water in the loop and keeping the humid air inside the cooler?
what is the effective time per one bag of ice?
I wonder like the saturated sodium acetate heat packs... if there is a re-usable endothermic pack like the water and ammonium nitrate or urea and Carbamakool™ that is relatively non-toxic as another more off the grid method outside of using maybe like a solar ammonia freezer system that is way more complex or even a solar powered freezer (though the AC ones can sometimes be found cost effective used and powered with an inverter or battery and inverter). Thinking I'm going to check the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics to see what they note and study what can be a re-usable process even if like having to make a solar still or maybe even a evaporative cooler to re-collect the crystals to re-use in a continuous cycle where at least less water would be needed to rinse the filter maybe. Wonder what amount of water evaporation will correlate to ions vapored/gased off also if even. Awesome inspirations man... get me thinking.
Wondering if a geothermal cooling loop would be a good idea also.
If you're running on solar you might as well add a peltier setup, it's still cheaper than an ac, just direct the heat from the peltier through tube to the outside.
its 35 times better to make your own ac refrigerant pump to flow through the coils with real freon
So you're not using a voltage regulator or anything? Just from the solar panels to the fan and pump? I'm just asking. I know nothing about this stuff yet but I'm going to learn when I move into my minivan.
hi there. nope, with a simple system like this - no need for that. it's just a straight connect to the panel.
@@desertsun02 Ok, if you were running the fan only, would you need a voltage regulator so it didn't burn up the fan? Sorry, I'm new to all of this.
hi. nope. you can run the fan straight off the solar panel. the fan or pump or whatever your running will just draw the power it needs.
Too many holes in styrofoam cooler it will not last. Instead of using a real well insulated hard plastic cooler. Then you will be able to drain the water from it with the cooler plug from the side bottom.
Blessings! I love that it's solar powered! What do you do though in hot nights to keep it powered? & can it be hooked up to a gassless generator? Thank you!!!
hi there. you can run it using a 12v battery at night if you want to. or you can run if using wall current if you buy an ac to dc transformer. you should be able to run it using a generator. here's a link to my quick video on how to run my DC projects using AC power ruclips.net/video/GATesKJeLMM/видео.html
@@desertsun02 Thank you very much!
@Glory2God sure thing
It easier if you leave the fan outside and use some dryer exhaust flex and a manifold and tape it to the fan so it blows into the flex, then run it thru the hole on the lid and coil it inside the cooler and stick the end out . Poor the ice in and close it ,this way the air doesn't hit the ice and melt it fast.
OK,my landlord where I rent a room keeps the central air at 79 ,which in fla is better than no air but at night it does get warm.my bed room is maybe 8'/10'×12'/15'?ballpark.do you think that in a ruffly 150sq ft room this,as close as I can get to replicate,would cool it down at night.I'm not trying to cool the whole house and mainly would be at night in a room that's going to be 79degrees to start from a central vac unit.thanks for all your vids lots of great ideas.
Do I need to buy an ice machine?
Have you tested it without the copper and just use ice?
Nice.
Can you tell me where to get the water pump and solar panels that you used. I am not sure I am looking at the correct ones to buy. Thank you Sir,
Throw a half-cup of rock salt into the cooler,
U'll get 3-5 degrees more cooling👍🏼
homemade newcomen steam engine will produce the energy to power a non electrical centrifugal pump and a twin walking engine will produce enough for a natural air pump. that can be attached to a cooler box that has glass rods that act as evaporative coolers. the pump lets water fall onto the glass while air blows down onto the water and the copper coils, cooling them tremendously. when they reach the desired outlet of the pipes, you have free, freezing temps with no electricity and no ice. boiling water to get ice cold air.
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It would be nice if you could re explain that in more detail. I would def try it.
Glad evaporative coolers on the coolers lid???
You might have something. Please go on...
newcomen steam engine with twin arms and twin flywheels can have a centrifugal water pump attached to it. when the steam engine gets moving, the centrifugal pump will drag water up and pour it in any desired region. Instead of a cardboard, fiber, or other evaporative cooling pad, you can use glass pieces as a sort of filter/channel. drop the water on it using the centrifugal pump water pipe and position the newcomen engines other flywheel to another centrifugal air pump this time. using this guys copper method and my glass method you can have a high humidity and yet the temperature changes will increase until you're reaching extremely cold temperatures as copper is very sensitive to temp changes and the glass rod water fan will change the temp. eventually you will start to reach freezing temperatures by boiling water. is that a better explanation? if not sorry
Where did you learn this? Who taught you this?
@@DylanBegazo in this world... some mysteries will forever go unsolved, sadly...
But you have to burn stuff to make power -- not very practical - I think we are better off with solar.
Cheers
Not sure I understand the coil part completely. Inline pump keeps water circulating through them?
hi. yes that's right 🙂✔
Make sure to keep your fingers like away from where your drilling... Wonder why he use this technique
It’s too bad that the back of the toilet ( water holder area) can’t be used to create a cooling system. Any thoughts on this? 🤔
hi. that's one water source i had never thought of.
At first I thought water was coming out of the tubes but I finally saw that it was tassels 🥴 I'm stupid sometimes
i need sweater and blanket after watching this.
Can it cool a room like an air conditioner?
if u keep ice up away from water and blow air over ice u dont need coils or pump by the way pump heats up water
Buying links please for the fan, pumb and solar system.
Cool...you could also just use the PVC stand in place of the clear tubing to run the water to the copper tubing too just formatted a little differently I guess
why dont u use the fin and copper with aluminium from broken aircon outdoor unit? its cheaper and more efficient
I try that with an radiator from old AIO water cooler for cpu. The air is really chilling, but the water that go back to the icebox melt the ice rather quickly. 2kg of ice lasted less than 1 hour.
Just make a sealed container where dry ice is used then its cooling ability is transferred through the fins of the sealed container and a vent on the inner sealed container to vent c02 off the dry ice outside and have the blower blowing on the outside of where the dry ice is sealed....get all the cooling ability of a -30 degree dry ice block and co2 gets vented outside....
I like it. Don't like having to use ice.
2:25 36.5F coil temp, 55.0F air temp, but how cool can it bring an 11x11 space in 30min?
Great video
wouldnt be better to have the ice isolated from the part where the spirals are so the air wont blow over the ice melting it faster?
my idea too. Thinking either run the air through a duct with coil inside (condensation issues?) or a 2nd floor to separate the two chambers; ice below, airflow+coil above.
What size hole saw did you use for the 1 1/2" PVC?
Awesome Build :) I wonder if you could answer a question. Does the cold water pump over the copper coils or though them?
Thank you.
hi. the cold water pumps thru them
@@desertsun02 Thank you thats awesome info :)
Much apreshiated.
hey brother i know its bit to ask but this will help me alot dude ...
Do you know the freq of that coil? would be in the khz and can you tell me is there electromagnet feild coming from that coil thanks alot brother
The fan air must pass through the ice for this to work well
Untouchable it passes through the ice water coils. The temp gun says it works just fine
Thanks for sharing. It is a great design. However, I am thinking about two ice boxes, one for the ice and the pump and one for the coil and fan - in the hope for the ice last longer. Do you think it would work? Thanks again.
Hien Nguyen that won't work the coils have to be in the same chamber
Omar Davis, the coils have to be in the same chamber as what? If you use enough coils you can pump the ice water from one cooler to the coils in another cooler. This way the hot outside air is not flowing directly on the ice and water, causing it to heat up faster and melt. You would definitely need more copper tubing then this example for it to be effective.
Looks amazing!
How did you bend the copper pipe to a spiral?
Fill with sand
That's cool!
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What if you dis the reverse, with larger diameter copper coils the air runs through that's submerged in ice water?
Also, would love to see one that's for a rotomolded cooler (yeti type) but doesnt ruin the cooler. Rather is sealed between the lid and body with it half open.
hi. interesting idea. i've thought about pumping air through cooled coils. i wonder what type of pump would work best.
@@desertsun02 you mean a fan right? Aka air pump?
hi. yes
L0VE the tinsel props and how about a thermometer
How about keeping water at frozen state or at a low temperature through Peltier cooling?
Where will you let the hot side go? Inside the room lol
He could vent it but peltier pull a lot of amps.
Genius 😀
Cool!
So why the copper coils, what is it's purpose?
and this bag of ice coasts how much and lasts for how long?
Smart
What kind of drill bit is this? Can you attach a link of the exact drill bit size and etc...? Thank you!
hi. it's called a hole saw. i don't have the exact link but they sell them at harbor freight tools
@@desertsun02 thank you, I appreciate your response.
Mate can you tell me the measurements of the coil, Thanks
It's not 100% solar powered unless the ice you use comes from a freezer that is also solar powered! However, I am just nit picking....Great build!
Sell that with the solar panels and I would but it!
What's in the copper coils?
Is ice maker solar powered?
Everything can and should be run by the sun! We just need some more time to get it all figured out.
So does the coil keep the ice from melting so fast
Coil is copper and the copper gets chilled by the ice water and creates a greater surface area for the incoming air to be cooled before exiting the cooler. Doesn't really prolong the lifespan of the ice.
Apparently I missed something what's the deal with the copper coils?
hi there. the copper coils are basically acting as a heat exchanger. they spread out 'the cool' so there is more cool surface area. that helps cool the air
Nice