you're welcome. time flies by. seems like it was just a couple of years ago that i started making videos. i still have and use this unit. it still works great.
@@desertsun02 I live in FL so you can imagine how hot it gets over here, especially when the power goes out during hurricane season. We have plenty of sunshine though, so this little trick will come in handy. We keep refigerators on generator so there will be ice! Your videos are awesome! I was acctually thinking of doing some of your "projects" with my 10 year old. He loves all the survival/prep stuff.
I did this years ago a friend of mines husband was dying of cancer, the ac went out and my brain went into overload and I was able to keep him cool, while waiting on an ac man to show up. used an old foam cooler and 2 gallon frozen milk jugs with a fan and 2 pieces of pvc pipe and u joints..it worked great...your video is so awesome
@@mincraft8833 hi I can't build this could I pay u to do the work . I live in phx. Please help me . I'm a single beauitfull lady. I live in an apt air is not working right. I'm lalei Aloha love to here from u ...
I would recommend putting a grate inside the bottom at least 1" from the cooler floor, then add a divider wall in the middle so that when the air flow goes in it hits the bottom and works its way around the divider and goes up past your ice to the exhaust. For a method of cooling add 16-20 oz bottles of water with rock salt in them. Salted water stays frozen longer, 3 bottles on each side of divider and have them spaced apart to allow air to flow through freely. You can rotate 6 bottles in it, 6 bottles in freezer so that you always have cool air to keep house cool. When one set unfreezes switch em out. For clarification, rock salt not table salt, table salt.
Fuck you for this advice, my water didnt freeze over night because of you : when salt is added to your ice it will melt earlier because it's melting temperature is lower. This means salt ice won't stay frozen as long as regular water ice.
Several years ago I made one exactly like it for the inside of my truck. Had a 12v fan to be able to plug into cigarette lighter because my truck which was sold in the north not needing an A/C was at the time in Waco Tx blazing hot black Silverado with manual crank windows. It helped and was sure better than nothing.
This one looks a LOT easier than the other one and probably just as effective. THIS is the design I am going to go for. Just need a cooler, a fan, and a elbow outlet duct. Brilliant!!! (as long as you have ice).
We just did it!! Its great!! Impatient to try it without the block of ice. So bagged up some cubes and old frozen bread half loaves to clean out freezer so my Dollar Tree dish pans fit to make my blocks of ice. They are the perfect size. Hoping to do 2 and stand them up on their sides so more ice surface is exposed to the fan. THANK YOU!! My birds are going to love it
Our air conditioner went out this summer. I let my hubby move my window unit in my studio to the family room, hated having to do leaves me without air in there but we needed it close to the kitchen. So, this is awesome sauce :) we can make one for the bedrooms to. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
I made a version of this kind of cooling unit back before TH-cam existed, but I'm kinda glad to see I've not been the only one with this idea, plus it's effective and simple enough for anyone to make, and use them anywhere, especially if it's run on DC power or both AC and DC
I have made this a very one. My cooler is slightly smaller and I used a flexible tube that goes on a dryer. I also found a small fan that works off a USB port. so I have a battery pack that I can charge in the Sun or plug it up and this fan plugs into the battery pack. I've got a couple of gallon jugs in my freezer at all times and it works great! I like my bedroom cooler at nite because I get night sweats so this is a great alternatives to a small air conditioner. I had a small air conditioner but it made my room feel too moist and I didn't like it. this is perfect, I have it in a cooler that has wheels very easy to move. What a great idea. when I plug mine in and put the ice in it last most of the night.
Stephen Broussard search Amazon for a USB fan and it came up and it was only 10 dollars with shipping. the battery pack I used i plug up into my usb on computer and recharge. I am going to order one that charges in the Sun I have not done that yet.
I actually have one of those coolers that is I never use. And I just ordered a jigsaw from Amazon. And I have no AC in bedroom lol. You are awesome thanks!
Instead of putting ice in the cooler, I put ice packs. I have raided my Mom's neighbors recycle bins and grabbed a bunch of small empty water containers. Fill them with tap water, freeze, repeat.
You could also purchase a sheet of insulation foam, open the lid on the ice chest and fit it to the top. That way you don't have to chop up your ice chest and can convert it back for whichever use.
Jeff Myers I'm a roofer and at roofing supply stores they sell stirafom (for a cricket system )that redirects the water to the drains.Im not going to get too technical but they have inso that is 12 inches thick (1/4"to12"+)I'm sure you can think of something to make out of that. I've made whole coolers out of it. A cold beer is nice to have after a hard day on the roof.
My husband made something very similar when he drove across country back in 1982, in an 74 Capri that had no AC. We met on that trip, so I got to feel first hand how well it cooled the car. I was in Phoenix, AZ. and it was about 95* outside and VERY a cool 72* - 74* in the car. He tells me that he went through 15 lbs. of ice each day, as he took the southern route from Los Angeles, CA. to Kingston, N.Y. and it was miserably hot throughout the south. He used salt to sprinkle on the ice when the outside temps got really hot. Something to do will helping the ice give off colder air or something. Oh well, whoda thunk it..!!
Salt Water has a lower freezing point. Hence salt ice is colder and thus takes a little longer to melt. If I did this, I would full it with salt ice every time.
Dave XB Salt water ice does not take longer to melt because it does not take more energy to melt. Adding salt to water will lower the freezing point, which will cause it to absorb more energy from a certain temperature air, which will cause it to melt faster. The air coming out of the ice chest will be cooler but the ice will melt faster.
So, Barbara, I just wanted to know if this thing would really work and I think according to your comment that is does. Thank you. I will try with a cheaper styrofoam cooler from the dollar store and a fan that plugs into usb in my car in Florida with an a/c that blows hot air!
awsome video! i tend to try and make one of these every year and every year results in failure the last one i made i just used a normal transparent box and it used to make condensation drip out everywhere as the outside of the box got too cold, plus it was only using a small usb fan. i just made a new one yesterday and used a small cool box like you have and i used a more powerful fan that plugs into the 3 pin uk socket and it works amazing! cools my whole room down, plenty of air flow and no condensation leaking over everything! superb bit of kit! thanks for inspiring me to make one! it works really really well and i think i am now ready for summer!
I watched this video and built one of these, it works better on slow fan as the air in the esky circulates more cool air. I used it at the cricket, brought my little solar panel, filled it with ICE and BEER and had a nice cool air blowing on me the whole time whilst the rest of the crowd were choking on the heat. Then open the esky pull out a beer and enjoy a cold one with AC. FUCK YEAH!
Hahaha, it's funny how so may of us can relate. When women decide to go cold, that 180 degree turnaround is lightning fast and frankly, terrifying. It's a chick thing
Wow, some truly clueless people in these comments. "Where did you buy the fan?" "What kind of fan is it?" "What is the diameter of the fan?" - holy fuck, just go to wal-mart or some shit and figure it out.
Why is that such a stupid question? You can buy £20 fans that are basically a pile of shit or if you're lucky £10 ones that keep you cool all over the summer. It's a perfectly valid question.
I like this best so far. This is about to become reality at my house... and I keep bottles of ice water in my freezer so it runs less and stays cold when we have power outages (common in the mountains).
Here is an idea!! Just thought of it as i watched this video! Add salt to your water before freezing it and it will freeze at a lower temperature! Also just add salt to the icechest and let the ice melt into it, the ice will last longer and be cooler overall. :)
Adding salt to the ice chest will make the ice melt faster, not slower. This actually will make the air coming out colder but at the expense of making the ice last less long. Adding salt to the ice (salt ice cube) will allow the ice to absorb more heat, but a smaller amount of ice with salt, or a larger amount of ice with no salt. Same cost. Think in terms of physics. The salt will basically allow you to have a smaller cooler. To use less ice for a given amount of cooling. But it will not save money.
I love that you brought an old idea, that works, to a new generation. This was common back in the 1930s and early 40s, minus the solar power. My parents told me about their homemade "Air Conditioners" when i was a kid...they called them "Swamp Coolers"
+Luke Lionheart This is not a swamp cooler. A swamp cooler only works in dry environments with low humidity. Swamp coolers run dry air over cooler water to lower the temp. If you live some place where the humidity is 60% + then running the air over water only makes it hotter. He is running the air over a block of ice, so the ice will actually condense some of the humidity back into water which means this setup will work in either a humid or non humid environment. I only comment because I live in South Florida and I hate the heat!!! I have probably researched every method possible to keep cool in the summer. South Florida summers are like northern winters... We board everything up and try not to go outside if possible.
You are correct, I live in Nevada swamp coolers are common here because of the dry climate i think this set up is awsome its 105 out today and I'm definitely going to make one
@@AppAccess123 good point i hadn't noticed that. i'm sure there's some way to remedy this at least by doing something like laying down a tarp and/or using desiccant beads in the general area also it seems like he had his running mostly on uncovered ice but he suggests using closed bottles as well which would probably reduce the amount of residual condensation desiccant beads + closed water bottles + tarp, would probably = much lower condensation
I am starting to manufacture it on a commercial basis. Thanks for a wonderful idea.. we have been having electricity shortage for many years, and we have experienced 8 to 12 hours load shedding . This will be a blessing with solar panels to many .
after reading so many comments with no common sense maybe this will help everyone = use any size cooler/fan you want to best fit your needs. and check the ice every hour or so until it starts melting and then add new ice!
Not all fans are the same. You can buy cheap fans that are amazing or expensive fans that can turn out to be shit. Asking what fan the guy is using because it looks as if the airflow is decent doesn't mean you have no common sense there matey.
It looks like a cheap ass dollar store desk fan to me and some cooler he had laying around. He's not building a cooler for the international space station bud. It's more the idea of using what you have instead of spending like 500 dollars on a portable a/c unit that does the same thing.
This is really cool. Car A/C's goes low to 60° at most, and you achieved 40° ! I gotta do this for my bedroom ! In Florida the regular house A/C just isn't enough lol.
Try leaving your bedroom door open. whit no return in a large room and the door closed some of the air is forced out of the house causing the room to be hotter than the part of the house that has a return.
It's not about Florida you goober. It's about the cold air leaking out of the house in various places. Mostly the attic. That's why ALOT of people use spray foam insulation in order to keep the house cooler. You probably have feces from 1920 up in your attic
Ok, this is mostdef the best i have seen so far of these DIY home AC rigs. I love the simplicity and the readily available parts. This is good, thank you!👍
Living in my Kia Soul at the moment. I used a styrofoam cooler with 20 pounds of ice while of course sitting in the shade the coolness and ice lasted about 8 hours.
used to make these when ac went out in freightliner but I used big Styrofoam cooler and foam cups for the pipe. put car fan that plugs in cigarette lighter and cut my holes with razor knife.
This is brilliant! I'm going to make one or two of these for camping and for in the bed of our truck (with capper) where our dogs ride. Definitely don't want them getting overheated!
You could also use bagged ice with a little water and add rock salt or table salt to bring the ice temperature down even lower and it would last longer.Old hunting trick to keep dressed meat cold longer.
For slower melting ice, minimize the amount of surface area of ice. For example a bunch of ice cube that maybe equal the same 3D volume of his block of ice would theoretically melt faster due to more surface area exposed to higher temperatures. In other words, use one solid block of ice to last longer as he seems to have. Yet you need enough surface area of the air of the fan to blow across the surface area of the ICE before exiting the PVC exhaust port.
If you put the ice bottles on a grate to get them a few inches off the bottom of the cooler, it might force more air around the bottles, increasing the heat exchange and pumping out colder air. You would have to change out the bottles more frequently though (same reason). But very well done.
I've seen several and I'm thinking about building one. I think yours is the easiest to build. It's for a patio and I think this will work just fine. Thanks.
Energy company has a monopoly in my region.. So hot in summer, with bills being Very high if we run the traditional AC. Making this tommorow. Already have solar panel, battery, and fan. Thanks mate.
is incredible!!!!! You surprised me !!!! a great idea and with solar source, in defiinitiva the best idea that I could see ... greetings from mexico and thank you for sharing your idea so cool.
Make it even better by putting some window caulking around the PVC elbow and fan so you have a perfect seal. Then put a window AC filter behind that fan so you don't draw in pollen, dust, etc. Then when the ice melts you can drink the water, water your plants, put it in a swamp cooler, etc. 👍
Fantastic, here in Brazil this will be wonderful for those who have little money or for places that do not have conditions to install a conditioned air.
This would be fantastic for a camping tent, camper or van! I would imagine putting it up higher would provide for maximum cooling since the colder air goes down and would cool more of the space than having it on the floor.
in 100litres of ice there is capacity for water to hold 9kwh of energy. The phase change from 0 deg water to 0 deg Ice is a huge amount of energy. Consider this when designing. If you have access to free ice, this is a big bonus. A friend works in a hotel and can have 20litres chilled down during a shift. If salt is added, the stored energy is even more as the freezing temp is lower. Great video and well presented.
This may be a little off topic but JUST in case this happens to you. A little back ground first. When I was in the military and doing hot weather trainer in the Mohave desert we slept in tents and no way to cool down though we did have large fans blowing HOT air at us. So with me laying on my cot, I thought to my self, I wondered...what if. So I got a bath towel and got it soaking wet then laid it over me. With the fan blowing air over my body and the wet towel in place it cooler me down right away and I actually got a little chilly. It was about 115 degrees inside that tent. NOTE: My son's A/C went out at his apartment one time, in Phoenix, and he remembered this story. He texted me and told me how cool he got doing that.
hi. i've done that before. it works great when the humidity is below 50 or 60%. another trick is to use a 'chill its' evap cooling towel. start by putting a small desk fan next to the bed blowing on you. then take the cooling towel, wet it down and lay it over you. the air from the fan hits the towel and evap cooling takes place. you can get super cool doing that. often i will get so cold that i have to place a sheet or light blanket between me and the towel because the towel gets so cold it's ridiculous. the good thing about using a chill'its evap cooling towel is that you and the blanket stay totally dry. the water stays in the towel and will not get you or the blanket wet at all. the towel can stay wet 3 or 4 hours at a time. i just wish they made full body cooling towels.
I need this so badly at work! 😥 it's like working inside an oven omg I don't know if I'd live to see Autumn this year 😂 I have a frozen pet bottle on my head right now honestly😥 thanks for sharing😘
I actually was inspired by this video using the ice that I am developing a similar unit that uses a chest cooler.. but with the unit I have built.. I used a 3.99 Styrofoam Cooler and a 6 volt case fan from an old pc... with using some internal ducting to have the input air travel to the bottom of the cooler (I cut a laundry soap bottle in half and pinned it to the side of the cooler and put a hole in the side at the top :) ) and then using two 2 Liter Bottles (from soda) filled with a salt water frozen mix (ionic solids lower the freezing point of water by 2 degrees C per mole added [ mole = sum of atomic weights in the compound and is measured in grams] ) and with just that rig... with a 1.4 cubic foot box over the fan with a thermometer in it (cooking LOL) I dropped the temp in that 1.4 cubic feet in less than 5 minutes by 20 degrees... and i think I can get it more efficient .. I will post pictures of the set up later on today :)
Okay here is the photos of my DIY AC Unit based on yours :) drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B001oVz9lVUuflc4TnlSbFZyY1NyZ0oxSlIxbVA2c2dqY24tZE1yYm1rOXZjNzUxNUtBZUE&usp=sharing
Jesse Mercury By my calculations this unit as it is NOW can cool 400 btu per cubic foot or about a 20 degree drop in a 1.47 cubic foot of space in 4 minutes... this unit cost me 3.99 usd to make....
Hi, your system sounds like it works well, can you elaborate on the construction? The fan seems to be mounted on the top of the unit with the detergent bottle attached to the inside. And I'm unsure about how you released the cold air into the room.. Are there any videos showing this style? I think the best idea you had was using salt water, as it gets colder. Thanks!
We mounted these in our pickup bed. Took the center slider out and replaced it with plywood. Run a piece of drier hose through the plywood into the cab. This setup is ancient and it does work ok.
love the harbour freight tools lol that jig saw is the best jig saw I've owned and I've had all the top brands but back to topic I need cold air in my work shop I'm trying this out
this is awesome and looks super simple to do, add in a few suggestions on here and looks fantastic.Guess Im wondering about power outages and ice availability. Well done. I suppose if and when that happens, we still have the solar fan.
The bottles are convenient to transport and remove from cooler, easier to fit in a freezer, and prevent humidifying the air so I think that's the way to go. Just keep some freezing while the others are being used.
We will be caravanning in the Brisbane area this summer and I was keen for a decent review, wading through all the stupid comments, I found your very helpful comment and want to thank you for it :)
Bahzad23 >> Because C and the metric scale requires far less thinking and thus more time to do actual work, other than just playing around with numbers. Which is also why most of the world (over 90%) uses both C and the metric scale.
In the 60's my Grandmother in Al used to put a 1 Foot Cube of ice in doubled up Turkey Fry pans and then set her table top oscillating room fan behind the ice and let the fan just blow past the ice. I worked really well. Ice lasted several hours.
+Dan M Actually I think you guys are using different reference axes here... By your 45 I assume it's 45 degrees from pointing vertically, which would actually be 135 degrees from the base. In that case, 180 would be pointing straight up.
THATS WHAT İ THOUGHT .YOU MUST LET THE AIR CIRCULATE MORE IN THE COLD CHAMBER AND THEN GET OUT .ALSO INSTEAD OF WASTING WATER EVERY TIME YOU USE ICE ..WHY NOT USE SMALL BOTTLES OF WATER AND FREEZE THEM AND USE THEM CONTİNİOUSLY WITHOUT REFILLING THEM WITH WATER .
To add to this, if you have spare place in your freezer it wastes electricity, where as putting water into freeze and changing it to keep cool saves freezer electricity... at least that's my theory ;) Great AC!
inexpensive coolers can be cooler by spraying spray foam in to the areas you cut the holes in to also by drilling some more holes and filling them as well.
seems like my dad told me he stored ice blocks under the porch all summer surrounded by sawdust to keep it from melting like 50 yrs ago...so, the salt idea, combined with the milk jug idea to keep the water from leaving, and the sawdust packing...does that sound viable? i like the foam cooler idea! i get those shipped once a month for scripts plus easier to cut!
***** You add the salt to the water before you freeze it. Allowing it to freeze at a point colder than 0, and therefore giving more cooling effect. It wont necessarily melt faster once it's frozen with salt.
Thanks so much for this video, I am an American missionary living in the Philippines. It's always hot here. This is gonna be a big blessing.
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Do u have access to ice?
This is the simplest, most direct DIY AC I've seen.
me too.
VERY IMPORTANT: Put tray in middle of cooler to suspend ice. If air goes underneath ice instead of skimming top of ice it will make it even colder
But how much sooner would the ice melt? Is it worth the trade-off?
@@CallaFab, good point. 👍
I usally put 8 beers under the block to support it
Wonder if putting Ice cream salt would make even more colder?
@@charlescoker7752 Isn't 40 degrees enough?
Even 7 years later you are still reaching and helping many of us!!! Thank you Sir!!!!!
you're welcome. time flies by. seems like it was just a couple of years ago that i started making videos. i still have and use this unit. it still works great.
@@desertsun02 I live in FL so you can imagine how hot it gets over here, especially when the power goes out during hurricane season. We have plenty of sunshine though, so this little trick will come in handy. We keep refigerators on generator so there will be ice! Your videos are awesome! I was acctually thinking of doing some of your "projects" with my 10 year old. He loves all the survival/prep stuff.
for real tho'...
Yup... it's been weeks since we have had A/C here. Fans have helped, but this will be great! Thank you!
!0 years later!
I did this years ago a friend of mines husband was dying of cancer, the ac went out and my brain went into overload and I was able to keep him cool, while waiting on an ac man to show up. used an old foam cooler and 2 gallon frozen milk jugs with a fan and 2 pieces of pvc pipe and u joints..it worked great...your video is so awesome
kuruptizzle323 ikr.... he da pro !
Good work
That's what my military uncle calls 'field expediency'! This channel is loaded with it, as are you- :)
@@mincraft8833 hi I can't build this could I pay u to do the work . I live in phx. Please help me . I'm a single beauitfull lady. I live in an apt air is not working right. I'm lalei Aloha love to here from u ...
I hope he is ok
thank you for your help
I would recommend putting a grate inside the bottom at least 1" from the cooler floor, then add a divider wall in the middle so that when the air flow goes in it hits the bottom and works its way around the divider and goes up past your ice to the exhaust. For a method of cooling add 16-20 oz bottles of water with rock salt in them. Salted water stays frozen longer, 3 bottles on each side of divider and have them spaced apart to allow air to flow through freely. You can rotate 6 bottles in it, 6 bottles in freezer so that you always have cool air to keep house cool. When one set unfreezes switch em out. For clarification, rock salt not table salt, table salt.
Thank you! I’m making one tomorrow! Water bottles genius!
Very Smart. I recommend also adding salt to the water bottles because it will freeze colder and stay frozen longer.
Fuck you for this advice, my water didnt freeze over night because of you : when salt is added to your ice it will melt earlier because it's melting temperature is lower. This means salt ice won't stay frozen as long as regular water ice.
@@andre_resin2208 he said “fuck you” lmao mad salty 🤣🤣🤣
@@ItsNummy6969 literally salty 🤣
Several years ago I made one exactly like it for the inside of my truck. Had a 12v fan to be able to plug into cigarette lighter because my truck which was sold in the north not needing an A/C was at the time in Waco Tx blazing hot black Silverado with manual crank windows. It helped and was sure better than nothing.
this is what i need for my truck super hot no ac
This is exactly what I was looking for
@@Cary2345me too
How long would it last?
@@aladrasullivan9018 about an hour
This one looks a LOT easier than the other one and probably just as effective. THIS is the design I am going to go for. Just need a cooler, a fan, and a elbow outlet duct. Brilliant!!! (as long as you have ice).
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We just did it!! Its great!! Impatient to try it without the block of ice. So bagged up some cubes and old frozen bread half loaves to clean out freezer so my Dollar Tree dish pans fit to make my blocks of ice. They are the perfect size. Hoping to do 2 and stand them up on their sides so more ice surface is exposed to the fan.
THANK YOU!! My birds are going to love it
This is the best most useful info I found on youtube in a long time,thanks for sharing...
I have an old ice chest. This will be my project for the summer.
Did yours work?
Our air conditioner went out this summer. I let my hubby move my window unit in my studio to the family room, hated having to do leaves me without air in there but we needed it close to the kitchen. So, this is awesome sauce :) we can make one for the bedrooms to. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
I made a version of this kind of cooling unit back before TH-cam existed, but I'm kinda glad to see I've not been the only one with this idea, plus it's effective and simple enough for anyone to make, and use them anywhere, especially if it's run on DC power or both AC and DC
I have made this a very one. My cooler is slightly smaller and I used a flexible tube that goes on a dryer. I also found a small fan that works off a USB port. so I have a battery pack that I can charge in the Sun or plug it up and this fan plugs into the battery pack. I've got a couple of gallon jugs in my freezer at all times and it works great! I like my bedroom cooler at nite because I get night sweats so this is a great alternatives to a small air conditioner. I had a small air conditioner but it made my room feel too moist and I didn't like it. this is perfect, I have it in a cooler that has wheels very easy to move. What a great idea. when I plug mine in and put the ice in it last most of the night.
Donna Reeves Where did you find yourself a USB fan? And did you use solar chargeable batteries?
Donna Reeves "What a great idea." That's why there are men on this planet ;-)
Michel Tangy I find this statement incredibly sexist.
Stephen Broussard search Amazon for a USB fan and it came up and it was only 10 dollars with shipping. the battery pack I used i plug up into my usb on computer and recharge. I am going to order one that charges in the Sun I have not done that yet.
Michel Tangy hmmmm...😀
I actually have one of those coolers that is I never use. And I just ordered a jigsaw from Amazon. And I have no AC in bedroom lol. You are awesome thanks!
Instead of putting ice in the cooler, I put ice packs. I have raided my Mom's neighbors recycle bins and grabbed a bunch of small empty water containers. Fill them with tap water, freeze, repeat.
You became a trash picker lol.
You could also purchase a sheet of insulation foam, open the lid on the ice chest and fit it to the top. That way you don't have to chop up your ice chest and can convert it back for whichever use.
+Jeff Myers Great Idea Thanks!
yeah i could do that thanks for the idea
Jeff Myers I'm a roofer and at roofing supply stores they sell stirafom (for a cricket system )that redirects the water to the drains.Im not going to get too technical but they have inso that is 12 inches thick (1/4"to12"+)I'm sure you can think of something to make out of that. I've made whole coolers out of it. A cold beer is nice to have after a hard day on the roof.
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I saw another video of a similar homemade AC unit and he just used the cheap styrofoam cooler! You can buy those almost anywhere for around $5
My husband made something very similar when he drove across country back in 1982, in an 74 Capri that had no AC. We met on that trip, so I got to feel first hand how well it cooled the car. I was in Phoenix, AZ. and it was about 95* outside and VERY a cool 72* - 74* in the car. He tells me that he went through 15 lbs. of ice each day, as he took the southern route from Los Angeles, CA. to Kingston, N.Y. and it was miserably hot throughout the south. He used salt to sprinkle on the ice when the outside temps got really hot. Something to do will helping the ice give off colder air or something. Oh well, whoda thunk it..!!
Salt Water has a lower freezing point. Hence salt ice is colder and thus takes a little longer to melt.
If I did this, I would full it with salt ice every time.
Dave XB Salt water ice does not take longer to melt because it does not take more energy to melt. Adding salt to water will lower the freezing point, which will cause it to absorb more energy from a certain temperature air, which will cause it to melt faster. The air coming out of the ice chest will be cooler but the ice will melt faster.
So, Barbara, I just wanted to know if this thing would really work and I think according to your comment that is does. Thank you. I will try with a cheaper styrofoam cooler from the dollar store and a fan that plugs into usb in my car in Florida with an a/c that blows hot air!
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awsome video! i tend to try and make one of these every year and every year results in failure the last one i made i just used a normal transparent box and it used to make condensation drip out everywhere as the outside of the box got too cold, plus it was only using a small usb fan. i just made a new one yesterday and used a small cool box like you have and i used a more powerful fan that plugs into the 3 pin uk socket and it works amazing! cools my whole room down, plenty of air flow and no condensation leaking over everything! superb bit of kit! thanks for inspiring me to make one! it works really really well and i think i am now ready for summer!
I watched this video and built one of these, it works better on slow fan as the air in the esky circulates more cool air. I used it at the cricket, brought my little solar panel, filled it with ICE and BEER and had a nice cool air blowing on me the whole time whilst the rest of the crowd were choking on the heat. Then open the esky pull out a beer and enjoy a cold one with AC. FUCK YEAH!
Best comment. 😆 please share the looks you was getting
haha, had to rub it in didn't you : D
My ex girlfriends heart in there and you would never need another block of ice
Hahaha, it's funny how so may of us can relate. When women decide to go cold, that 180 degree turnaround is lightning fast and frankly, terrifying. It's a chick thing
Jose Soto lol
I feel ya
lol
Jose Soto
You still got her number?...I bound to meet her eventually...seems I attract that kinda chick all the time..
Wow, some truly clueless people in these comments. "Where did you buy the fan?" "What kind of fan is it?" "What is the diameter of the fan?" - holy fuck, just go to wal-mart or some shit and figure it out.
Why is that such a stupid question? You can buy £20 fans that are basically a pile of shit or if you're lucky £10 ones that keep you cool all over the summer. It's a perfectly valid question.
chubbylilloser this is an American TH-cam video. We use dollar signs not European crap.
you can get them from Home Depot... the fan that can plug into a USB port.
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And you wonder why the world hates you.
Ross Mennie don't mistake jealousy for hatred, the same people who say they hate us also want to live here. See: Chicanos
Very ingenious. I was convinced when i saw the temperature read out. Also the sun power was an added bonus. Very impressive.
I like this best so far. This is about to become reality at my house... and I keep bottles of ice water in my freezer so it runs less and stays cold when we have power outages (common in the mountains).
Recirculation of the condensation (water) and refreeze... An endless supply of cooling... Great job.
God bless you, you helped a lot of people.Best regards from Greece !!!
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John Doe LOL
Completely AWESOME! Great job sir. You helped a lot of people with this.
Glad you liked it!
You absolutely saved me some money. Awesome job!!! Thank you so much.
@@desertsun02 how u connect it to the battery?? isn't the fan have a 12v socket like cigarette lighter plug in?
Genius!!!! I shared this in a Menopause group, something tells me many coolers will be destroyed after viewing. lol
All I need is the fan. Got everything else. Will build this bad boy real soon.
Here is an idea!! Just thought of it as i watched this video! Add salt to your water before freezing it and it will freeze at a lower temperature! Also just add salt to the icechest and let the ice melt into it, the ice will last longer and be cooler overall. :)
ElectricDreamz255 I didn't realized it. nice bro
Mojetioluwa Gbenu Exactly what i thought. skin feels salty and irritated.
ElectricDreamz255 why da fuck salt don't causes ice to melt?
Adding salt to the ice chest will make the ice melt faster, not slower. This actually will make the air coming out colder but at the expense of making the ice last less long. Adding salt to the ice (salt ice cube) will allow the ice to absorb more heat, but a smaller amount of ice with salt, or a larger amount of ice with no salt. Same cost. Think in terms of physics. The salt will basically allow you to have a smaller cooler. To use less ice for a given amount of cooling. But it will not save money.
@Larry Elterman - *_Exactly!_*
Can't wait to install this in the cardboard box I'm living in!
Hahhahahahaha 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hilarious
Funny love it
This is true for that small box You locking for best
nice
I love that you brought an old idea, that works, to a new generation. This was common back in the 1930s and early 40s, minus the solar power. My parents told me about their homemade "Air Conditioners" when i was a kid...they called them "Swamp Coolers"
+Luke Lionheart This is not a swamp cooler. A swamp cooler only works in dry environments with low humidity. Swamp coolers run dry air over cooler water to lower the temp. If you live some place where the humidity is 60% + then running the air over water only makes it hotter. He is running the air over a block of ice, so the ice will actually condense some of the humidity back into water which means this setup will work in either a humid or non humid environment. I only comment because I live in South Florida and I hate the heat!!! I have probably researched every method possible to keep cool in the summer. South Florida summers are like northern winters... We board everything up and try not to go outside if possible.
You are correct, I live in Nevada swamp coolers are common here because of the dry climate i think this set up is awsome its 105 out today and I'm definitely going to make one
+mike murrey vh
Onemig Devilla vh ???
saw my first rendition of this A/C idea this morning, have now watched a bunch of them now its time to take all the best ideas and make one of my own.
I live for the TH-cam comments as much as I do for the videos
i heard that
You ain't never lie.
Absolutely brilliant ! Scientifically sound ! Cheap to make ! This is a winner !
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Until you look at the condensation stains directly in front of it... 😒
@@AppAccess123 good point i hadn't noticed that. i'm sure there's some way to remedy this at least by doing something like laying down a tarp and/or using desiccant beads in the general area
also it seems like he had his running mostly on uncovered ice but he suggests using closed bottles as well which would probably reduce the amount of residual condensation
desiccant beads + closed water bottles + tarp, would probably = much lower condensation
@@AppAccess123 could probably cut a piece foam insulation to absorb the water fro the PVC pipe
Is ice free now?
@@gookumpucky4842 lol... right????
Lol 😂 That’s probably the most effective, homemade cooling devise I’ve seen on TH-cam yet.
I am starting to manufacture it on a commercial basis. Thanks for a wonderful idea.. we have been having electricity shortage for many years, and we have experienced 8 to 12 hours load shedding . This will be a blessing with solar panels to many .
Before I froze my water I mixed in orange and lemongrass oil so when I make it tommorow it will shoot out a nice pleasant smell :')
That is brilliant!
That's good but... hopefully it won't go off :P
Tankyou :') makin mine now with a storage container intead..
Kick But ice will melt quicker in a plain storage container.
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after reading so many comments with no common sense maybe this will help everyone = use any size cooler/fan you want to best fit your needs. and check the ice every hour or so until it starts melting and then add new ice!
Not all fans are the same. You can buy cheap fans that are amazing or expensive fans that can turn out to be shit. Asking what fan the guy is using because it looks as if the airflow is decent doesn't mean you have no common sense there matey.
There's this amazing new invention with reviews, pricing, and products, oh my! Mother fucking Amazon..
It looks like a cheap ass dollar store desk fan to me and some cooler he had laying around. He's not building a cooler for the international space station bud. It's more the idea of using what you have instead of spending like 500 dollars on a portable a/c unit that does the same thing.
This is really cool. Car A/C's goes low to 60° at most, and you achieved 40° ! I gotta do this for my bedroom ! In Florida the regular house A/C just isn't enough lol.
Try leaving your bedroom door open. whit no return in a large room and the door closed some of the air is forced out of the house causing the room to be hotter than the part of the house that has a return.
actually, if you point one of those laser thermostats in the vents, the temp of the air coming out should be somewhere between 20 and 35F,
It's not about Florida you goober. It's about the cold air leaking out of the house in various places. Mostly the attic. That's why ALOT of people use spray foam insulation in order to keep the house cooler. You probably have feces from 1920 up in your attic
Ok, this is mostdef the best i have seen so far of these DIY home AC rigs. I love the simplicity and the readily available parts. This is good, thank you!👍
you're welcome! 👍😎
Living in my Kia Soul at the moment. I used a styrofoam cooler with 20 pounds of ice while of course sitting in the shade the coolness and ice lasted about 8 hours.
The high for the first day was 84 in North Carolina.
used to make these when ac went out in freightliner but I used big Styrofoam cooler and foam cups for the pipe. put car fan that plugs in cigarette lighter and cut my holes with razor knife.
Very inventive idea!!! Necessity they say is the mother of invention. Cheap and reasonable.
All you need now is a solar array to make the ice and you're cooling for free!
This will save my life this summer. Thank you
Melhor vídeo plástico de ar condicionado caseiro que eu assisti ate hoje...fácil...pratico e barato!!!Parabéns
This is brilliant! I'm going to make one or two of these for camping and for in the bed of our truck (with capper) where our dogs ride. Definitely don't want them getting overheated!
hi. sounds like a couple of great uses for these!
You could also use bagged ice with a little water and add rock salt or table salt to bring the ice temperature down even lower and it would last longer.Old hunting trick to keep dressed meat cold longer.
Made one with large styrofoam cooler. Worked great for grand daughter’s dorm room which was sweltering hot. Thank you!
hi. that's great! 👍😎
I am totally going to do this!!! Living in Florida we get a lot of power outages during hurricanes.
Duct the fan to pull air more from the floor,add salt to the ice for longer cooling,then insulate outer part of cooler more
Thx for the tips!👍
Notice it's blowing at crotch level if you sit on the couch. Aaaaaahhhhhh!
S P Y D A M A N HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Nothings worse than sticky sweaty balls.
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@@Kakifruit194 or swamp ass
Ur a genius... Love the idea, better was that the whole thing could be ran using Solar...WOW GENIUS!!!
For slower melting ice, minimize the amount of surface area of ice. For example a bunch of ice cube that maybe equal the same 3D volume of his block of ice would theoretically melt faster due to more surface area exposed to higher temperatures. In other words, use one solid block of ice to last longer as he seems to have. Yet you need enough surface area of the air of the fan to blow across the surface area of the ICE before exiting the PVC exhaust port.
Can’t you just throw ice cream salt in the ice and it’ll slowly melt.
I think using 2 to 4 Big plastic bottle of water (4 X 4l or 4 X 1,05669 Gal) should be ok. You can use 2 as the other 2 are in the freezer.
That's awesome! Love how you are using solar to power it :)
Lol
Me too
Nice setup. I think this would be amazing for tent camping or a pop up camper
The plastic bag from wine boxes work great for making large ice cubes.
Gunna have to get a box of wine now.
Iv never bought one but now I have an excuse.
Thank you
If you put the ice bottles on a grate to get them a few inches off the bottom of the cooler, it might force more air around the bottles, increasing the heat exchange and pumping out colder air. You would have to change out the bottles more frequently though (same reason).
But very well done.
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VitaminCM Very good idea, Vato !
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Superb idea!!!!!!
I've seen several and I'm thinking about building one. I think yours is the easiest to build. It's for a patio and I think this will work just fine. Thanks.
Energy company has a monopoly in my region.. So hot in summer, with bills being Very high if we run the traditional AC. Making this tommorow. Already have solar panel, battery, and fan. Thanks mate.
YES! I'm making one of these things! Thanks for the idea!
Edward Kelly #metoo 😎😎😎
Edward Kelly did it work?
New easy cooler box hot
@ElTortugaAnime ElTortugaAnime mine was pants as well. if I put my fingers in the PVC tubing then it was nice and cool. Otherwise, a piece of junk.
Fantastic! This is the best thing I've seen all summer!
Seems like a great gadget for tiny homes in areas where summer temperatures take a real spike.
Pretty much. I live near Palm Springs Cali it’s up to 110. My lil crack den is from the 70’s so yea......
Excellent idea. Next week my Jack Russel & I are driving cross country in my Astro with no A/C. This is a life saver.
is incredible!!!!! You surprised me !!!! a great idea and with solar source, in defiinitiva the best idea that I could see ... greetings from mexico and thank you for sharing your idea so cool.
Make it even better by putting some window caulking around the PVC elbow and fan so you have a perfect seal. Then put a window AC filter behind that fan so you don't draw in pollen, dust, etc. Then when the ice melts you can drink the water, water your plants, put it in a swamp cooler, etc. 👍
Technically you can just refreeze the water, anyway.
the coolers fan is freaking awesome good job!!!!
Fantastic, here in Brazil this will be wonderful for those who have little money or for places that do not have conditions to install a conditioned air.
This works for five hours before adding ice again.
Thanks
This would be fantastic for a camping tent, camper or van! I would imagine putting it up higher would provide for maximum cooling since the colder air goes down and would cool more of the space than having it on the floor.
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Man would love this for weekend camping
This actually doesn't work. I made it today and it literally does not work at all... same exact cooler same exact plumbing elbow and same exact fan
this is awesome! my husband and I are making 2 this weekend! thanks for the idea!!
did they work
in 100litres of ice there is capacity for water to hold 9kwh of energy. The phase change from 0 deg water to 0 deg Ice is a huge amount of energy. Consider this when designing. If you have access to free ice, this is a big bonus. A friend works in a hotel and can have 20litres chilled down during a shift. If salt is added, the stored energy is even more as the freezing temp is lower. Great video and well presented.
simpsonporter opp
Here's another great idea with some beers inside of the cooler and you'll set chilling with a beer
Kas
I love the way you think. Killing two birds with one stone. That's using the ole noggin. Steve
This may be a little off topic but JUST in case this happens to you. A little back ground first. When I was in the military and doing hot weather trainer in the Mohave desert we slept in tents and no way to cool down though we did have large fans blowing HOT air at us. So with me laying on my cot, I thought to my self, I wondered...what if. So I got a bath towel and got it soaking wet then laid it over me. With the fan blowing air over my body and the wet towel in place it cooler me down right away and I actually got a little chilly. It was about 115 degrees inside that tent. NOTE: My son's A/C went out at his apartment one time, in Phoenix, and he remembered this story. He texted me and told me how cool he got doing that.
hi. i've done that before. it works great when the humidity is below 50 or 60%. another trick is to use a 'chill its' evap cooling towel. start by putting a small desk fan next to the bed blowing on you. then take the cooling towel, wet it down and lay it over you. the air from the fan hits the towel and evap cooling takes place. you can get super cool doing that. often i will get so cold that i have to place a sheet or light blanket between me and the towel because the towel gets so cold it's ridiculous. the good thing about using a chill'its evap cooling towel is that you and the blanket stay totally dry. the water stays in the towel and will not get you or the blanket wet at all. the towel can stay wet 3 or 4 hours at a time. i just wish they made full body cooling towels.
✔️Perfect ... for my van down by the river !
LMFAO!
josekma1 he’s commin to get you now
Is at you sage?
@@bradleyselk9642 haha Sage Wanderer here hahaha
Gotcha!! Good one! Sure miss that funny guy.
I need this so badly at work! 😥 it's like working inside an oven omg I don't know if I'd live to see Autumn this year 😂 I have a frozen pet bottle on my head right now honestly😥 thanks for sharing😘
I actually was inspired by this video using the ice that I am developing a similar unit that uses a chest cooler.. but with the unit I have built.. I used a 3.99 Styrofoam Cooler and a 6 volt case fan from an old pc... with using some internal ducting to have the input air travel to the bottom of the cooler (I cut a laundry soap bottle in half and pinned it to the side of the cooler and put a hole in the side at the top :) ) and then using two 2 Liter Bottles (from soda) filled with a salt water frozen mix (ionic solids lower the freezing point of water by 2 degrees C per mole added [ mole = sum of atomic weights in the compound and is measured in grams] ) and with just that rig... with a 1.4 cubic foot box over the fan with a thermometer in it (cooking LOL) I dropped the temp in that 1.4 cubic feet in less than 5 minutes by 20 degrees... and i think I can get it more efficient .. I will post pictures of the set up later on today :)
Okay here is the photos of my DIY AC Unit based on yours :) drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B001oVz9lVUuflc4TnlSbFZyY1NyZ0oxSlIxbVA2c2dqY24tZE1yYm1rOXZjNzUxNUtBZUE&usp=sharing
Jesse Mercury Ummm ingore the first unit that is a crockpot brewing deal LOL
Jesse Mercury By my calculations this unit as it is NOW can cool 400 btu per cubic foot or about a 20 degree drop in a 1.47 cubic foot of space in 4 minutes... this unit cost me 3.99 usd to make....
Hi, your system sounds like it works well, can you elaborate on the construction? The fan seems to be mounted on the top of the unit with the detergent bottle attached to the inside. And I'm unsure about how you released the cold air into the room.. Are there any videos showing this style? I think the best idea you had was using salt water, as it gets colder. Thanks!
We mounted these in our pickup bed. Took the center slider out and replaced it with plywood. Run a piece of drier hose through the plywood into the cab. This setup is ancient and it does work ok.
Dude this is cool just makes me laugh at how I've seriously thought of his myself lol
why not attach a block of ice into da back of a waterproof fan
Very clever, simple and cheap! Thanks for the video...
love the harbour freight tools lol that jig saw is the best jig saw I've owned and I've had all the top brands but back to topic I need cold air in my work shop I'm trying this out
Seen it using dry ice...cost more but even better cooling. Love the water bottle idea.
This one of the best poor people formula to keep and stay cool. Nice improvision👍.
this is awesome and looks super simple to do, add in a few suggestions on here and looks fantastic.Guess Im wondering about power outages and ice availability. Well done. I suppose if and when that happens, we still have the solar fan.
The bottles are convenient to transport and remove from cooler, easier to fit in a freezer, and prevent humidifying the air so I think that's the way to go. Just keep some freezing while the others are being used.
Just FYI, this is one of my favorite DIY projects that I have seen on TH-cam
Thanks feller, I made one for the insane heat in Brisbane. Worked awesome last night, missus loves it
John Dore I only want to use this at night when I'm in my bed. does this help?
in a small room yes
We will be caravanning in the Brisbane area this summer and I was keen for a decent review, wading through all the stupid comments, I found your very helpful comment and want to thank you for it :)
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Does this cool the room ?
There is an article on Google about the heat wave in Alaska that links to your channel and refers to this video. This is ingenuous!
Yes were all dying up here 90 right now
I live in Talkeetna, AK and also found my way here bc I’m melting in my dry cabin.
Only if you have access to a ton of ice...I mean do you REALLY want to be running and checking for ICE every 10 minutes? LOL!
@@whosyourdaddy4579 how
@@akwild83 90 is nothing lol
I love it when Americans use both F and C thermometers so I don't need to look up the conversion! Great vid BTW>
bicanoo_magic why would you use anything other than F?
Bahzad23 >> Because C and the metric scale requires far less thinking and thus more time to do actual work, other than just playing around with numbers. Which is also why most of the world (over 90%) uses both C and the metric scale.
because it makes sense, unlike farenheit. Hence why everyone else in the world is using it.
Bahzad23 Why would you use F?
I think in C but feel in F and in this heatwave I'm feeling really F ucked.
In the 60's my Grandmother in Al used to put a 1 Foot Cube of ice in doubled up Turkey Fry pans and then set her table top oscillating room fan behind the ice and let the fan just blow past the ice. I worked really well. Ice lasted several hours.
Will it work without the Christmas Tree tinsel?
+Kat Hutcherson yes, but the tinsel is for spreading the air more efficiently
Not nearly as well. The tinsel protects the cool air from gamma radiation. So the air stays cooler for longer. It is a key feature of this invention.
Kat Hutcherson Sweetheart. The tinsel is to see if it is on or not, blowing at full. Even big HVAC systems do this.
LOL!!!!
Tut* you had to ruin the joke.
I will try this with a styrofoam cooler....easier to cut...probably won't hold up as well...but worth a shot. Good video!
just did the same, not cold at all what about you?
A suggestion, instead of a 90 degree tube use a 45 degree where you can cool off the higher warmer air better.
+Dan M 180 degree***
180 degree going in the opposite direction.
+Dan M
Actually I think you guys are using different reference axes here...
By your 45 I assume it's 45 degrees from pointing vertically, which would actually be 135 degrees from the base.
In that case, 180 would be pointing straight up.
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THATS WHAT İ THOUGHT .YOU MUST LET THE AIR CIRCULATE MORE IN THE COLD CHAMBER AND THEN GET OUT .ALSO INSTEAD OF WASTING WATER EVERY TIME YOU USE ICE ..WHY NOT USE SMALL BOTTLES OF WATER AND FREEZE THEM AND USE THEM CONTİNİOUSLY WITHOUT REFILLING THEM WITH WATER .
Monster props easy Stuff! Thank you just saved me $800 on a unit in nyc
don't have any streamers handy.
Guess i'll have to find another build. :/
lol
if the exhaust vent went over the fan intake would that slow the melting process and be more efficient?
John Morrison good idea. Suck in the already cold air
@@KJ-wt6xc EXACTLY!!!!! Point 1 towards the fan and make another 1 to point into the room...
wow ow, I'm gonna try this and . . . Or may be il continue watching more videos
To add to this, if you have spare place in your freezer it wastes electricity, where as putting water into freeze and changing it to keep cool saves freezer electricity... at least that's my theory ;) Great AC!
inexpensive coolers can be cooler by spraying spray foam in to the areas you cut the holes in to also by drilling some more holes and filling them as well.
hi there. that is very true. great tip!
Can you give an explanation of why those extra steps makes things cooler?
Try adding salt... it will lower the temperature even more. :P
seems like my dad told me he stored ice blocks under the porch all summer surrounded by sawdust to keep it from melting like 50 yrs ago...so, the salt idea, combined with the milk jug idea to keep the water from leaving, and the sawdust packing...does that sound viable? i like the foam cooler idea! i get those shipped once a month for scripts plus easier to cut!
Salt is used to melt snow so the block of ice will smelt sooner .
***** You add the salt to the water before you freeze it. Allowing it to freeze at a point colder than 0, and therefore giving more cooling effect. It wont necessarily melt faster once it's frozen with salt.
thanks!