Comments on: Geoff’s Original Homemade Air Conditioner

By: Mike Vrabel

Mike Vrabel — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 21:42:14 +0000

What do you think about sending the water back into the system and increasing the amount of ice that you use to cool the warmer water returning from the fan? Could this work…

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By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:56:14 +0000

replace the bucket with a mini fridge and another copper coil and you could siphon water out of a bucket and you wouldnt need ice, i guess you could also just leave the fridge open. but that warms up all your beer.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:59:39 +0000

Brain – Well, otherwise it falls off! The zip ties just keep the tubing close to the airflow created by the fan and help with heat transfer.

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By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:27:05 +0000

Why does the tubing need to be tied to the fan?

By: mujo&haso

mujo&haso — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:23:31 +0000

I just fill 1/2 or 1/3 of bucked with water and then put my feet in it.

By: Nell A. Nevets

Nell A. Nevets — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:06:41 +0000

Hriday,

It will work in high temp areas provided the ice-water is monitored and the room has good insulation. A 44°C change in temperature will dramatically increase the rate at which the ice melts while sitting there. So using the cooler would be better than the trash-can…

However, in 45°C environments, you may just want to use a swamp cooler and sit in-front of that (as the person with the 4 previous posts points out). Issues with swamp coolers, or bowls of ice in-front of the fan, is that it increases humidity in the room. If you do the fan and ice bowl trick, you want to be diligent about the keeping the floor dry to prevent water damage/inadvertent electrical damage.

By: Hriday

Hriday — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:18:11 +0000

Hi, is this work in 45 to 48 degree celcius.

By: Natasha Fondren » Wherein I Eat My Words

Natasha Fondren » Wherein I Eat My Words — Fri, 28 May 2010 15:17:10 +0000

[...] read about homemade air conditioners, but I didn’t have the copper tubing. So I did [...]