Ever had to deal with a power blackout during the hot summer months? Then you know just how important keeping cool can be.
Over on The Good Survivalist we found a great tip to save you money and keep you cool:
Seems every year people die due to heat. Keeping your home cool in the summer can be very expensive if you use your air conditioner. This air conditioner is very simple to make, and can be made in a few minutes if you are handy.Even if you are not handy you’ll be able to make one of these DIY air conditioners. One of the nice things about this air conditioner is that it will give you up to 6 hours of coolness. This thing works so well you may need to put on a sweatshirt! To make one of these babies you need a few simple tools, a couple of 5 gallon buckets, along with a few other items. Everything is shown in the video.
Cute project, but it’s a swamp cooler not an air conditioner. Also, since it requires you keep it filled with ice to work, it simply can’t compete with a $50 Walmart special window mounted A/C, let alone a system that costs $454 dollars. And solar powered? So what. Is your fridge full of the ice you need to make this work solar powered too? The usefulness of this project is so overblown. I’m sick of this video already.
jennifer says:
“He had a small solar panel outside…that was what was powering the fan…not electricity”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/super-easy-diy-make-454-air-conditioner-15/comment-page-21/#comment-325273
Taylor Hughes
Only works well with a powerful fan. Otherwise you can’t even feel the coolness
Rez. Christopher
for everyone asken about piwer. Duh use a generator. If u dnt have one then yea ur $#%&!@*ed nd cant use it
Let’s try with battery operated fan and a 16lb bag of store brought ice works for about the same amount of time
Wish I’d know about his before yesterday when the the A/C unit went out!
Sean Doherty
Joseph , you like DIY projects. This looks fun.