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.
You cannot violate the laws of thermodynamics! The energy required to make that huge chunk of ice is not coming for free! The so-called energy ‘savings’ you are claiming is no saving at all! This will work only if you can prove that this solar panel and fan can freeze water to create that ice! There is no free lunch – especially in thermodynamics!
Bain N Reva Durant, is this what you wanted??
Yeah thanks
It would be nice to see the video.
Melissa Reeves
theirs no ice in the bucket its a gallon of frozen water that u swap out with frozen gallons every 4 or 5 hours in the video his fan is attached to a solar panel but u can buy a small fan that takes batteries to use they work great
so people THEIR IS NO ICE !!!!! just a frozen gallon of water !!!
Larry Montozzi its on u tube just type cheap gallon ac u will see it
Where are they getting the $15 figure? Yeah, the bucket is only about $2.50, but the insulated liner is around $17 at Home Depot. A cheap 12v fan is around $20 and the solar panel is pretty close to $100. Add the fittings and you’re up to almost $150.
Ian