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.
Mark says:
“Does anyone not understand the video.
It is powered by a solar panel. No AC power required. One could also use a battery powered fan available at Walmart as well.
It needs to have “Ice” or in this case a frozen 1 gallon jug of water to work. If you keep a couple in your freezer you should be good for at least 2 days.
It’s not the most efficient item, but in a pinch, it will provide some relief. It’s not meant to cool an entire house/trailer or large size room”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/super-easy-diy-make-454-air-conditioner-15/comment-page-39/#comment-422970
Does anyone not understand the video.
It is powered by a solar panel. No AC power required. One could also use a battery powered fan available at Walmart as well.
It needs to have “Ice” or in this case a frozen 1 gallon jug of water to work. If you keep a couple in your freezer you should be good for at least 2 days.
It’s not the most efficient item, but in a pinch, it will provide some relief. It’s not meant to cool an entire house/trailer or large size room
Tried it… didn’t work…
if you have a power blackout how would you run the fan?
Short life BTU ?
Absolutely NOT
cant find the liners
Except you still need power for the fan… FAIL!
Santana Baugus man room experiment?
How you going to get electric during a blackout?
In the event of Air conditioner failure but still have power .Wash out your wet dry vac and fill it with ice.