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.
I made one of these
Adrianna Burmeister
nice when temp is below 85° .you will go thru some ice if above.95 and above forget it.
Rory don’t need ice just a couple water bottles the air blowing over keeps them cool that cools the air and such… It’ll drop 10-15 degrees off the air blowing out
Made one. I enjoy it. Will get it pretty chilly under your desk. Chris Leiser says it all. Read his comment
That looks like it’s gonna be mold under your desk, too.
I suspect if you are constructing one of these because you home is prone to blackouts, that you’d also be prefreezing gallons of water as well.
I made this. It works well BUT only cools for about an hour so it’s not really that useful. Constantly refilling with ice is ridiculous.
I always have a solar panel laying around.
C**p design. I have built two of them to speck and it really does not work.