$100 Homemade Air Conditioner - DIY
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- čas přidán 31. 05. 2024
- It's ridiculously hot in my workshop, so I built a homemade air conditioner using a cooler, box fan, water pump, and tubing. It circulates cold water through tubes in front of the fan that then blows cold air through the room. Watch to see how I built this machine for only $100.
requires frequent ice
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A few years ago I built an AC based on the same principle as this one. I uead a 1 sq foot solid block of Ice in my chest then filled it with cool water. It cooled great for about 12 minutes, then the heat was transfered to the water. The Ice block completely melted and the water heated up. In less than 45 minutes, my Ice Chest AC unit was pumping out air that was just as hot as the room air. It is very impracticle. If you can transfer the Heated water away from your room, this would work. For example, get rid of the Ice Chest and Draw your water from a pond or stream that has cool water during hot days. Have the system return the water to the source, then you have successfully removed the heat from your space. This kind of system would work.
Would putting hot ice be better
We cooled a shop on a farm using a water well that filled an irrigation pond. From the well the water was pumped through a couple semi radiators with box fans attached. We had to have a drip tray below the fans because of condensation.
Should have used dry ice or liquid nitrogen
@@xnviper3631 I'm no expert but I've seen plenty of comments on this video czcams.com/video/I9Td5uMB_vQ/video.html on why using dry ice is a terrible idea, even fatal.
Yeah I did this design.. it worked a lot longer than 45 min.. the ice melted after about 4 hours but I had about 3-4 feet of coiled copper buried in ice inside the chest circulating the water in addition to coil on the fan. It kept that water freezing cold.
Well as an HVAC tech I have to say this would work in theory. Not sure exactly what the delta T would be infront and behind the fan. It would certainly be better with some form of aluminum finned type copper tubing. There's also the law of thermodynamics that energy cannot be created or destroyed... Which means the heat energy that exists within that room is simply being transferred into the cooler. Heat is energy that moves to something cooler... So the real question is how long will it take this contraption to cool the garage before the cooler itself has absorbed too much heat and the water is now just as warm as the room? It realistically cannot change that heat energy into something cooler. it can only be transferred from one place to another.
@Jason Sincerely enjoyed and appreciated your science, I learned something. Did ya have to pee on the party though? 😋😜
I'm inclined to trust your opinion as an HVAC tech, because this was all greek to me. Impressive though, but you would know whether this works or not.
I would think the answer is....that while the ice cubes in the cooler are cooling the room but melting ...and moving from cold to warmer, the ice trays in the fridge are freezing water and a manual refresh of ice cubes is added to the cooler again, so that this ultimately has less environmental impact than a throw away portable and also keeps you physically fit cause it gets you off the "couch" by having to periodically replenish the icecubes? This system while crude seems cheap to maintain and is very simple a answer, my question is, just how good is the heat/cool exchange of the copper pipes, and you've already touched on this....so the quick anwer to your question is fresh ice cubes go in the cooler periodically.
so just put it in a window?
@@raillanmcneill8401 sir.... It's literally elementary school science...
Purchased: August 2023 - still works GREAT!I czcams.com/users/postUgkxxsUnXhGsSJLim_XnMHyQK0u3XVaW-CGn live in a studio and during the summer it gets scorching hot - really old building with no ac units. I can’t express how EASY it was to install. This unit has been a life savior during the summer and some days during other seasons where it can still be a bit warm at night. In this small place is my friend, a husky, poodle mix and myself. We need AC - lolI don’t use the dehumidifier option - I’m not sure if it will leak in my house, since I did not install the small draining hose that came with it. May look into it late but I don’t worry about much humidity in the apartment. I don’t understand why the negative reviews since all things mentioned, I personally did not find issues with. Definitely worth it!
I once had a similar situation. First and most importantly you must insulate the garage door. In my case, I was able to use 1/2 inch thick Styrofoam sheets that dramatically cut down on the heat transfer. I then utilized a portable air conditioner that only required a small opening to vent out the hot air. My method cost about $300 but on a 100° day I could cool this garage down to 75°.
You cut a hole in your garage wall? I assume it was between the studs.
You cut a hole in your garage wall? I assume it was between the studs.
You could also insulate your garage doors with rigid foam sheets. I did this and it brought the garage temp down by about 20 degrees.
I was going to suggest the same thing :) also in the attic space. a fan that would exhaust the hot air from the garage would make it more comfortable as well
I used to have a shop next to an ice plant. It had two big ice machines that ran all day long and expelled about 5 gal a minute of very cold water (about 38 to 42 usually) with all the minerals left over that didn't freeze into ice. I ran it into a igloo cooler and pumped it into the building and through a a/c cooling coil with 4 rows of tubes. It got clogged with scale after a few months and started leaking. I built a cage of stainless tube and ran a 4 tube manifold system that worked pretty well. It wasn't like ac but it was cheap and it got the temp down to 76 some mornings in my 2000 sf shop.
As for a cooler full of Ice I don't think it would effectively cool a small closet with a 20 pound bag of ice and a few feet of copper tube. You don't have enough cold (BTUs) and you don't have enough coil to move any cold. The ice will work great for the first few minutes but if you are in a hot place you would do better to put wet rags on your head and arms and keep beer cold as you can in the cooler.
I also used to get hundreds of pounds of ice that I would do into my cooler cage and run the fan with that. I have melted tons of ice with a box fan in my days. A cooler full of ice is a few dozen BTUs an hour.
The cooling is psychological.
I'm curious the temperature difference with this, would have liked to see that digital thermometer do a before and after
Not much if the room is a typical size or the temps outside are high..all these gadgets are neat but not worth the money spent. just get a air conditioner...
Probably wouldnt really lower the temp of the whole garage but if you have the fan pointing towards where youre working i bet it feels better than just normal fan blowing. Also this dude is dumb for buying ice you should freeze water in some gallon jugs or something and re use it 👌🏻
@@banehogs5589 It's basically re-engineering the old school version of putting a block of ice in front of a fan.
Well Water with ice will only my get up to 32 degrees so I’m 5 degrees f cooler than the garage temp
@@banehogs5589 Did you have to call him dumb to make your point?
It would have been nice to see the comparison between the before and after on the fan. It will surely be cooler after the fan contraption is built. What I like is you could at the end of the day take the melted water in the cooler and freeze it over night. Moreover, yo might actually be able to bury the cooler somewhere and pump the water from there. The ground typically keeps a natural temp of about 50 degrees. It is a cool project and is meant to keep things cool for a short amoutn of time.. Maybe insulate your garage door as well.
I agree that the first thing you should have done was insulate the garage door. Easily done with foam adhesive and foam board. For ice, use gallon milk jugs or 2 liter soda bottles filled with water and frozen. Will last far longer than ice cubes. And as this is now 6 years later, the cost is closer to $200 not counting the door insulation.
I'm in the New Orleans. It gets insanely hot here and humid. I made one of these earlier for about $80. I think I got a smaller pump but perfect for this. It's made for 3 foot fountains. It may be from the humidity but my copper line condensates like crazy. I had to make a hole for it to drip into.
Interesting.
I did this with a smaller cooler. One thing I will say is that you don't need a lot of water. Just enough for the pump to recycle it through. You have to really pack it with ice. Otherwise it will melt really fast and the water going through the tubing will start to get warm. That's the key. PACK IT with plenty of ice.
we wanna seethe temperature testing after your homemade ac unit runs in the garage
WAITING 😉
Waiting still
Yes!! I expected to see the Temps after you built this! What the f*ck is up with that??
Still waiting
Yes 🙌
Just for the fact that you put some thought and effort into this build I give you a thumbs up young man!
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Good work Ben! These people who are quick to complain should be more supportive and constructive in their comments. Why others feel they have to tear people down is perplexing. So how many of you who made snide comments have a youtube channel? How many videos have you all made? Keep building and keep posting Ben, you always have my support . The way we get better is by sharing ideas and thoughts without the fear of ridicule.
brufadeve and one more thing I see alot of these negative comments your talking about and some of them don't even know how to spell which is funny. I loved this video
OK, I had HIGH hopes for this cooler. The theory sounds great, and I was hoping it would really cool the air. Nope. It sucks. My apologies to the people I replied to about their comments on here, I tried it and it DOES NOT WORK! I even filled the cooler almost full of ice, and you can't tell a difference in temperature 3 inches away from the fan and coil. Don't waste your time or your money. Go get the portable unit from Lowes or Home Depot.
Brett Harper that’s why he kept touching the coils
This is literally a DIY swamp cooler which is just way over thought up. If he took the ice and put it in a strainer over the bucket but in front of the Fan it would have had a much greater effect.
Poor buddy, you have actually done that?
@@BenjaminSodos A swamp cooler works by evaporating water to lower the air temp. It also will raise the humidity. That is fine in an area where the humidity goes low but not so well in an area where the humidity is above 80%. I actually built one and added it to our central air unit here in southern Florida. When the humidity is low, the water temp is about 10°+ cooler than the air temp. 6 to 8 when the humidity goes up. But the air coming out of the condenser unit also even after picking up the heat from the house is the same as the incoming air. So they can work. 90° day and 90% humidity and the water might be at 82°-84°. As the fan has to run anyway, the only added electrical use is the water pump to circulate the water. Which mostly is water ( condensate ) from the A/C unit and from the dehumidifier in the house.
Check out the homemade AC 5 gallon bucket
Recently had some time on my hands, and most of the materials to try this, knowing going in that it was likely a waste of time. I was right. useless.
Yeah there is not enough surface area on the copper pipes for heat transfer. A better method would be to make an imersion chiller with the copper pipe, stick it in the ice water, and connected it to a heat exchanger. See desertsun02 videos
This concept works. I did a similar thing (but not as fancy) with contained ice packs in front of my fan. It definitely does feel cool and adds cooling to the room. What people don't get is that A/Cs cost $ to run compared to fans. The dehumidifier mode of the A/C drops temps like a stone in humidity, though, and it's always good for that cold hit for a few minutes. Still thinking about an A/C. First was my awesome box fan to suck in the cold evening air.
Hey, you have forgot to measure the Temp. (for us) after installing this device....! Or could you put at the very end of the video like a subtitle that info. Please. Thnx :)
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Great project! At 2:58, my dad would refer to those as "coping saws" rather than hacksaws.
Tom Nally that is its correct name, but an easy mistake
First minute in: oh yeah I got this, that looks easy
Five minutes in: Yeah ok I'm not doing that
Not even hard
Imagine ending the video showcasing the temperature difference/drop? That woulda been nice. Which makes me wonder if this really had any effect at all besides what a traditional say vornado fan does, lol
It didn't lol a 100 dollar ac unit would be far better.
I built one for less than $50 basically the same but used items I had on hand. I used a fish tank pump. The pump was about $11. The most expensive item for me was the copper tubing. Worked great.
Interesting.
Put some styrofoam insulation in your garage door and this will help reduce the heat transfer into your garage.
I installed a solar powered garage vent fan. It sucks the air out of the garage creating airflow which lowered my garage temp by at least 30*. Cost me 15$ at HomeDepot. More cost efficient and runs itself for free when it's hot out.
Plus this is 100$ plus the cost of ice, water, electricity each time you run it...
@@matthewcastle3364 what solar fan at home depot is that?!? Only solar powered ones I've seen were in the hundreds
@@matthewcastle3364 Works as long as there is cooler air outside to pull in. Best is to insulate entire garage first; cement floor will act as a heat sink to cool the space; adding REAL A/C will complete the job.
@@x.y.8581 put a mylar blanket to reflect sunlight of the garage door
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This is fun! It's great to see how the basic idea of an air conditioner works.
I HAVE DONE THIS AND WOULD NOT RECOMMEND. I built something very similar to this. 20' of 1/4" copper tubing coiled predominantly around the central bit (as I discovered on my older fan that the center moved the majority of the air) of a 20" box fan and a 12V 240L/H pump. I used 2 large re-freezable icepacks and 1 gallon of fridge water in a 2 gallon cooler. It produced air that was about 10F colder for ~15 minutes. Mechanically everything worked perfectly, but this design simply doesn't last long enough to be worth $100, which is roughly what I spent, too. I was trying to use this to escape another Californian heat wave, but it sadly did nothing but steal a large portion of my day.
Great video! I'd like to know the ambient temp as well. Also how well it works with just water as water has a good heat absorption threshold. Also I'd be curious to know how much energy it uses over all as this is a great build! Thanks for the video! We appreciate you!
For pretty close to the cost of that, you could buy a real AC unit.
MrDgwphotos yep with tax only 109.99 for the extra 10 you can be lazy.
All depends on the size of the room to be cooled. $100 units won't cool much.
MrDgwphotos and those A/C Units will jack up your Electric Bill
not to mention the constant purchase of ice. If you make the ice at home your house ends up getting warmer
Raul Cipriano me personally... I'm actually looking into buying a legit icemaker found one from a gas station for 100$
How well did it cool off the garage itself? I know it would feel amazing on a hot day standing right next to it, but if I'm working on the garage in different positions (above the engine, under the engine, under the back of the car etc) it would be kind of a nuisance to move the fan and cooler around. I'd like to do something like this but wall mounted.
Looks like a fun build. Can’t wait to try it.
You built an ice melting machine for almost the price of a small AC unit 🤣
@ProBannedMiner25 and how much are you going to keep spending on ice
@ProBannedMiner25 right. So now you're paying to make the ice you want to melt and for your other air conditioner to cool off your kitchen
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An enclosed cooling system like this is much cheaper to operate than a typical AC unit..I like it because it doesn't have the humidity problems that a swamp cooler brings into the mix.. As for ice you can freeze 1/2 gl. milk jugs and keep them on hand to reuse on a daily basis and swap the "spent" out with fresh jugs..Yes I do that with just a fan and an aluminum pie pan..Its not the "most" convenient.. its limited by the amount of cooling capacity.. but if you have a freezer of frozen water jugs it will cool things down for only the electrical cost of operating a submersible pump, box fan, and freezer
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Post build temp readings ?
It will make the room hotter. The tap water will warm up, get pumped into a cooler where it will stay warm, then only warm water will get pumped through the pipe. In addition, the fan and more so the pump, will be creating heat. This means an overall gain in temperature.
when all the ice is melted you should change it or turn off the cooler and close all of your window room to preserve the coolnes
Awesome video, and thanks for sharing your knowledge, keep up the good work and keep being creative.
My man here just dumped a power cord into a water and ice-filled cooler... Like he just tossed the whole adapter in
I'm glad people like this exist so firefighters and EMTs still have jobs
This is a great tutorial! I want to make this for next summer. It would be around $50 to $60 now, which is way less than the $200+ used air conditioners and $100+ EVAP coolers I saw this past summer.
why didn't you just buy a $98 AC from walmart?
Because with Trump’s super Tariff, the price have gone up bigly.
@@yolamontalvan9502 I just check there are a lot for that price? www.walmart.com/search/?cat_id=0&query=small+ac+unit
@@yolamontalvan9502 should just blame yourself... On the net is the only place people like you have a spine.. In person you're a jellyfish
He'll save more money in the lowered energy cost I'm guessing.
There's a couple of reasons why this is better for a garage / enclosed space:
Window AC units stick out through a window, or hole in the wall for two purposes. There is accumulated water which needs to drip somewhere, and the heat exchanger needs to exhaust air outside (otherwise it would completely negate the cooling, if not cause /additional/ heat)
Those portable units have the same requirements, though usually a bit easier to deal with, if you have a window (but then, why not just get a window unit?)
Portable units have 2 things over window units: usually less power draw (so no dedicated circuit, or worry of overloading a circuit) - and they're, well, portable - meaning you can move them around within the room, or to other rooms as needed.
A home made swamp cooler (which Ben created here), requires neither an exhaust port nor dripline, and is portable. It also requires much less amperage than either AC unit. The downside is that this will cool a small area barely to humane levels in those temps. This is a good design, if for temporary / non-permanent use.
For a more permanent solution, this can be scaled up to a buried 55 gallon plastic drum, automotive radiator, and a single motor to run a spindle pump and fan unit. Burying the barrel to a depth of about 4-5 feet (the bottom) will allow the water to cool off better, as ground temps are usually stable at much lower temps. Using a stable liquid, this can be left in service for a long time. I wouldn't use water alone for this. Possibly automotive coolant as an additive and stabilizer if not something else.
I've seen homesteader plans for using PVC pipe buried in the ground, in a U shap. One end is outside of the home, with a capped T on sideways - the top being capped and used for cleanout purposes, and the side with a screened off elbow for air intake. The other end is inside, with a blower fan pulling air in. The pipe has to be long enough, and deep enough for the air passing through to be cooled off. This isn't usually something suitable for suburban settings though.
So... his homemade swamp cooler, even being $100, is a better use for his purposes. And, it'd made a great power-outage cooling system, running on a generator or battery system.
Hey bro, take that pipe off the fan and put an old car radiator on both sides, flush them, and seal the edges. If you have one radiator, put it on the inlet side of the fan.
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Use large blocks of ice to avoid melting too soon. Drill some holes on the bottom of the lid and fill them with spray foam.
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The radiators are evaporative, so they're gonna cause condensation to drip. Take that tube and divert the water. That's the humidity that was in the room.
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Experiment with the speed of your fan. Measure the temp coming out on the different speeds. You don't want to blow the air through it so fast that it doesn't have time to cool down.
Next video: How to make a space heater using a match and firewood. Stay tuned.
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u made my day i so needed a laugh like that
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Lmmfao
This is a space heater when you consider the for the fridge to make the ice, it had to extract heat from water and pump it out into the room from the back metal tubes, and fan spinning and water pump actually create heat too
it might work better if you put the copper on the other side pulling out air thru the coil is the only way to get rid of hot air, anti freeze would be better. law of refrigeration, remove heat. if he did it all with dc power it might help when you lose power
I am impressed.... 120 degrees and you don't have a single drop of sweat on you...
You notice that too🧐
Were you trying to make a "subtle" point? The guy's young and slim and so likely doesn't sweat as quickly nor as much as fat, old men. Which are YOU?
@@The_DC_Kid or it's all bullshit
Love the effort & creativity. Awesome job!
We made this to help keep our tech's cool when working in attics.
The air coming out the fan is marginally cooler. Barely noticeable.
The attics average about 116 degrees. This thing did nothing to cool it.
What it did do, was create a TON of condensation water.
You cant operate this thing without a drip pan that needs to be constantly emptied
there is better makes then this guys
If you run a heating and cooling company and attempted this you need to find a new trade. We're you surprised it created a lot of condensation while being used I'm an attic? So fucking stupid
@@coryryder9070 yeah we made a way better one with a powerful pump. But it doesnt matter. It doesnt work very well.
We strapped a pan to the bottom of it with a drain tube.
But its just not enough cooling capacity to make a difference.
@@MJC-he3zt No, we weren't surprised, we were prepared for condensation. But to us it was worth a try on the chance that it could possibly help.
Too bad you think we are "stupid and should find a new trade".
But we think we will stay in business since we are excellent at what we do.
Its ok to try new things ya know. Thats how greatness is achieved. Have a peacefull day.
how much does the ice cost you? and how often do you have to recharge the cooler with ice. and what about the condensation from the copper tubing?
For those saying that you could simply use an evaporative cooler (swamp cooler) - yes, of course you could. But that would introduce a LOT of additional humidity into the space, which might not be ideal in many circumstances.
This is a swamp cooler
@@michaelsickinger9741 it is similar to, yes. But not quite the same. A swamp cooler usually works by having a membrane full of water that a fan pulls air through. The water evaporates and cools the air, but also introduces that moisture into the air in the form of humidity - thus the “swamp” in “swamp cooler”. If you live in an arid desert that wouldn’t be too bad, but if you are in, say, Houston, the last thing you need is more water in the air.
A design like this one avoids adding additional moisture to the air by keeping the water and air from actually contacting one another, instead having the water pass through a closed system.
@@HowdyFolksGaming if you instead used a minifridge with coils inside the freezer part instead of ice in a cooler. you would effectively made a poor mans's mini split unit. just put the mini fridge outdoors. the only draw back is your mini fridge might not be powerful enough and burn out the compressor.
You can also connect the high pressure parts of an old fridge to it, just have to find a way to route the hot air from the condenser to the outside.
Fill the cooler to about 50% full of water, add a lot of ice (3 bags if possible) then add Salt to the mix. This lowers the temperature like in the old Ice Cream Makers. The only change is that the pump system might need to be made closed loop instead of pulling the cold water straight through the pump since salt is added. It might be worth checking into.
Thumbs down for not testing the temp afterwards
He did test it, with himself
Did not show it couse it did no work lol
yeah maybe like 1 degree, so he's going to sweat a few drops less in an hour.
Agreed
yes that was my question. What's the temp now after running for 1hr?
Nice Video! Does it make it Significantly Cooler? Or just a Tad Cooler.
hvac tech here. you pretty much made a less efficient swamp cooler. and like the havc tech said below me or above idk. the heat is just getting transfered into the bucket. thats why in traditional hvac systems there is an outside unit which essentially throws the heat outside of room your trying to cool
The copper, ice, and water will absorb heat until itself gets warmer and it constantly loses efficiency until you dump warm water and add more ice. The copper will sweat with condensation and drip gallons of water on the floor unless you can pipe it outside. Without removing that condensation from the room, humidity remains too high. Humid air holds more heat. This project should teach anyone that an A/C does more than meets the eye.
Can you make a time machine video so I can get this six minutes of my life back?
Nice
Ikr, this video is not CooL at all.
Bravo Ben! You're a real MacGyver in the garage! Awesome. Question, what about the condensation?
nice rig for sure . but you can drill a round hole, then feed the cable through and install a grommet for a tight seal and complete the electric cable construction
This is a great idea, the majority of neighborhood association members don't allow to install a ac unit in the garage,so this project still save money on electricity consumption,than a ac unit,and also a ac unit need extract the heat of the condenser the opposite at this fan cooler.
Did you meassure the temperature difference with an d without cold water running?
2nd that
A small fan blowing on a 50 lb block of ice would do as well. What you need are the fins, like a regular AC unit has. The surface area those hundreds of fins on the coils of an AC unit are what effectively transfers the cold to the air.
Or, you could just block off the windows and insulate the garage door with styrofoam.
You can get more time by freezing half gallon milk containers instead of using bag ice. I have a relative that made this on a larger scale. He took a semi truck radiator and mounted it in the ceiling in his outdoor kitchen and put an attic fan behind the radiator blowing through it. He hooked it up to a 1000 gallon open top tank underground and would use 150 pound blocks of ice he froze in the tank filled with water. I was surprised at how cold it got standing under it and the ice lasted all day. It's nice standing over a hot BBQ all day when you have AC blowing down on you in 100 + degree temp's.
There is foam like insulation that can be cut to fit into the garage door. I have seen pre-cut kits before too, that should cut down the oven temps.
Cool idea! What was the temp at the fan with that temp gun?
Should have doubled copper tube pre fan and after. Two opportunities to cool the air.
I think this works well for shop environment where there is no a/c available for large spaces. I plan on trying this out at my work if it don't work out I will try on tent camping ,or back up if a/c goes out .
I like it, I might make one or two for my apartment this weekend.
At the end of the day how much did it cool off your workshop? You left out that small detail.
I was waiting for that part
Probably not at all but i bet it feels good in front of the fan.
Try dry ice
@@ronwitek4539 dry ice will pump carbon dioxide into your room. It's deadly in an enclosed space.
How cold does it put out? A temperature reading with the gun would be nice....
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Instead of ice you should find the coldest place outside the shop that is in the shade all day get a metal container, a big one, digg a hole put the container in the hole fill with water put the pump in and run the tubes through the wall, I'm guessing northern wall, connect the tubes. Don't forget to keep the area moist and with plenty of vegetation
I get the comments about getting an AC unit from a store, but this makes sense. It's portable to a specific part of the room and when you're done with it, a lot of the parts can be repurposed. I hate figuring out disposal for an AC unit. I think it's cool.
Your never gonna get the satisfying cool, without compressed refrigeration(aka real air conditioning)
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Does that even work? What was the temperature of the space after u use it? I beat its about the same.
Consider this, I have a rustic cabin in Michigan’s upper peninsula. No electric within 10 miles. I only go up there in the summer and that cabin can be miserably hot hard to sleep in. With a few mods something like this would be perfect to run off a 12v battery.
I would put the copper behind the fan. Direct air on it will prevent the dehumidification and will put the condensation back into the air.
Maybe he did it that way to reduce the condensation mess it's going to make, either way.
Goes the show with good video editing, anything is believable 😂
This is awesome because in SoCal most ppl live in apts where you cannot use a window mounted AC. Also this is cheaper to run ... if you add a furnace filter to the back of the fan it will also filter the air a bit. Great idea and it can still be used as a fan if you do not have ice or need just a fan
What was the temp coming out from the tubing aimed at the tubing is what I wonder cause I’m really thinking about building this as well for my garage I use as a shop as well. Or the temp gauge u had on the wall style after it’s been going for a couple hours what does it get down too? Thx for the idea and the video might just build one myself thx
FINALLY ---- a DIY AC unit that's not actually a swamp cooler!! Likely not as effective as a real AC, but as long as he keeps the ice going, it'll be better than nothing!
An Ice Heater! Ingenious.
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Every thing is perfect in this video, the only thing he didn't show us the temperature before and after so that we can see the real difference and it is worth it or not .
My thoughts too. It should have taken the edge off of the total room temp, but thanks for the video!!
Y'all keep saying just buy one. Most garages don't have a window. They have a door and the garage door. Therefore where would you vent one? His idea is a good one. If someone isn't allowed to have an ac where they are, this would be a good alternative. Thank you for the video!
@Just a person I have a freezer out in my shed. You don't know the circumstances of where the materials come from. I can make ice in my freezer that's attached to my refrigerator. That's all I'm saying. No need to down the video just because other people have a different circumstances. What if he's renting? Can't cut holes in a house you don't own.
I'd suggest: Add Styrofoam sheets to the garage doors if possible. Use large diy block ice, saves money, lasts longer. Put in an exhaust fan and turn it on occassionally to release the heat. All that plus your fan= energy savings and greener!
Ignore most of the comments here. It's a great lil build and fun. Not everything you build has to be original or completely practical. Sometimes, as a creator, we just make stuff that we've seen and want to share with others. Good on you and hopefully this helps cool down your space.
it's not cooling that large space , he needs a couple of window ac's that need to be running 24/7
Good job Ben! I agree with U McLarty....goes to the old but true adage.."If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all". I am looking into this for my own garage and appreciate the input. And good for you and your donation. I live in Houston and although not personally affected appreciate your good heart. Thanks!
McLarty Woodworks . You are positieve. Cheers
Not original. Just a modified version of others on youtube.
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Hi! Cool! That saw, it's not just a hack saw, it's a COPING saw. The blade is much finer and used for detail cutting as you can turn the blade within the handle, good for cutting awkward shapes in most thing including skirting board contours etc.
What did you do about condensation on the copper tubing? I have a floor that cannot take water spilling onto all day long not even from condensation
Great job. Thank you
Dude, that's not a hacksaw, that is a coping saw. 😂
I was going to say the same thing and looked through to see if someone else noticed. Cheers, Mike.
I guess he has to COPE with it...
or buy $100 A/C from wallmart plug it in and done.
But those are Windows AC right? I can't put those in my house 😭😭 so that leaves me with very expensive options right?
What if he doesn't have a window to vent the hot exhaust from the A/C?
@Drakilicious thanks! Im checking them out !
Youre such an idiot...use ur old fan and old ice box..be resourceful bitch
Till u see the bill
Filling several used-up Gatorade bottles with water then freezing them is better than using ice that will melt faster. Water will stay colder longer plus you won't have to spend a bunch on ice if you have a freezer to freeze the Gatorade bottles of water. The smaller drinking water bottles melt faster is why I ended up using Gatorade bottles.
Look Ben, the is an anti heat liquid witch is supposed to be used on the coal griller when making a barbeque, to make the handle safe to use... Look at the hardware store for this, and use it to cover the ice box from inside to keep the ice frozen much more longer., it is not oily it won't desolve in the water, it just decrease loosing low temperature melting ice during the process, other than that, this is A work.... Continue developing it please, & I'll be sure to buy one of these if it is available.. Well done.
People laughing on his idea. Just imagine u leave somewhere hot where for 5 to 6hours you ain't got no electricity but with this and a small battery it can change your life.
@@lylaaxiom8750 you obviously don't know how much wattage those things take. A fan is a lot more energy efficient
Imperio Anderson technology connections explains the concept pretty well, you need refrigerant to to suck the heat away.
Loved the video I love seeing Motivated people!
I’ve built one and it works well. Best when using bare ice versus bottles of water that get frozen and switched out.
Me looking at this and thinking in 2024 it is not $ 100 anymore. NGL I'm going to be looking for specials and try this myself. Great idea bro.
i will give the only positive feed back on here looks like... great job for trying young man..trial and error.. makes a smart person.. Im glad you had the effort to try something out for yourself. good job.. I love to hire people like you.. self go gidders..little southern slang there.lol
Nothing wrong with trying! I'm not sure if it worked but he gets an A for effort
@@Jaybird805 it will work, but he goofed on his heat exchanger design. The copper coil doesn't have enough surface area to transfer heat to the cold water all that effectively.. using an old car radiator would have worked better.
Haha A for effort. But yeah, F on the project.
@@Chaddz3
Ja, which is why window A/Cs have lots of thin find on their evaporative coils.
On the plus side, this is one of the few DIY air conditioners that's at least close to how an actual A/C works, and not just a glorified swamp cooler.
So what temp did it cool the garage down to
Rather convenient how he left that part out, isn't it?
99.9 f
@@samlabo1688 A 20 degree drop in room temp is a good thing. But at what cost?
Syrofoam Cooler filled with ice bottles...Cut holes in top of cooler for fan and 2 Tin air Duct vents...Fan blows inside the cooler and cool air blows back out of the Tin air Duct vents...Works amazing and MUCH cheaper
It will only work if the pipes are connected to a water source which is located outside the room or house. Input energy should be equal to the output. In this case there is some energy loss if the water source is situated in a room then it will reach to the point where it wont cool anything rather it will produce more heat because of the energy losses. The best thing is to place it in a window or place the water source outside your room or house.
I bought my eco friendly AC for $80 on sale and it works great sometimes I have to turn it off because I get to cold lol
whats it called? I need it lol
Did you measure the temperature in the shop after you had run it awhile?
Smythe and Taylor that’s what I was thinking. Would have been great with a thermometer with before and after
I'm guessing there's next to no effect from it. It's a woefully bad design to begin with.
@@kebman I did a design similar to his but better and more expensive using an old car radiator. It really does blow ice cold air (colder than standing right in front of an ac vent) but eats ice quickly. Part of it though is I need to insulate the attic above my garage. After doing that I bet it will work better (last longer or get the temp lower or both).
Intellegent and bright with a coooool air.
After running for hour is there a change in room temperature. Curious cost per hour watts used vs a window unit. Now that would make a video!
You didn’t show the final ambient temp. Fail.
druidboy76 probably didn't make much of a difference tbh
I know, he had the laser thermometer and everything
put a metal plate in front of the fan. use the laser thermometer to measure the temperature of the metal plate. it's not terribly difficult. and there's no reason to be insulting to someone else the way you were.
Is that why they use them in the A/C industry? lol. Ya I know, they take the temp of the vent, but you could put something in front of it. PLUS he had a GINORMOUS thermometer!
yup.
nice build! i think I'd still prefer a $102 air conditioner over a chest of ice, but it's cool nonetheless.
Great video!
Could you please describe all the items you ended up buying like their measurement and sizing? Thank you very much!
I like that homemade look. Good Job.