That's a Almost swamp cooler. To make it a actual swamp cooler. Hang strips of cloth from the inside of the lid down to below the water level. Add enough water so the ice can move but isn't completely free moving, and add a bit of salt. The salt will allow the ice to partly refreeze at a lower temp Keeping it colder longer. The strips of cloth evaporate the water into the air as it moves past greatly increasing the cooling effect. Finally the Ice is optional, just the water will work. Try using a plastic container slightly smaller then a box fan side to side but longer on one end. Cut the hold in that lid for the box fan to lay over, but make the hole slightly smaller then the fan blades. It should be impossible for the box fan to fall in. You can use a pipe ( like in your example ) for the other side, but even a small hole will do the job. After that you can play around and find other options. try using the fan as the exhaust instead of the intake for example.
@@user-kc1qf5jz3u I may be 55 years old, but I am far to shy to do that. Autism/ADHD. and life time of bad memories. But maybe I can explain it better. You want the intake hole to be so small, no matter what fan your using or it's shape. It can not ever fall into the hole. Safety first. But it needs to be large enough most of the air passes into the container. Most foam or plastic containers (including insolated version) are rectangles. Or longer on one side. The longer the better actually. This allows for more strips of fabric between each end. Finally the outlet hole should probably be no more then 1/2 the inlet. I'd go 1/3rd the size or smaller. Compresses the air going out to increase flow and lower temp. If that sounds wrong just go with me on it, the physics is a little complex. Finally a outlet pipe isn't a bad idea if you want the colder air to feel good but it's high moisture as well. Meaning if it's hot and humid they don't work that well. You need a way to draw the moisture out of the air first, and that gets complicated fast. In the later case, you have to give up a little dignity. Strip to your underwear, cover in a wet sheet with a fan on you directly. If feeling heat sick consider tub with Ice. Considering the heat wave and your interest I figured giving you survival tips as well might not be a bad idea. So if feeling seriously overheated do the above or call a ambulance asap.
@@loganskiwyse7823 Dear Logan, I just discovered swamp pumps and this was the first video I looked up on how to build one as the commercial pumps are expensive and a hit or miss for basically a fan with ice water behind it. Your knowledge and humor made my night and you write and explained it perfectly. Loved the underware and wet sheet part expecially as I too have a dry wit. Hope you read this and have your permission to share your expertise in such matters as keeping from having a heat stroke...but am sure our Administration will solve all heat in summer with taxing us to death first and saved us from what killed the dinosaurs, climate change from their own gas pollution as cows are now. We live off the grid and use a water stove to heat water and home in winters and this swamp pump intrigued me. Your ideas very helpful and would love to see pictures of your creations. If you do read this please reply here and will give DM info. Thanks again for your brilliant insite and words on this instruction video. E. Poole, NC, (not in the southwest, I know, but want to build one for our patio and have tons of ice and fans to work with and tending to my garden is priority in 100%)
This is not a swamp cooler. Swamp coolers utilize the action of evaporation to force cooling. You don't need ice to make a swamp cooler. This is just a fan blowing ice-cooled air into the atmosphere. The entire point of a swamp cooler is that you don't need to manage it. Should be able to simply use a volume of water. In an emergency, where are you going to get ice? Shouldn't need any moving parts, either. I don't know much about building one for myself beyond a documentary I watched about a guy living off-the-grid in the middle of a desert - but, I think something as simple as a piece of fabric with its end dipped into a volume of water would be sufficient in a pinch. Placed in front of a window - the fabric entirely covering it - atmospheric pressure should be enough to draw air through the wet fabric thus cooling it immediately upon entry. An electric fan and pre-made ice is not necessary, as far as I understand. I'm a bit disappointed this appears to be the only example of something described as a "swamp cooler" on CZcams considering it isn't a real swamp cooler while requiring pre-formed ice (ice requires a machine to produce) and an electric fan (requires a power source). Survival skills are lacking these days with few to teach us. People survived without ice and electricity for thousands of years - it is time we got off our asses and figured it out.
wondering what make the fan is and purchased from where - we're in Mexico living in a trailer and also do a lot of boon docking - this is fabulous as electricity is super expensive here - thank you - much appreciated
Screw the D batteries, get a bigger fan and run it on a 6v camping battery and solar panel. You can order adequate solar panels and controllers for them on amazon or alibaba for dirt cheap.
@@stevealexander8010 It's not a swamp cooler, but it *is* blowing warm air across something cold and ejecting cold air - So in that sense it *is* an air conditioner.
You must have INTAKE from air outside your home. It has to dry air. If the intake air from inside the house with the forced air output, it becomes a is self defeating. Look Read more Evaporation Cooling. to get familiar with the principle of swamp (evaporative )cooler is.
cool little video by a fine beautiful young lady ... she could show the flow of air coming through that pipe by holding a lit up match stick or a little piece of anything that smokes, safely, like a lit up cigarette for example ...
This isn’t even remotely close to a swamp cooler. Swamp coolers don’t use ice, they use humidity- there is no ice in swamps, just humidity and mud. There is no refrigeration in the process of swamp cooling, you rely on air flow and evaporation when you swamp cool, not heat pumping with air devoid of thermal mass (blowing air over a cold object is called “air conditioning”). That’s right, you built a rudimentary air conditioner, similar to what we call “central a/c,” not a swamp cooler. To build a swamp cooler: build a grate out of corrugated cardboard (should look similar to a radiator with space between the cardboard fins to allow air flow). Place this grate in front of the exhaust side of a sizeable and movable room fan (the big squares you put on the floor are best). Put a water proof tray under the cardboard grate. Get a small water fountain pump that runs on dc current, put the feed/pick up tube in the tray, the run an out put line to the top of the cardboard. If you get a thin plastic/pvc/rubber/vynil tube and cap one end, then put a crap load of tiny holes the length of it on one side of the tube, then put your output hose into the other end of the tube, and place the tube atop the cardboard, you have a swamp cooler. You want to flow the water fast enough to keep the cardboard thoroughly wet when the fan is blowing (NOT damp), but not so fast that it is drenched as this will cause a mess when the fan blows drops of water everywhere.
You must have INTAKE from air outside your home. It has to dry air. If the intake air is from inside the house with the forced air output, it becomes a self defeating. Please Read more about "Evaporation Cooling Principles" to get familiar with the principles of swamp cooler efficiency.
A++++++< If ~ I can get a Battery FAN- THIS IS MY ANSWER !!! THESE MEN, Sooooo Complicated- always using Electricity- Saws, HOT Glue Guns ???- duh duh duhhhn a POWER OUTAGE Duhhh- NOT USEFUL MEN !!. YAYE THIS WOMAN!!!!
Batteries are nothing more than storage units for electricity, and they have finite capacities before they must be recharged with electricity or refurbished with highly toxic, corrosive, and combustible acids.
If you got ice, you got a refrigerator. If you got a refrigerator, you got electricity. If you got electricity, you got an air Conditioner. If you got an air conditioner, then you don't need a swamp cooler.
living in a 16' trailer in Mexico - super high electricity cost - super hot from march to september - different strokes for different folks - remeber that!!!
A 12volt freezer can run off a small 100 watt solar panel and battery bank. A small ac would require a minimum of 600 watts with a large inverter, probably 2000 watt (for initial surge).
Like, seriously- someone please tell me this “infotainment” ended this lady’s “news” career....the last thing we need is more misinformation in mainstream news media outlets....
That's a Almost swamp cooler. To make it a actual swamp cooler. Hang strips of cloth from the inside of the lid down to below the water level. Add enough water so the ice can move but isn't completely free moving, and add a bit of salt. The salt will allow the ice to partly refreeze at a lower temp Keeping it colder longer. The strips of cloth evaporate the water into the air as it moves past greatly increasing the cooling effect. Finally the Ice is optional, just the water will work.
Try using a plastic container slightly smaller then a box fan side to side but longer on one end. Cut the hold in that lid for the box fan to lay over, but make the hole slightly smaller then the fan blades. It should be impossible for the box fan to fall in. You can use a pipe ( like in your example ) for the other side, but even a small hole will do the job.
After that you can play around and find other options. try using the fan as the exhaust instead of the intake for example.
Thanks. I didn't understand the second paragraph. Maybe you could make a video?
@@user-kc1qf5jz3u I may be 55 years old, but I am far to shy to do that. Autism/ADHD. and life time of bad memories.
But maybe I can explain it better.
You want the intake hole to be so small, no matter what fan your using or it's shape. It can not ever fall into the hole. Safety first.
But it needs to be large enough most of the air passes into the container. Most foam or plastic containers (including insolated version) are rectangles. Or longer on one side. The longer the better actually. This allows for more strips of fabric between each end.
Finally the outlet hole should probably be no more then 1/2 the inlet. I'd go 1/3rd the size or smaller. Compresses the air going out to increase flow and lower temp. If that sounds wrong just go with me on it, the physics is a little complex.
Finally a outlet pipe isn't a bad idea if you want the colder air to feel good but it's high moisture as well. Meaning if it's hot and humid they don't work that well. You need a way to draw the moisture out of the air first, and that gets complicated fast.
In the later case, you have to give up a little dignity. Strip to your underwear, cover in a wet sheet with a fan on you directly. If feeling heat sick consider tub with Ice. Considering the heat wave and your interest I figured giving you survival tips as well might not be a bad idea. So if feeling seriously overheated do the above or call a ambulance asap.
Thanks so much for this long write up! It definitely helps me improve my own swamp cooler!!
@@loganskiwyse7823 Dear Logan, I just discovered swamp pumps and this was the first video I looked up on how to build one as the commercial pumps are expensive and a hit or miss for basically a fan with ice water behind it.
Your knowledge and humor made my night and you write and explained it perfectly. Loved the underware and wet sheet part expecially as I too have a dry wit. Hope you read this and have your permission to share your expertise in such matters as keeping from having a heat stroke...but am sure our Administration will solve all heat in summer with taxing us to death first and saved us from what killed the dinosaurs, climate change from their own gas pollution as cows are now.
We live off the grid and use a water stove to heat water and home in winters and this swamp pump intrigued me. Your ideas very helpful and would love to see pictures of your creations. If you do read this please reply here and will give DM info. Thanks again for your brilliant insite and words on this instruction video. E. Poole, NC, (not in the southwest, I know, but want to build one for our patio and have tons of ice and fans to work with and tending to my garden is priority in 100%)
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I've tried this before watching the video, I'm trying to figure how to combine the swamp cooler tech with this method...any suggestions?
This is not a swamp cooler. Swamp coolers utilize the action of evaporation to force cooling. You don't need ice to make a swamp cooler. This is just a fan blowing ice-cooled air into the atmosphere. The entire point of a swamp cooler is that you don't need to manage it. Should be able to simply use a volume of water. In an emergency, where are you going to get ice?
Shouldn't need any moving parts, either. I don't know much about building one for myself beyond a documentary I watched about a guy living off-the-grid in the middle of a desert - but, I think something as simple as a piece of fabric with its end dipped into a volume of water would be sufficient in a pinch. Placed in front of a window - the fabric entirely covering it - atmospheric pressure should be enough to draw air through the wet fabric thus cooling it immediately upon entry.
An electric fan and pre-made ice is not necessary, as far as I understand. I'm a bit disappointed this appears to be the only example of something described as a "swamp cooler" on CZcams considering it isn't a real swamp cooler while requiring pre-formed ice (ice requires a machine to produce) and an electric fan (requires a power source). Survival skills are lacking these days with few to teach us. People survived without ice and electricity for thousands of years - it is time we got off our asses and figured it out.
The most easiest and cost effective i have found on youtube ! Thumbs up girl !!!!
My left ear enjoyed this lol
This is a life safer, I live in my car rn but it's 120 where I'm from. This is gonna be a game changer!
wondering what make the fan is and purchased from where - we're in Mexico living in a trailer and also do a lot of boon docking - this is fabulous as electricity is super expensive here - thank you - much appreciated
Its an O2 Cool fan. Takes D batteries and is pretty strong. Amazon
Screw the D batteries, get a bigger fan and run it on a 6v camping battery and solar panel. You can order adequate solar panels and controllers for them on amazon or alibaba for dirt cheap.
Clever idea, simple too !
How much did this cost?
Thank you for sharing!! 😎
Is the video distorted for anyone else?
Wonder what people used before there were styrofoam coolers??
That's great now unfortunately fans are all sold out
That volume tho...
I know, I had to turn my computer speaker all the way up, and it was still too low!
Right
With that studio wtf
Time to download the video, edit the volume and reupload for them! : (
Blackouts coming we need to all learn this.
Pretty cheesy music for making something so simple yet works so well!
I made this and I’m not diy or crafty or handy at all! If I could do it, everybody could do it!
thats why its called DIY, do it yourself....
What about dry ice?
Possible but expensive for most
How very odd that there's sound only in parts of the video.
I don’t think this is a swamp cooler
Because it’s a heat pump, aka air conditioner, not a swamp cooler.
@@enigmaticmistere8865 It's neither a heat pump nor a swamp cooler. Just a bucket of ice-water+fan.
@@stevealexander8010 It's not a swamp cooler, but it *is* blowing warm air across something cold and ejecting cold air - So in that sense it *is* an air conditioner.
Hell, my phone has stereo speakers and I restarted my mobile because I thought right speaker isn't working. Lol
Starts at 1:33
Thank you
Do not see a need for schedule 40 pipe , very heavy and expensive.
If the power goes out and there's a hurricane, you ain't gonna have a fan and you ain't gonna have ice ,,,
that is not a swamp cooler...you need to have water on a pad for that... no ice would be needed. it would chill the water with evaporation effect.
How inventive and simple
This is not a swamp cooler. A swamp cooler is an evaporative cooler. Mislabeled video.
You must have INTAKE from air outside your home. It has to dry air. If the intake air from inside the house with the forced air output, it becomes a is self defeating. Look Read more Evaporation Cooling. to get familiar with the principle of swamp (evaporative )cooler is.
cool little video by a fine beautiful young lady ... she could show the flow of air coming through that pipe by holding a lit up match stick or a little piece of anything that smokes, safely, like a lit up cigarette for example ...
One of her cell phones is still under the ice !
Ice and salt
not a swamp cooler
Hey give credit were its due. Sale storage and shilling of ice was started in Mass.
Was actually started in scandinavia and in north america it was started in the hudson bay.
Just leave the ice in the bag. It will last longer.
Would be nice to hear what you're saying lol
This isn’t even remotely close to a swamp cooler. Swamp coolers don’t use ice, they use humidity- there is no ice in swamps, just humidity and mud. There is no refrigeration in the process of swamp cooling, you rely on air flow and evaporation when you swamp cool, not heat pumping with air devoid of thermal mass (blowing air over a cold object is called “air conditioning”). That’s right, you built a rudimentary air conditioner, similar to what we call “central a/c,” not a swamp cooler. To build a swamp cooler: build a grate out of corrugated cardboard (should look similar to a radiator with space between the cardboard fins to allow air flow). Place this grate in front of the exhaust side of a sizeable and movable room fan (the big squares you put on the floor are best). Put a water proof tray under the cardboard grate. Get a small water fountain pump that runs on dc current, put the feed/pick up tube in the tray, the run an out put line to the top of the cardboard. If you get a thin plastic/pvc/rubber/vynil tube and cap one end, then put a crap load of tiny holes the length of it on one side of the tube, then put your output hose into the other end of the tube, and place the tube atop the cardboard, you have a swamp cooler. You want to flow the water fast enough to keep the cardboard thoroughly wet when the fan is blowing (NOT damp), but not so fast that it is drenched as this will cause a mess when the fan blows drops of water everywhere.
You must have INTAKE from air outside your home. It has to dry air. If the intake air is from inside the house with the forced air output, it becomes a self defeating. Please Read more about "Evaporation Cooling Principles" to get familiar with the principles of swamp cooler efficiency.
The outside air in Huston is more humid than the air inside
Cannot hear her.
wtf is wrong with this audio mixing lmao
A++++++< If ~ I can get a Battery FAN- THIS IS MY ANSWER !!! THESE MEN, Sooooo Complicated- always using Electricity- Saws, HOT Glue Guns ???- duh duh duhhhn a POWER OUTAGE Duhhh- NOT USEFUL MEN !!. YAYE THIS WOMAN!!!!
Batteries are nothing more than storage units for electricity, and they have finite capacities before they must be recharged with electricity or refurbished with highly toxic, corrosive, and combustible acids.
If you got ice, you got a refrigerator.
If you got a refrigerator, you got electricity.
If you got electricity, you got an air Conditioner.
If you got an air conditioner, then you don't need a swamp cooler.
living in a 16' trailer in Mexico - super high electricity cost - super hot from march to september - different strokes for different folks - remeber that!!!
A 12volt freezer can run off a small 100 watt solar panel and battery bank. A small ac would require a minimum of 600 watts with a large inverter, probably 2000 watt (for initial surge).
I have ice, a refrigerator, electricity, but no air conditioner. Many older houses, especially along coastal regions, don't have air conditioning.
"If you got electricity," then you are bringing energy into the house, so you have got heating!
....Did you really forget ACs break or that older homes and houses outside the US South exist? 🤨
swamp coolers use the evaporation of water to cool the air. they don't need ice if designed properly. FAIL
Swamp coolers are also only effective in dry environments. So a good idea to for Phoenix, but a horrible idea for Florida.
Too long i the beginning to get to the point
Terrible Video
Like, seriously- someone please tell me this “infotainment” ended this lady’s “news” career....the last thing we need is more misinformation in mainstream news media outlets....
little less talk, more action, - from another female
Sounds like you might need a high volume Ice Cube maker
nothing about this video is cooling me off.. IM JUST GETTING HEATED UP!! 😉😉😉