Homemade Portable Air Conditioner DIY - Runs on 120 volt or 12 volt.
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Published 2020-05-05
Parts & Tools List:
Cutting tool for sheet metal - amzn.to/3flljb7
4" Black Elbow - amzn.to/2SBNVTF
Coleman Cooler - amzn.to/2W6BxNT
120 Volt Blower Motor (seen in video) - amzn.to/2A3brCQ
12 Volt Motor - amzn.to/2LIN2GZ
Aluminum Duct - amzn.to/2xCXGdf
4" White PVC Pipe - amzn.to/2SAZWZG
4" White PVC Elbow - amzn.to/2WorB0U
White PVC Shower Drain - amzn.to/2xGphu4
Dap Quick Seal Plus - amzn.to/2u6G6Mi
Other portable air coolers I have built:
Version 3 - • Homemade Portable Air Conditioner DIY...
Version 2 - • Homemade Portable Air Conditioner DIY...
Version 1 - • Homemade Portable Air Conditioner DIY...
All Comments (21)
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If you shield your ice from the air flow (Plastic bag or ABS panel on top of the ice) it will melt much slower. Salt helps also. Your aluminum box needs fins on the inside so the air flowing through the box comes in contact with more cold surface area. Some air will never contact the box walls and go directly out. Your PVC parts are insulating. If they were also aluminum the cold surface area would be increased making the air colder.
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big in house air conditioning went out yesterday.Used A plastic white 2-1/2' tall garbage can, fo icer container Made one as you directed putting duck outlet under ice. made a hardware cloth table over the Inside duck work which is attached to a sheet metal duct T., going all the way to bottom. all duct work & top exit elbow used was 4inch. Container has about 18" filled with frozen small ice bags. works good for big bedroom. thanks !
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This is awesome, I watched this video years ago. I just made a similar a.c unit the other night that was to be setup for batteries incase I wanted to have solar. So now I have an a.c unit! Not the same design but works very similar! I was surprised with how long the water bottles stay frozen for! I don't even have the isolated lid! I can emagine how much more efficent this would be from having a full seal
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It gets into the 120s here in Arizona so you have no idea how much I appreciate your videos. It’s important for me to have devices that I can plug into a solar charger when the power goes out that will literally keep me cool enough to survive the heat
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Great job with this design. Your DIY air conditioner designs make a lot of sense. I'm building a similar one now to use in the event of extended power outages this summer. I plan to power it with a lithium battery generator. We had a spare window AC unit, but it needs too much power, and the lithium battery generator is much quicker to set up and use. I've enjoyed all your DIY AC versions.
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Thanks for sharing! Not only do I love your projects, I also like how helpful everyone is in the comments. Great stuff!!
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Hi there, thanks for the idea. I'm planning on doing the same with a Webasto BL41, it's a top loading deep freeze/fridge with a compressor. I have the same in my campervan working as a fridge and I have this one (spare) and I will try to convert it into air conditioner. Cheers from Belgium.
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Holy cow, this one got significantly more complicated from last year's! Stoked to give it a try though
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Made one this afternoon: used a 3 speed fan approximately 9" placed on top of a 3inch piece if styrofoam that covers the 3ft tall white plastic garbage can. works good thanks
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I think this design is by far the best one.
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Bro thank u for sharing ur passion...now my Afro won’t be cooking this summer ✊🏽
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This is one of the better design I have seen. Awsome job. I would of not thought of the dryer pipe.
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7/13/2020 I think the 3rd one you made is simple and effective. I plan on building one this weekend. Thanks
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OMGGG IVE BEEN watching for a couple days on how to make one of your cooler and you just came with a new one !!!! much loveee
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You champion. Thanks for teaching us less fortunate lot that idea. To think at least three 2lb bags of ice will probably cool for at least 6-8 hours if not more. That should help you sleep once you got past the noise of the fan. Great for a campervan
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I’ve been toying with a similar design that just pushes air without ever becoming “wetted” by the ice. This is the closest thing to what i want that I’ve seen.
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Awesome ideas you have. When comparing the(red) cooler with the 4 inch metal duct in the bottom covered with ice and the blue cooler with the 4 inch PVC with the metal duct. Is the output air that much cooler? Thank you
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Thank you sir for a different version. Help me find ways to save on electricity
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You my friend have built the only one that I would ever repeat all the other ones blow the air across the top of the ice your idea is phenomenal the only way I would ever build one
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Again real good design. I like all 4 versions of the air cooler but I like this one the best because you mounted the fan(motor) on top! I think that looks better aesthetically!
