Homemade Evaporative Cooler! - "whole room" Super Cooler! - up to 30F drop! - Easy DIY
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Published 2014-07-26
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All Comments (21)
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Made two of these today. Took me four hours. About $40 each. Working excellent. Thank you for the video.
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opposed to the negative comments. this is great idea. works just as well. the only difference is not paying from 500-800 for a swamp cooler. Great job.
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An exceptional idea not just for people but for livestock in hot barns, and for chicken coops. Thank you.
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Next you should fit a 5 gallon water jug upside down that will let water out as the level goes down like a dog watering bowl does. Then you could leave it on for 10-12 hours when you are not home and your house will be cool when you come home. Pretty cool setup there.
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must be out west somewhere where its really dry, but I give a thumbs up to anybody trying to beat the heat... greetings from FLA
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This is a great idea. About the only things I would do differently is paint all the wood in some sort of sealant so that it doesn't get moldy. I would also put a pvc pipe at the bottom to hold the cooler pad in. Then I would add hinge at the top under the pipe where the water comes in and clasp at the other end. That way you could pinch the pad in between the two pipes instead of having to put that much wire on it to hold the pad up.
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Very nice. Brings back memories. I had a greenhouse. Made a large version of this on the back wall with a toilet tank to hold the water. Left the float valve and plumbed it up. That way it would stay full. Water came in through the top like yours and into a PVC gutter on the bottom then back to the toilet tank. Fan was on the other end of the greenhouse. Nice simple technology but won't work for a house here in the south with already high humidity. Mold would be a big problem.
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among the other home made aircooler's videos, this one works fine and the idea is just great and most importantly the material used are easily available and are cheap.. great...
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Humidity stays above 50% where I am and once I was seeing how much energy I could save by hanging my washed clothes throughout the house instead of using the dryer (lived in a condo, couldn't hang them outside) and something I needed faster than the others I decided to put in front of the fan in my bedroom where I was to dry faster. It got cool in there! So I have no doubt evaporative cooling works.
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This is perfect for my chicken coop, you have saved me from trying to find something to keep them cool for this hot summer heat. I would have never thought of water cooler fan's and to build it so simple lots of thanks.
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Watching now on my TV, need to prepare for the hot, hot, hot summer ahead, Right now in the 70's in San Diego Ca. Friday I ordered an Air Condition but maybe this will work just as cool for a room? Excellent Construction Details and Genius Invented! Aho!
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I am making one of these for my shop. Changing the wood to PVC pipe and the metal hardware cloth to plastic garden/bird mesh. Thank you for sharing.
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I have seen many of these videos, sometimes just getting lost in the "WTF are they doing" mentality but this sir, THIS IS FREAKING GENIUS! I cannot wait to get home and build a smaller version just for my sons' bedrooms. The amount of heat that my one child's PC puts out when he's gaming is a bit insane, old GTX 660 GPU, and his fan just moves hot air. Now I can build a mini version of this device and I can still keep the whole house A/C set to a reasonable level to save energy.
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for me I sealed the sides with aluminum tape and made a cap for the top to ensure air flow from the back. also, I suggest cutting the pad about a half inch wider on each side because once the pad gets saturated it weighs down and the sides come in. I put ice in my water and it also made a difference in temp output. something else you might want to suggest, treat the wood with something to waterproof it or it will expand, crack and mildew over time. works great thanks for the video!
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Your creativity and imagination is very much appreciated!!! keep creating my friend for it is your destiny!
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finally a inside water cooler or otherwise known as a swamp cooler . I'm in my 60's and grew up with one of these in our window except it used a squirrel cage blower and water drained down on three sides .
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Two fold benefit. Cooling and air purification through airflow/water interface. Nice job.
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This is an ingenious idea! Watching you build I already have some ideas for improvement, such as an insulated reservoir with a lid.
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Nice work. My grandparents had a commercial one made something like this in their home. back in the 60,s!
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Excellent idea to put the pad in its own cage and tub. Great frame work also. Thousand likes for you.
