Homemade Evap. Air Cooler - The "5 Gallon Bucket" Swamp Cooler! DIY - can be solar powered!
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Published 2013-08-16
**UPDATE (5/22/2018) If you like this vid. check out my latest and greatest bucket evap air cooler (made with two 5 gallon buckets) *to create a "10 gallon tower" evap air cooler!. here's the youtube video link • DIY Evap Air Cooler! - Dual-Bucket Ev...
All Comments (21)
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One thing I would change is have an outflow for the submersible pump. You've clamped it off, so the back flow pressure is very high which will wear out the pump. Have the tube go back into the water. If this relieves too much pressure in the line then just make more and bigger holes.
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I just built one of these based on your video, with a few personal touches, I have it in a 24' travel trailer. Its been running for 1 hr now, and the thermometer at the far end of the trailer has gone down 10 Degrees from 95 to 85. It works better than I expected.
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without doubt, the VERY BEST DIY portable cooler out there.
Of course the efficacy of a swamp cooler depends greatly on the humidity.
This will work MUCH better in Phoenix AZ than Miami FL.
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Good idea. I saw a similar set up but it used an aquarium to hold the water and the screen went over the open portion of a window and the homeowner had a fan blowing into his attic which vented through the roof. He did a couple windows in the same manner and he dropped the temp in his house from ninety something down to the high seventies if I remember correctly. A cool setup indeed.
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I made a large scale model of this and am using it for a humidifier using a return air line to my furnace. Now my home is even warmer than before and has humidity again to breath better without dryness. I may install a humidifier thermostat to control the moister flow. Thanks for the idea bro. You have a thumbs up friend :)
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I thought - man I'll bet it takes a year to drill the little holes in the hose; but then you show that a pin prick from a push-pin does the job in one minute! Excellent video
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just wanted to say thank you. I built 2 I place them directly under ceiling fans while rotating jugs of ice water from the chest freezer. yesterday was 99° it stayed very cool in our home. thank you!
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This is AWESOME !!! I tried and made one of these today and It really, really works.
The only thing i did is, I placed a frozen 2 liter soda bottle filled with water; to make the water colder..
I want to give props to " Desertsun02" for this kick-ass idea. -
I'm going to try this, but I want to use 1/4" soaker hose like I use in my garden drip system.
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Just got mine done; a few pointers- make sure and bleed the air out, and get the most powerful 6" (maybe 8" fan... it WORKS and is blowing out 67-68 degree air. I put it by the window and the hot air is immediately neutralized and comfy!! Thanks for this plan!
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Great build. Seen much rougher versions of this exact set up, wouldn’t leak but this one gives way more peace of mind.
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Dude that is such a great idea I'm going to make one of those this weekend it'll be perfect for the size that I need plus I'll have some tools leftover it would have cost me about $150 to buy one of those online.
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I love watching people's inventions. It would seem to me( and I could be wrong) that a drop or two of clorox per gallon of water would keep mold or mildew from growing overnight. So that you'd only have to dump the water and ring out the pad a couple of times a week. Nice post. You have a great speaking voice too.
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Wow this is very clever. I never would've imagine coming up with something like this.
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The pad is name dura-cool I got it at lowes it's about 5$
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Hey pal,
Curious what is the pump that you used for this? Thanks! -
I LIKE! One of the better video's on swamp coolers that I have seen. Thanks for the tip about bacteria.
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So were you using a 15 watt solar panel to power this whole setup including the water pump?
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Try pouring a cup of fabreze or something in there, make the whole house smell nice at the same time!
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This is a very simple type of a Swamp Cooler. This is actually much cheaper than what all those other guys are making and using ice in.
This is a much better way to DIY a Air cooling system.
Great job!
