Ever had to deal with a power blackout during the hot summer months? Then you know just how important keeping cool can be.
Over on The Good Survivalist we found a great tip to save you money and keep you cool:
Seems every year people die due to heat. Keeping your home cool in the summer can be very expensive if you use your air conditioner. This air conditioner is very simple to make, and can be made in a few minutes if you are handy.Even if you are not handy you’ll be able to make one of these DIY air conditioners. One of the nice things about this air conditioner is that it will give you up to 6 hours of coolness. This thing works so well you may need to put on a sweatshirt! To make one of these babies you need a few simple tools, a couple of 5 gallon buckets, along with a few other items. Everything is shown in the video.
Yeah, NO, small generator and a window AC unit, that WILL cool an ENTIRE room comfortably. Most people won’t have hole saws and lots of ice, let alone a solar panel and a dc fan. And if it’s dark outside, no solar panel!
If you make the ice in your fridgerator in the same building…. Your not cooling anything.
Delvernie Wendy Jackson
Ha ha ha
Ice is gonna be pretty hard to come by in a electrical blackout
the ice should already be in your freezer!
Good point, Jason. I imagine just filling and re-filling the bucket with cold water would cool the air just a little. I have a friend without AC who could keep a couple of gallon jugs of ice in her freezer and keep at least one room cool during the summer.
But you said this would be great for a power outage. If I lost power than I can’t run this bucket. This is only good if you have power.
A.j. Yglesias
Noah Murphy