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.
I made 3 of them for my garage…the ice lasts 15 minutes and it isn’t effective at all. If you have warmer air blowing into the bucket, it’s a waste of time….if you put it in a room that’s already below 78, it might serve a purpose.
Brandon Sandor
So who has a portable ice house available???.. If your power is out.. then I doubt ice is readily available for a period of time…
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We r going to do this
Where to find the foam liner.
Mine has a marine cigarette lighter so I can charge USB devices and a water pump to circulate ise water through 25′ of copper tubing in the bottom under the ice with a coil in the cold air out.. works great!
Water pump & coil
Brooke Taliaferro Cortines
Thanks Cory Head! Thank goodness ours is fixed now! But I’ll keep this in mind !
Mark Mark Schreiber. As hot as it was today, wonder if this would work in car.