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.
This uses electricity so will not work in a power outage!
I built one of these and it works great!
I made one similar and it does not do any good in a true hot climate such as Florida.
No help during power outage, need electric for fan.
Did everyone miss the fact he is running it off of a solar panel?!?!? Sun still shines when power is out.
Thank you nick! I was just going to say that!
If you are going to use this, make sure you crack open a window. This will dramatically raise humidity levels especially since you are using recirculated room air rather than outdoor air. FYI this is called an evaporative cooler
Michele Kaiamakini
I can’t open the site off the info, can some on enlighten me how it works is this with ice?
Valerie