Homemade Evaporative Air Cooler! - Simple "Box Fan" Conversion - EASY Instructions!
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- Опубліковано 3 вер 2013
- How to make an Evaporative Air Cooler out of a Box Fan! Evap./swamp coolers are great for dry climates. step by step instructions will show you how to do it. can drop temperatures up to 30F. for added cooling use ice/cold water. can be solar powered. note: the fan can still be used like a regular fan even after the conversion. the cooling pad is very porous and has almost no effect on the fan motor or the volume of air that flows through the fan. Note: To see video of my latest "box fan" design, visit my youtube channel video page and look for "Homemade Evaporative Cooler! - "whole room" Super Cooler! - up to 30F drop! - Easy DIY"
**UPDATE (05/22/2018) If you like this vid....also check out my latest and greatest Large Area DIY Evap Air Cooler. here's the youtube video link • Large Area Evap. Air C... - Наука та технологія
You might just have saved my families life, thank you
Glad I could help
thanks. the plastic window planter box is a great idea (even if you don't recirculate). you could elevate the fan maybe 6" off floor and then slip the planter box directly beneath the bottom of cooler pad to catch the residual water.
i tried this a few summers ago. this is a great vid. gave me some ideas to finish this. note: some ppl say dont use swamp coolers in humid climes . when my dad was a young boy on his farm in ohio usa, ohio can get very hot and humid, he would soak a sheet and cover the window and put a fan on it . instant cool. thanks
I've seen a lot of these things but this one by far looks the most promising for good results, great video man :)
Very clever. Thanks for the idea!
Excellent job! Thanks for posting!
wow this is so simple...and on the cheep! im having some problems in my grow room im going to try this. thank you for the vid! be well
Very cool. Great idea!
Thanks for great and useful info.
Thank you for the information. I appreciate it.
Ha ha. We used to drive to CA from AZ in the 1960's during the night and use water soaked anything in front of a partially open window. IT WORKED better than nothing. Alternatively, we would roll up all the windows until we were dripping in sweat, then roll them all down and for a few minutes, we were cool! That's natural swamp cooling at its finest....
im in phoenix and aps is killing my with this heat wave...i have been doing the same sitting outside with wet rags, i never thought about this....DUH...lol this is awesome!
@@davidpersico5028 I'm still in Phx. Yes, APS is a bummer with much higher $$ than SRP (I've never understood how having to move ones physical house to switch utility co's is "deregulation"?). 8Yrs ago I planted 3 desert trees on my west side that are now 30' tall and reduce my electric bill by 55%. The difference inside my house is extraordinary. If you have room outside, box stores also sell an S-shaped spray emitter that stands while spraying one nozzle of fine mist. While we desperately need to preserve water in AZ, it uses 1 gal/hr, so some cooling outside this way can be life-changing. Remember to replenish yourself with electrolytes but not sugary drinks or caffeine that will make one thirstier and hotter. Commercial electrolyte drinks can have dyes and too much sugar, so check out DIY.
Nice work, bud! Thanks for this... I see you have some other vids on this. Can't wait to check those out too.
Nice idea!
That is very impressive!!!
Very informative!..
you are awesome!! I did this for my room, and I am only 12!
You can drive
@@zentunozentuno1012 ?
Now your 17?
@@zentunozentuno1012weejk
so amazing creative
This is amazing I need to try this for my small workshop
Sharp Works How’s it working and how big is your shop? Thanks.
this a great idea for a patio while bbbq'in
I realize this video was made almost 3 years ago but why did you not finish the project with a drip tray and a return to the bucket ?
This little improvement would have saved water in the long run and constant refills if that applies.
it's a 200GPH fountain pump from harbor freight tools. item 68372. any pump that moves at least 150GPH (Gallons per hour) should work fine. most pumps come with adapters for different size hose. the tubing is 3/8".
desertsun02 hello sir I am your follower/subscriber . I just want to know all materials u used for this divice . I'm Hoping for your respond , thank you
desertsun02 Why did you use a screen? Is it necessary? Also, how did you affix the blue pad to the box fan? Is the pad upwind or downwind of the fan?
good,more practical than others i've seen! THANK YOU!
This is great for low humidity places like Arizona. The water in the pad pulls the heat out of the air coming in. The air comes in moist and cool. You could cool a big room and more just with this.
Tom L
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You are amazing ...
Good job mate, I am making one using a milk crate to house the pads, leaving one end open for the fan.
When I was a boy in the 1950's, my Dad had a cooler which operated on the same theory. It was a round, torpedo-shaped device that mounted outside the passenger window of our 1953 Chevy Sedan much like a carhop tray.
The device worked quite well except during left turns which would slosh the water out of the cooler and onto the front seat passenger's head. It was a little messy but in 1953, who actually knew the difference.
yep they look really cool on classic cars.
So it was extra-effective for the front seat passenger during left turns! :)
Where re do you buy the pad.
The Erod1944 Channel lmao
I've only seen one picture of those.
Nice 👍
Good Art
Washable Forced Air Furnace Filters may work as the media. I was hoping for a thermometer first on the inlet then on the outlet sides of the fan to see the actual difference in Ambient Temp.
Awesome
I love this idea. California in the Dan Fernando Valley is rigging HOT and money sure don't grow on trees so this is ideal .especially if money is something you just don't have a lot of!! Where there's a will there IS a way !!!!
very good things
If I make one of these in my room? Does it make the air humid?
Plus im thinking of adding a radiator concept. What do you think? Is it cheaper than those of industrial ACs?
Kids in Africa will love this (:
HRE : I in america love this
very hot this cooler :)
drip pan you can use a plastic wallpaper pan that soaks wall paper.
Cool! BAsic
Interesting.
I've been watching your videos....very helpful. Have you seen the video where a shammie is used to soak up water and that is hung over a box fan and put in the window. I'm always trying to save money but not buying evaporative pads at the store.
dope! might use this idea to cool off my patio and plants! Anything to cool off in Phoenix area! thanks
Wonder if you tried it? I am in Tucson and going to try it now 2018
@@gailc1948 did either 1 of you try it? I'm in Las Vegas and got the same heat lol
@@dionesilva4260 this year no - but I did last year. There are so many suggestion on you tube and they are not very expensive. Yes you do for sure have the heat. Have you ever been to Bullhead City or Laughlin? I've been in Bullhead when there was a lot of rain and my sister had a chiller but she also had a pool so that helped.
@@gailc1948 chiller? The small portable one's? And a pool would be ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL about now! And yes I've been to both places and been stuck in Bullhead City for a week with hot water from tap had to wait to let it cool off before we could drink it! Haha crazy heat...
can you tell what the name is on the fan motor just curious what motor these newer ones have
this is how that airwolf 5 in 1 works lol
haven't read all comments yet, but what about making a furnace type filter with the DuraCool? Submerge it in water. Remove and put in a freezer. Place behind fan when frozen. Could have 3 or 6 or ? ice paks. Some type of channeled holder with a sponge or drip tray at the bottom. peace.
Did you try this? Sounds like ti would work.
The ice would block air flow
very innovative.!
Nice
I've used big commercial versions of these in the deep South, They do wok in high humidity areas. Maybe not as well as they do in low humidity, but they cool the air quite a lot.
I'm wondering where in the deep south, certainly not on the coast. I'm originally from Charleston, SC and I can say that when July hits and it stays 90 plus day and night with 100 percent humidity every day that this will not do anything. My uncle tried to make one of these after hurricane Hugo with a fan and a wet filter plugged into a generator and it did nothing and this was in late September with only high 80's temps and 90 percent humidity. He had learned how to make one when he was in the army, and it was basically the same principle but you had to hand wet the filter every so often. These will not work in tropical to semi-tropical conditions. Its works on the principle of cooling the dry hot air with water. In true tropical humidity like you get in the swamps of the coastal southeast, you cant cool the dry hot air because it is wet hot air, all you do is add to the humidity or in the case of 100 percent humidity which is common in the southern coastal swamps you simply do nothing but block the wind power of your fan because you cant add moisture to complete saturation. These may work a little inland but not on the coast. For the most part these are designed for the desert.
bassking80
Near Montgomery Alabama in a heavy equipment repair shop and a warehouse near Ft Benning Georgia. They made working conditions bearable,
But, you are correct about trying to use them in a swampy, extremely high humidity area. That would be a waste of time and effort. An evaporative cooler requires some level of evaporation to achieve a temperature drop, and the higher the humidity, the less the evaporation effect.
portablecoolers.com/models/PAC2K482S.html
bassking80 i live in a dry desert climate, i completely feel you on what your saying. Humidity and heat sucks, dry heat is doable.
Swamp coolers work the best under 100 degrees. You can relax from worry of it dripping on your floors , window seal ect if you buy a short plastic box (maybe just the lid) from the cheaper stores, and set it in it. You can get one for like $2.00.
Haleene Williams the temperature is irrelevant, the lower the humidity the better. Here in Phoenix we get up to 118 degrees in July and if the humidity is low swamp coolers work great.
Should be a pan or something to catch any drippings. Good idea.
how cold is the air coming out. You should tell us that so if all this is worth it. cause I work on a/c.
How much does this cost to make? I already have the box fan.
How long does the water last
Where do you get the evap cooling Pad..??
el proyecto esta muy bueno solo le falta la bandeja de abajo para que el agua no se valla a derramar en el suelo 15 puntos de aprobacion
Are the holes in the tubing just on the top? I know sounds like a dumb question but I wanted to make sure. Do you even need a return hose going into the bucket or can you just cap off the tubing at the end and just have the tubing run across the top of the fan and stop?
nice
hi there, it would result in too low of pressure. the pumps are dirt cheap though. 8 to 10 bucks at harbor freight
It's a good idea, and I like it. You gotta remember, though, that it won't work well in humid climates. This idea is mostly for hot, dry, climates. The ancient Egyptians invented this idea.
The ancient Egyptians had electric fans, plastic tubing and water pumps?
@@dbodooley invented this idea. . . meaning they had water and a way to move air
Yes it DOES still work in humid climates! Not the same difference in cooling effect, but enough to make a difference. Try it!
Thinking about using this to help my chickens stay cool
nice. 👍
At 4:07, the video jumps to seeing the finished product, assuming that we all know what you did in the interim. Did you happen to post this on Instructibles by any chance ? I'd like to make this to use on the porch at night. The added bonus is that it will help keep the mosquitoes at bay. Thanks!
Dawn E dude its super easy!!!!!
Dawn E at that point I think he broke out the crazy glue and rubber bands.
I need instructions in writing too; some of us learn that way rather than visual.
Gail me too.
Thanks for the video! Could I place the foam in front of the fan, instead of behind?
hi. i've always found that it works better to put the pad behind the fan.
please do you have project works for students in the tertiary institution
How many amps will this use?
i mean i reckon thats all it is cool video i have been wanting to get a plastic 55 gal drum like a poor mans porta cool
Can't you skip the screen and just put the evap pad in front of the fan (the blow side)? Also instead of a pump and you just place the bucket on a higher place than the fan?
Use the pump to put the water back in the bucket from a catch on the bottom.
maybe if we placed the bucket higher than the height of the fan we can do away with the use of the pump and let gravity do its work ?
You couldn't recycle the water then
SeeWaffle9 There's really no need to recycle the water if you're doing a gravity feed. Also, being more strategic about the number of holes should allow for less drippage at the bottom.
You should try it or we will never know if it works.
SeeWaffle9 Here's not recycling the water. See 4:50. It's just dripping on the ground. At 4:22 you see the end is clamped off, so it does not need to even return to the bucket.
fidel catsro.
Is that a pump in the bucket? You didn't really explain that part, how you got the water to go up the hose.
Could the pump be replaced by gravity if the cool water were kept higher than the fan or would that result in too low of pressure?
10 years after the fact, but the size of the holes in the hose needs pressure to properly get enough water out.
easy to make,, but till how much temperature it cools down the room!!!
Bro, I planned for such an air cooler you have showed. But I have got a problem. Need suggestion to solve it. What about the Humidity? I think, the humidity of the room will increase which can damage your wall or such many things. Any solution for that? How the humidity can be controlled? What about using an exhaust fan?
I did this w pushpins and found the water flow was poor. Then I followed a hundred + holes w a small nail and was still disappointed with the water flow. I shoved the 2 pins in the tube to not lose them and went to dinner. When I came back after an hour +, I pulled the pin out and was met by a solid squirt if water from the hole that held the pin for an hour.
So hindsight, instead of the 500 holes he mentioned, put ten thumbtacks in the tube and wait an hour before removing. Ten holes that stay open are better than 490 that close up.
what is the approximate temperature differential from the fan and non fan affected air?
Mateo_Cafe most of the time, it is a 15 degree difference
If you have hard water, use bottled water without a high mineral content to minimize scale buildup, which clogs the pump and pad eventually. (I have a whole-house swamp cooler and unfortunately no water softener.)
Can anyone give me a list of things I need for this? I know the basics
Fan
Bucket
Aquarium tube 1/2inch
Cooling pad
I'm not sure what the black thing with the wire is ?
My mother's sister had one of these 50+ years ago in Kansas which they called a swamp cooler!!!
Yes, he is making a DIY swamp cooler. Some apartments have swamp coolers but don't get the room below 80 so this will help get it cooler.
CALTECH007 I live in a high temp, low humidity part of California. Swamp coolers, located on roofs, are the customary method for cooling homes, businesses, etc. In my experience the temperature can get into the 70s with swamp coolers. Evaporative cooling is the oldest form of cooling and was used by Cleopatra.
WHERE TO OBTAIN COOLING PAD?
What is that Roll of Net Fan?
how much does it cool by
Crazy idea use a helium sealed stirling cold piston to generate liquid atmosphere that filled an insulated tank that siphoned into a drip system into a evaporation matto super cool the air has the liquid atmosphere returns to its gas state? You could use this concept on your ice chest air conditioning design. 😊😉
Can you give checklist?
Hey man, how many GPM is the pump on this design?
I noticed that it's 200 GPM on the whole room super cooler design...same on this one?
Thanks
Probably don't need a high flow rate with recirculated water - a bigger, faster pump will add heat to the water. Depending on the drip hole size, of course, a smaller pump would be fine (and less expensive to purchase and run (electricity)). I think some form of flow restriction on the return end would help increase the drip rate, also.
good
What kind of screen?
What is the name of the blue matting you are using and where do I buy it?
hi. it's called 'foamed polyester evap cooler pad'. they sell it at the home stores like home depot.
I didn't know Christopher Walken made homemade swamp coolers.
Umabari ..
isn't he Macgyver..not walken
this looks cool.so how does this work? and where do you hook up the pump to??
The pump is inside the bucket of water hooked to the end of the tube
how to get this fan
sol braziliano yess
If You made a frame for the fan to set into after you were done building the frame , with a drip pan ( like the bucket but more of a pan type thing.) you could use the run off water to re circulate and you would not have the dripping on the floor problem. Since the frame would be for the fan to set into, the fan housing would no longer be the housing of the cooler, you could make the cooler frame further back from the fan blades. If You used say, 1" and 1/2 white PVC tubing to make the frame for the fan to set into, it wold be water proof. you can get the bent joints to make corners and it would be light weight and pretty snappy looking really. the cool thing would be, when the fan does fail ( they all do ) you could just put a new one in! :O)
Larry Leisuresuit thanks Einstein! It's his video make your own
@@JulsAmezhanks for the comment jerk!
you can use the drip pan as the source for water, that's how my storebought model does it. WHERE do you get this blue material? I can't find it anywhere!!!!!
watchgoose home depot
Where did you buy this stuff from ? Mesh ?cooling pad
hi there. i got the mesh (screen) and the blue evap cooling pad from home depot. the mesh is just standard window screen. the blue pad is called a foamed polyester evap cooler pad. 👍🙂
what type of screen should I look for. Home depot has so many I don't know which one to buy
I wouldn't even bother with the screen. I use that blue stuff in fish tank filters and it is plenty strong to not need the screen in this application.
Would you want the cooling pad on the side that gets the most sun?
IS this good for a humid place like Florida...any ideas for us in grid down situation here in FL?
hi there. i have some solar panel powered ice-based (or cold water based) cooling systems using a radiator as the heat exchanger. those projects would be a good choice. to see those vids check the playist area of my channel and look for the heat exchanger projects.
@@desertsun02 TY so much, new to all of this and trying hard to figure it all out, lol...subscribed to ur chanel!! Stay safe!!
@Karen Gouws thanks for subbing ✔😎💎
It's indeed a very cool idea... but tell me please, what are the bucket and the pump for ? can I just feed it with water directly from my existing home waterline ?
yes you can
You could plumb in a small plastic water line to a container, set up a valve with a float bob (like a toilet). You wouldn't have to worry about refilling the water, or your pump burning out when it goes dry.
Did I miss something? When did you connect the house and pump and how?
hi. the hose/pump connection is 'push on'. meaning all you do is push the hose on to the outlet of the pump.
got any tricks for us with very high humidity in Alabama?
An air conditioner! This is why I live in CA and pay high rent. The weather is nicer.
Is the a difference if you put some ICE in the bucket???
Put salt and ice in the bucket and you should see some difference in the temperature reduction. Salt + ice allows water to go lower than 0 C in cooling your house.
What kind of water pump did you use?
hi. it's just a basic model. i think that one is from harbor freight tools.
I will try!!