Redneck Air Conditioner

[scdavis50]

Tested it out at kid's swim meet yesterday; it works pretty well but it wasn't quite as cold as I would like. I only used one bag of ice, and it wasn't in an enclosed area. Still, I think it would work pretty well in either a box blind or a popup. The fan is super quiet, and it was cheap. I had it pretty sealed up with glue and caulk, but ended up taping it because it wasn't quite dry and it was going to rain.

Cooler: $9
Fan: $8
Dryer vent: $2
1 bag of ice: $2

[TX_Kevin]

I would have liked to see a carry handle fashioned from duct tape too. That would have completed the effort. Looks quite good to me though. Nice work!

[paintman]

Fan blows directly one the ice then out the tube?

[justahunter]

Is that a leg or back in the picture? Either one with that kind of fur coat I can see why you need this.

[JJFoust]

http://youtu.be/HxSLbpAwibg

This will show u how to make it my buddy made one and works really good

[scdavis50]

Fan blows directly one the ice then out the tube?

Exactly. Next time I'll add two bags of ice.

[scottmcp5]

It will work

[SamHarper]

Does the fan run on batteries?

[robster1213]

would be awesome to try dry ice (in a well ventilated area)

[warrington]

Make the one with the heater coil. It works grewt

[scdavis50]

Does the fan run on batteries?

I think it's 4 AAs. I went with a smaller fan to minimize noise.

[animalhse]

Ran with your idea, we participate in a farmers market every Sunday and it gets warm. Set it up next to us on a bucket for my wife and daughter. Even Lily jumped in on the action. I plug it into the power point of the truck and have notebook solar panel wired to the battery on the dash. Ran it for 4 hours and cooled great. Thanks for the direction on the idea.

[flsv1997]

been wanting to make one of those.

[Rotney]

Make it with a Yeti and you'll never have to buy ice

[animalhse]

Make it with a Yeti and you'll never have to buy ice

That's what the guys are work were saying