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my homemade air conditioner
    #5711448 - 06/04/06 02:31 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

The heat is really getting to me, and I am currently awaiting an ac unit which will arrive in the next few days, so I had to do something.

I bought copper tubing, wrapped it in a coil, and attached it to a fan. I put a water pump in a cooler full of ice, which sucks up ice water, and pumps it through a tube attached to the copper wire. There is another tube attached to the fan, which pumps the ice water back into the cooler. It works pretty well.




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Re: my homemade air conditioner [Re: blacksabbathrulz]
    #5711455 - 06/04/06 02:32 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

freakin sweet dude


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Re: my homemade air conditioner [Re: blacksabbathrulz]
    #5711490 - 06/04/06 02:46 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

That's pretty awesome, how well does it work?


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Re: my homemade air conditioner [Re: HELLA_TIGHT]
    #5711501 - 06/04/06 02:48 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

you know me and that pitbull have a lot in common i once puked while fucking :laugh: execpt i didnt eat it i was nice and cleaned it up


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Re: my homemade air conditioner [Re: Dobie]
    #5711503 - 06/04/06 02:49 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

hahaha

did you puke on her?


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Re: my homemade air conditioner [Re: HELLA_TIGHT]
    #5711508 - 06/04/06 02:52 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

nah i puked on the side of the bed all over the floor and in my shoe i was all fucked off on oxycontin and drunk as all hell :laugh: at least she was cool about it we still boned after i cleaned the mess


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Re: my homemade air conditioner [Re: HELLA_TIGHT]
    #5711522 - 06/04/06 02:55 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

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HELLA_TIGHT said:
That's pretty awesome, how well does it work?




Well, its 83 degrees outside, and its 71 degrees in here. So I would say it works fairly well.


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Re: my homemade air conditioner [Re: blacksabbathrulz]
    #5711538 - 06/04/06 03:00 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Pretty ingenious!  :thumbup: to you.  :laugh:

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Re: my homemade air conditioner [Re: blacksabbathrulz]
    #5711549 - 06/04/06 03:05 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Nice, I wonder if it's runner cheaper than a regular AC unit?


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Re: my homemade air conditioner [Re: HELLA_TIGHT]
    #5711563 - 06/04/06 03:08 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

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Nice, I wonder if it's runner cheaper than a regular AC unit?




Definitely. The pump uses 13 watts of electricity, and the fan is 40 I believe.


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Re: my homemade air conditioner [Re: blacksabbathrulz]
    #5711568 - 06/04/06 03:09 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

ghetto :thumbup:


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Re: my homemade air conditioner [Re: blacksabbathrulz]
    #5711579 - 06/04/06 03:12 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Don't forget the cost of maintaining the ice water.

Cool :wink:


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Re: my homemade air conditioner [Re: geokills]
    #5711598 - 06/04/06 03:19 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

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Don't forget the cost of maintaining the ice water.

Cool :wink:





For that I just take some 20 oz gatorade bottles, fill them with water, and toss them in the freezer. 4 at a time does the trick.


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Re: my homemade air conditioner [Re: blacksabbathrulz]
    #5711601 - 06/04/06 03:19 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Does it contain enough water that you could leave it running overnight without it running out?


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Re: my homemade air conditioner [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
    #5711611 - 06/04/06 03:21 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

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Does it contain enough water that you could leave it running overnight without it running out?




Well, the water recycles itself, so it never runs out. It's just a matter of keeping the water cold. During the day, I have to replace the ice several times, however at night, the ice is usually still there in the morning, since the temperature drops about 15 degrees at night here.


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Re: my homemade air conditioner [Re: blacksabbathrulz]
    #5711640 - 06/04/06 03:30 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

dude thats so ghetto, but its pretty pimp as well. i have half a mind to make one myself. nice man :thumbup:


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Re: my homemade air conditioner [Re: wrestler_az]
    #5711681 - 06/04/06 03:47 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

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dude thats so ghetto, but its pretty pimp as well. i have half a mind to make one myself. nice man :thumbup:




Pure pimpin!
hey bayyybeeee, check out my portable fish pump powered AC unit
* chick has sex on the spot, in newly air condictioned car backseat*
Those fish pumps run on on a car battery( or smaller)

Imagine taking that think camping. One big ass ice chest of ice, and you can keep your TENT air conditioner-ed all weekend.
Camping in the summer, 100 degrees outside, and a nice chilled 70 degree tent.

Props to you man, that pioneering ingenuity. :thumbup:

I bet it works both ways too, with hot water





The only flaw I see in the design, is the humidity problems.
You might create a very humid indoor environment, very fast, Which is sometimes OK, but you need a clean house, or else bacteria grows on fabrics, and contams run wild.
Have you kept a humidity gage in your AC room?

Way to go


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Re: my homemade air conditioner [Re: Kerbouchard]
    #5711691 - 06/04/06 03:50 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

There is no humidity generated by the unit, as it is a closed circuit system. It's a simple heat exchanger. My sister was the one who deserves the applause, as she gave me the idea (she is a mechanical engineer). : ) I love it.


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Re: my homemade air conditioner [Re: blacksabbathrulz]
    #5711700 - 06/04/06 03:54 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

So you keep the tank lidded? Good idea.

Have you had problems with water condensing on the coils, and dripping? That thing might actually be a DE-humidifier now that I think about it.
If your house is humid it will drip everywhere under the coils, right?

Still, that's a very minor problem.

I bet this can save HUNDREDS per year in small living quarter electricity costs.


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    #5711704 - 06/04/06 03:55 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

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