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blacksabbathrulz
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my homemade air conditioner
#5711448 - 06/04/06 02:31 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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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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freakin sweet dude
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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) |
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you know me and that pitbull have a lot in common i once puked while fucking execpt i didnt eat it i was nice and cleaned it up
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HELLA_TIGHT
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Re: my homemade air conditioner [Re: Dobie]
#5711503 - 06/04/06 02:49 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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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) |
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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 at least she was cool about it we still boned after i cleaned the mess
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blacksabbathrulz
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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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Le_Canard
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Pretty ingenious! to you.
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Nice, I wonder if it's runner cheaper than a regular AC unit?
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blacksabbathrulz
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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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HELLA_TIGHT said: 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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ghetto
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Don't forget the cost of maintaining the ice water.
Cool
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blacksabbathrulz
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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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geokills said: Don't forget the cost of maintaining the ice water.
Cool
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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Does it contain enough water that you could leave it running overnight without it running out?
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OneMoreRobot3021 said: 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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dude thats so ghetto, but its pretty pimp as well. i have half a mind to make one myself. nice man
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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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wrestler_az said: dude thats so ghetto, but its pretty pimp as well. i have half a mind to make one myself. nice man
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.
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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blacksabbathrulz
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Re: my homemade air conditioner [Re: Kerbouchard]
#5711691 - 06/04/06 03:50 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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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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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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