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If you can't take the heat - build your own air conditioner!
One man found a way to cool off without spending big bucks, constructing his own makeshift AC from cheap, simple supplies.
'If you don't have AC and want to save some money to cool down a room in your house, don't spend $300 on a portable air conditioner,' he said in a new how-to video from Household Hacker. 'Just build your own for $8 and 10 minutes of your time.'
How to make your own air conditioner: A step-by-step guide
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Cheap chill: Household Hacker offers a step-by-step video guide to building a homemade 'air conditioner' for just $8, using these supplies
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Step one: Trace lines tightly around two vents on either side of the Styrofoam cooler lid; if using a weaker fan, just use one vent
Supplies Need for a Homemade AC
Styrofoam cooler
Two dryer vents
Small household fan
Ice-filled water bottles and bags of ice cubes
Sharpie marker or pen for tracing
Keyhole saw or kitchen knife for cutting
Vacuum for cleaning
To get started, the video's narrator says that anyone who attempts to put together his or her own homemade air conditioner will need a standard Styrofoam cooler, one or two dryer vents, and a small fan.
'First, we're gonna need to place the vents on the lid of the cooler, and trace around them, because we're gonna be cutting holes in just a second,' he says.
He uses two vents and sits them on opposite sides of the lid, but recommends limiting to just one vent if using a weak fan.
Then, the narrator draws with a Sharpie marker along the outside of each of the vents, explaining that lines should be traced as closely to the vents as possible.
'Once that's done, grab your fan and also trace around that,' he continues. 'Pretty simple.'
'Now we just need to do a little cutting,' he says. While he used a small keyhole saw from his toolbox, he explains that a simple kitchen knife would work just as well.
He continues: 'Just carefully cut out all the holes that you traced, one by one. For the fan hole, I went inside the lines a bit, so it has something to sit on top of. It doesn't have to be perfect, but you want to make sure that the air from the fan has a direct path into the cooler.'
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Step two: Trace around the outside of a small house fan, placed in the center of the lid
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Step three: Cut out around the traced figures of the vents with a keyhole saw or a kitchen knife
After cutting, he suggests using a vacuum to suck up stray Styrofoam. Otherwise, the fan may later blow it all over the room.
Now for the cooling element. The narrator instructs viewers to put several water bottles in the freezer until they are frozen solid.
Then, he demonstrates placing the bottles of ice - along with several ice packs - inside the cooler, before closing the lid.
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Step four: Cut slightly within the lines traced around the fan so it has something to sit on; the fan will be placed face-down on the lid
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Step five: Fill the Styrofoam cooler with bottles and bags of ice, then close the lid
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Step six: Place the fan and vents in their holes in the lid and turn the fan on; the air will blow off the ice and out through the vents, cooling the room
With the vents and fan in place in their respective holes, the man turns the fan on, explaining that the air blows over the ice and exit through the vents, creating an air conditioning effect.
'But just how cold is it?' he says. Using a laser gauge, he shows that the temperature in front of the 'air conditioner' stays in the 50-degree (Fahrenheit) range.
We'd say that's pretty cool!
If you can't take the heat - build your own air conditioner!
One man found a way to cool off without spending big bucks, constructing his own makeshift AC from cheap, simple supplies.
'If you don't have AC and want to save some money to cool down a room in your house, don't spend $300 on a portable air conditioner,' he said in a new how-to video from Household Hacker. 'Just build your own for $8 and 10 minutes of your time.'
How to make your own air conditioner: A step-by-step guide
+7
Cheap chill: Household Hacker offers a step-by-step video guide to building a homemade 'air conditioner' for just $8, using these supplies
+7
Step one: Trace lines tightly around two vents on either side of the Styrofoam cooler lid; if using a weaker fan, just use one vent
Supplies Need for a Homemade AC
Styrofoam cooler
Two dryer vents
Small household fan
Ice-filled water bottles and bags of ice cubes
Sharpie marker or pen for tracing
Keyhole saw or kitchen knife for cutting
Vacuum for cleaning
To get started, the video's narrator says that anyone who attempts to put together his or her own homemade air conditioner will need a standard Styrofoam cooler, one or two dryer vents, and a small fan.
'First, we're gonna need to place the vents on the lid of the cooler, and trace around them, because we're gonna be cutting holes in just a second,' he says.
He uses two vents and sits them on opposite sides of the lid, but recommends limiting to just one vent if using a weak fan.
Then, the narrator draws with a Sharpie marker along the outside of each of the vents, explaining that lines should be traced as closely to the vents as possible.
'Once that's done, grab your fan and also trace around that,' he continues. 'Pretty simple.'
'Now we just need to do a little cutting,' he says. While he used a small keyhole saw from his toolbox, he explains that a simple kitchen knife would work just as well.
He continues: 'Just carefully cut out all the holes that you traced, one by one. For the fan hole, I went inside the lines a bit, so it has something to sit on top of. It doesn't have to be perfect, but you want to make sure that the air from the fan has a direct path into the cooler.'
Share
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Step two: Trace around the outside of a small house fan, placed in the center of the lid
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Step three: Cut out around the traced figures of the vents with a keyhole saw or a kitchen knife
After cutting, he suggests using a vacuum to suck up stray Styrofoam. Otherwise, the fan may later blow it all over the room.
Now for the cooling element. The narrator instructs viewers to put several water bottles in the freezer until they are frozen solid.
Then, he demonstrates placing the bottles of ice - along with several ice packs - inside the cooler, before closing the lid.
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Step four: Cut slightly within the lines traced around the fan so it has something to sit on; the fan will be placed face-down on the lid
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Step five: Fill the Styrofoam cooler with bottles and bags of ice, then close the lid
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Step six: Place the fan and vents in their holes in the lid and turn the fan on; the air will blow off the ice and out through the vents, cooling the room
With the vents and fan in place in their respective holes, the man turns the fan on, explaining that the air blows over the ice and exit through the vents, creating an air conditioning effect.
'But just how cold is it?' he says. Using a laser gauge, he shows that the temperature in front of the 'air conditioner' stays in the 50-degree (Fahrenheit) range.
We'd say that's pretty cool!
