DIY tent air conditioner?
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DIY tent air conditioner?

Derek

Derek

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Someone posted this photo of this cooler air conditioner (if can even call it that) on Facebook today. The design looks stupid simple and has me curious about trying to make it. Unless I'm missing something it's just 3 large holes cut into the top, two of those holes get a 3" or 4" 90 degree PVC elbow stuffed into them. The center hole gets a fan mounted on it, pushing air into the cooler.

As I think I understand... you fill the cooler full of ice and turn on the fan. Right?

How long would that last before the ice is melted?
 
I'd be surprised if you can get 12 hours from that. Well I guess it depends on how hot it is.
 
If you look at the icybreeze, which if you have a 10lb of ice in it, this will last 2-3 hours. Now this depends as already mentioned on ambient air as well. If you are camped out in Death Valley, you might get an hour :ROFLMAO:
 
Yeah, I don't think you will get much more than a handful of hours of 'cool' air at best from something like this. And really this is going to work only in a very small space.
 
If you are talking high 70's or low 80's ambient, you might get 3-4 hours, might. My uncle made something like this back in the day. As I recall, he got just about that from him.
 
But wouldn't the inside of your tent be super humid?
KingKhan said:
Isn't that going to just make the air humid?
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Ha! I was just typing the same thing. I bet it would be super humid in there. That ice is melting, so it might feel good in front of this thing, but when that cool moist hits that warmer air, I bet it feels like a swamp.
 
smritte said:
Hope its not hot and humid or your just going to be extra miserable.
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I was thinking the same thing. My friend made something like this and it works half ass for 2 hours, but so much moisture is pumped out from it.
 
If I were in a pinch, I would use. But would be fearful of the humidity. I have a Zerobreeze 2 already, so bought that for a reason. Just no short cuts. While my Zerobreeze isn't all that, but what it does put out, is dry cold air.
 
I can't stand humidity and that would be pumping moisture in the air. Once that ice runs out and the ambient heat takes over, it's going to be so nasty inside that tent.
 
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