Large Area Evap. Air Cooler! - DIY AC Air Cooler! - Simple "Box Fan" Conversion - works great!! 

And Colorado, except for when the Monsoon comes through...then AC

We live in florida and use these all the time with frozen water bottles in the resivore. Humidity has nothing to do with performance

@@jordansines7096 I would never use one in a humid environment. It will just add to the humidity and make it feel worse. In a dry area swamp coolers are amazing

ya here in atlanta they don't work so good

I have a stupid vornado flippi v10, it's garbage

Well said !

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You are lucky, some of us have to live in apartments in concrete cities where there are no trees and not even the slightest space to grow them!

@@HASHEAVEN I grew my trees almost 40 years ago! It's a real pleasure to see all the life in the trees. They'll be cutting down more with the 5G. The best homes are the ones that are under trees in my opinion. I always believed a tree won't fall down on you if you love it! I like to think God gives them a chance to decide which way they want to fall. From watching lots of hurricanes he always seemed to fall away from the homes they love or should I say that love them.

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JohnE.M. swamp cooler might be cheaper to run rather than using your A/C

Todd Crenshaw newer air conditioners are extremely efficient and their electricity costs are similar to run as swamp coolers. Swamp coolers work great in small homes with little to no insulation. But in larger we'll insulated homes air conditioners work best. Modern ac units have variable fan speeds and compressors that will keep your home a constant temperature.

TheJ602 I beg to disagree that newer AC units have similar electricity costs to swamp coolers. For one you're using two motors to run fans, not just one. There is a blower motor in the evaporator and one in the condenser. Second is the third motor in the compressor itself. The home I grew up in was a four bedroom, two bath, home with a large living room and a den (family room these days) with over 4500 square feet and fully insulated. A swamp cooler kept the house cool. High seer AC units are very economical electricaly compared to past AC units, that there is no doubt. However, anything above a 14/16 seer AC and the purchase price starts getting unreasonable unless you plan to stay in the home forever. High seer AC is very much like a swimming pool here in Dallas, it adds almost nothing to the value of the house. Insulation has the same effect on both. No insulation and the prevention of transfer of heat/cooling is lost. Good insulation prevents this in both, just in a different way. The only requirement for swamp coolers is to have exit points for the moist air (windows furthest away from the swamp cooler entry are left slightly open). In my bedroom my window was left just 1/4 or less open. I could actually put my hand by the crack and feel the air escaping. Now do I have a swamp cooler here in Dallas? No freaking way. The humidity here prevents a swamp cooler from doing anything other than creating a sauna! I did see a 1/3rd drop in my electric bill when I had the original 8 seer 15 year old AC unit replaced with a modern 14 seer unit. Though I saw a nice reduction in my electric bill, going down to about $2 a day that in no way compares to the dime or maybe even a quarter in worse case a day for running the motor in a swamp cooler. When I retire on my ranch in Colorado I'll only have a swamp cooler. It makes no sense to have AC at 7,000 feet in the high desert air. I have a background in HVAC so while we may disagree, my experience tells me there is a large difference in running costs and efficiency.

Todd Crenshaw retiring on a ranch in Colorado. That sounds wonderful

Candy Gurl Fewer and fewer are saving for retirement and their dreams. I've been blessed with how my parents taught me to work hard, save money for retirement, and then of course finding the property I've always wanted. My 40 acre ranch is at 7,000 feet elevation so A/C would be truly a waste of power. My aunt and uncle live near by and when speaking to them last night, they said mornings are in the high 40's. Love that mountain cool air. Before someone says yeah but the winters you freeze, well I love the cold. Dallas, TX is way too hot. Plus you can always put clothes on to warm up. You can only take off so much before the picture gets ugly at my age!

@@TheJ602 you just got beat down! HA HA!

thanks... *i've got 2 more coming out in the next few weeks... a "window unit" and one that combines cooling with ice-blocks & copper coil at the same time (plus it's 100% solar powered - fan and pump!)

desertsun02 cool looking forward to them.

Wow, neat idea. Can't wait for the solar powered unit!

Try putting ice cubes in the water!!!!

I take it that you used 1" pvc piping, correct?

hi there and thanks. yes, those 'as seen on tv ones' are an epic ripoff. one of the biggest scams i've ever seen. they don't do anything.

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if interested here's an earlier video of mine showing this exact fan converted (w/misters) for outdoor cooling. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2zF57pz1WMk.html the "misting bar" attaches/detaches in 2 seconds... so you could even use both setups at the same time. i'll have to try that.

desertsun02 awesome, thanks!

Glad you like it!

That reduces efficiency. Running an a/c makes more sense than hauling ice.... unless you have a free supply of ice. Thermal capacitors under houses make sense.

Just curious, what does adding rock salt do? Does it slow down evaporation? Thanks

NoProGoPronto - But with the salt you have to make sure the pump can be in salt water, also when the salt dries it will make a bit of a mess.

Rebel Bocephus - I'm in Oregon near Portland and I've seen people use swamp coolers, but nothing like this. I'm from Oklahoma, humid as hell. I can't imagine this would help much.

NoProGoPronto, adding salt to ice water lowers the temperature of ice water. This is the same technique used to make homemade icecream.

hi and thank you!

Exactly! Have to have air flow. Air can’t stand stagnant. It has to glow in and out! Cool air in and hot air out! 👍😎

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I'm thinking about the same thing, here in PA. Summer is coming quick!

sounds good! *for a garage, you might want to use a high-velocty shop fan with the unit :)

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I have make one tomorrow viz my air is out. Why didn't you tell us what size pic pipe. What size to cit each piece and what dozed rubber house to use for the hookup from the pump to the hose barb

sweet!

sweet!

Which pump did you use?

Me Too, I'm living in a RV in SW NM, "Luna-tic" County. Hi Neighbor! klee-pjp88029

Hi from belen nm

pjp88029 klee how do you power the fan?? can i do it with a big power bank?

hi and you're welcome!

It may be cheaper to buy a new pad every year rather then distilled water.. . uses a lot of water.

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hi there. with this type of cooling system you don't need any ice. the evaporative effect works on the water in the container too. after running it for 10 mins or so the water temperature (of the water in the container) will drop to the same temperature as the output air. it's pretty cool how that happens.

Please explain what a "Wood pad" is, names it is sold under, what stores carry it etc.... most of us have no clue about this... Thankyou...