How To Build Your Own Air Conditioner

For those of you in summer school, this idea is surely a godsend.

I know when I took summer school, there was certainly no air conditioning in the dorms, and that was dreadful.

University of Waterloo '05 graduate Geoff Milburn explains how and why he decided to build his own air conditioner for under $25:

To avoid dying in the summer of 2005, I built a primitive air conditioner. It's a basic heat exchanger, using water as the medium.

You'll need a fan, a large garbage can or cooler, and a trip to Home Depot. Read the directions. [via LifeHacker]

Let us know if any of you try this one out!

Comments

[Kelly Sutton]

Haha. My neighbor freshman year made one of these. His room was a refrigerator.

Mechanical engineering at its finest. =)

[jen]

My brother did this and it worked wonders.

[Gogeiger]

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[Air]

that's an awesome idea. I heard a friend talking about it a little while ago but now i'm keen to try it out.

[David]

The principles of cooled pipes and a fan blowing is the basic of air conditioning. If you are young and enthusiastic, it is not a bad idea to make a temporary solution as this one. Like Geoff wrote: "I realise small air conditioners are quite cheap. But then you don't get to build anything!"

[Twin XL]

Wow! You can build your own ac? Crazy!