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re: made a portable Air Conditioner for camping season
Posted on 9/21/14 at 9:51 pm to Tiger Nation 84
Posted on 9/21/14 at 9:51 pm to Tiger Nation 84
I remember seeing that on youtube a few months ago and remember thinking that it is a pretty neat idea... 
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Posted on 9/21/14 at 9:57 pm to eng08
Yea im probably going to put the little one in a plastic conatiner so it doesnt get broken. The big one that i put a picture of the huskee will be good though. That thing is thick.
Posted on 9/21/14 at 10:02 pm to Tiger Nation 84
I have a tough time thinking a bag of ice will last that long with you basically blowing hot air straight at it.
Posted on 9/21/14 at 10:09 pm to Tiger Nation 84
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We have electricity at our family spot. My mom and uncles and stuff have big campers.
Thennnnn why not buy a window unit?
ETA: just saw the tent bit.
If you are savy with electronics, look into Peltier chips.
They are solid state (no moving parts) electrical components that transfers heat from one side of it to the other.
You can probably build a decent heat pump box that blows hot air outside and cold air inside without having to worry about ice. Maybe even integrate cold storage for food stuffs on it.
Make sure to use heat sinks on the hot side though. It moves a LOT of heat energy, so if you don't put effort to effectively dissipating it you'll fry the chip.
This post was edited on 9/21/14 at 10:17 pm
Posted on 9/21/14 at 10:59 pm to Croacka
If you put 2 frozen gallons of water and a bag of ice with rock salt on it, it will last about 6 hours. Rock salt will keep the ice frozen for a while.
Posted on 9/21/14 at 11:10 pm to Tiger Nation 84
Salt just makes the ice melt quicker.
Posted on 9/22/14 at 12:59 am to Tiger Nation 84
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Put a bag of ice and salt the ice down to freeze it
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bag of ice
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freeze it
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ice
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to freeze it
Posted on 9/22/14 at 1:00 am to The Boat
:coco2:
Posted on 9/22/14 at 1:33 am to Tiger Nation 84
Pretty cool idea if the ice holds long enough to enjoy. Report back with results
Posted on 9/22/14 at 3:52 am to Uncle JackD
I love it.
I have seen something similar on a Polaris Ranger. 6" flex duct going in and out of an ice chest. The faster the guy went, the more cool air he got.
I have seen something similar on a Polaris Ranger. 6" flex duct going in and out of an ice chest. The faster the guy went, the more cool air he got.
Posted on 9/22/14 at 5:27 am to Tiger Nation 84
I made one out of 3/8" stainless tubing, an air hose and an old water cooler.
Wrap the tubing around a 6 5/8" pipe to make it into a coil
Remove spiget from water cooler and drill an additional 3/4" hole about 3" from top of water cooler.
Run air hose (inlet) through where hole in the spiget was and attach it with a hose clamp to the bottom of the coil.
Run an air hose to the top of the coil (outlet)
Fill cooler with ice water
Turn the air on low and you have a hose blowing cold air till the ice melts....... 5-8 hours.
Wrap the tubing around a 6 5/8" pipe to make it into a coil
Remove spiget from water cooler and drill an additional 3/4" hole about 3" from top of water cooler.
Run air hose (inlet) through where hole in the spiget was and attach it with a hose clamp to the bottom of the coil.
Run an air hose to the top of the coil (outlet)
Fill cooler with ice water
Turn the air on low and you have a hose blowing cold air till the ice melts....... 5-8 hours.
Posted on 9/22/14 at 7:55 am to Tiger Nation 84
Have you tested this? When I did research on these before the summer, I read that these are very ineffective in humid climates (especially at night) like Louisiana and Florida.
Posted on 9/22/14 at 7:58 am to Tiger Nation 84
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camping season
does not denote the need for AC.
Posted on 9/22/14 at 8:10 am to Tiger Nation 84
That thing really blows cold for 6+ hours? If I had to guess, I'd say MAYBE 2, if the air in the room is already cool.
Posted on 9/22/14 at 8:17 am to Boudreaux35
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That thing really blows cold for 6+ hours? If I had to guess, I'd say MAYBE 2, if the air in the room is already cool.
It's important to remember to pre-cool your air.
Posted on 9/22/14 at 8:39 am to Tiger Nation 84
I want to make one, but have no use for it. Maybe next summer if we set up a hang out tent outside the camper.
Posted on 9/22/14 at 9:00 am to Sus-Scrofa
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It's important to remember to pre-cool your air.
No shite eh?? Doesn't every camping spot have a walk-in cooler for this??
Posted on 9/22/14 at 9:01 am to Tiger Nation 84
Damn, some people are gullible...
Next thing you know he'll be telling us how to fix a crack in our windshield with a vinegar, flour and nail polish remover mixture. (my mom sent that to me on FB last week)
Next thing you know he'll be telling us how to fix a crack in our windshield with a vinegar, flour and nail polish remover mixture. (my mom sent that to me on FB last week)
Posted on 9/22/14 at 9:16 am to Tiger Nation 84
Glad you didn't use a Yeti, it may have reversed the global warming.... 
Very cool idea and hope it works for you!
Very cool idea and hope it works for you!
Posted on 9/22/14 at 9:24 am to jorconalx
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Why don't you gtfo with this shite
Yeah, frick common sense...
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