Homemade air conditioner from improvised means

During hot weather, we all face the problem of dry air inside heated buildings, especially the negative impact is felt in high-rise buildings. It’s not affordable to buy a normal climate system, but it turns out that it’s quite realistic to make an air conditioner out of various scrap materials with your own hands. How exactly - this article will prompt.

Simplest design

Everyone knows that the air conditioner is designed to maintain the optimum temperature in a confined space, providing a comfortable stay. All models of modern air conditioners are divided into two main types: compressor type and evaporative.Many craftsmen come up with various very original designs of air conditioning for the home, which are based on evaporation of moisture under the active influence of heat.

Even our ancestors often used home-made devices to cool the room, when even the words of this - the climate system - were not in the lexicon. To do this, a thick fabric from a canvas was hung on a window transom or a window vent, and the second end was lowered into a basin of water. The hot air from the street dried the canvas and a cool and wet stream entered the room. Many still make such an original and simple home-made air conditioner, they just insert a fan into the window to significantly speed up the blowing process.

So, to make a simple homemade conditioner from improvised means, you will need:

• small fanwhich can be bought in a store or on the market from grandfathers;
• cold water tank;
• thick fabric, you can use a terry towel;
• wire for the manufacture of the frame.

A durable frame is made of wire, a fan is inserted into the window, a frame with a towel fixed on it is fixed in front of it, the second end of which is lowered into a container with cold water.

Such a simple homemade air conditioner at home can be built by any user, the option shown in the photo below will be suitable for the lazy.

We can say that this option is the most silent device. Of the shortcomings: it is necessary periodically pour cold water.

Plastic containers + water

Another rather original version with the participation of a domestic fan, and for its manufacture the following components are needed:

• plastic bottles of different shapes and containers;
• floor fan;
• water.

For the best effect of a bottle of water placed in the freezer and freeze, while there is one trick - to ice then melted slowly, add some coarse salt to the water.

The fan is installed near the table, and in front of it are arranged rows of bottles at a short distance from each other. The whole process is very simple: the ice melts, taking heat from the air, and the fan delivers cooled air to the right place. Bottles change periodically. If there is no place for placing them on a plane, then you can fix them behind the home appliance. Such an air conditioner from plastic bottles takes up little space and runs almost silently, but its effect is slightly worse than the original version.

Copper tube + hose

Another version of the air conditioner, which is quite easy to do at home with a table fan. For this you need to prepare:

• garden rubber or plastic hose for watering;
• copper tube;
• table fan.

The tube is bent in a circle, leaving a gap between the sections for the unimpeded passage of the air flow, fixed to the device restrictor with clamps. One end is connected to the tap, and the other to the drain. The cooling process is also simple - water circulates through the tube and cools it, the air flow, passing through an improvised device, is cooled.

The disadvantage of the system is that it can only be installed in the kitchen, with significant water consumption.

Ice and cooler

Do-it-yourself mini air conditioner can be made from such parts:

• container made of tin or plastic;
• self-tapping screws;
• drill;
• old CD;
• cooler (mini-fan);
• USB cable;
• ice.

Capacity is drilled in the lower part around the perimeter for air intake, the disk is carefully drilled in several places. At a distance of 1/3 from the bottom, screw in three screws that will hold the disk in the desired position.The ice is placed on a CD, the whole structure is closed with a lid on which the cooler is rigidly installed - it will pull out the cooled air from the inside. We connect the old USB cable to the cooler, and plug the other end into the socket of the system unit or laptop.

For users to study the entire manufacturing process, there is a video:

The unique device of the bottle

As everyone knows, Africa is the hottest continent on our planet, in some regions it is very hot almost year-round and there is no electricity. Workers from Bangladesh have come up with a very original conditioner made of plastic bottles, based on a physical law: the gas’s own temperature drops as it passes through a sharp narrowing and maximum expansion later.

As the prototype showed, the exhaust air loses about 5 degrees - an excellent result without the use of technical means.

A unique device is done very simply - we give the algorithm of all actions.

1. Cut out of plywood or fiberboard rectangle corresponding to the window opening.
2. We measure how many bottles fit on it, installed closely. Tara is better to pick up, calculated on 2 liters.
3. In the sheet we drill through the pre-marked holes - their diameter is identical to the size of the neck of the plastic container.
4. We insert the bottles one by one, removing the cork and cutting one third into the holes, and fasten them. If there are gaps, then fill them with sealant on silicone.
5. We fix the made conditioner in the window with the bottles outside.

This is probably the most environmentally friendly device in the world - what else is needed in the heat of the country.

Radiator + fan

There are no limits to the fantasies of home craftsmen - they are trying to update and give it a second life for almost any old equipment: for example, a miracle conditioner made with their own hands from an old automotive aluminum radiator.

A simple design is made up of a radiator, a room fan and a case from an old computer system unit - a radiator and a fan are mounted inside the unit, and water is brought in and out through specially bred pipes. Handles are attached to the case for easy carrying. Gifted craftsmen install power supply with different voltages, so that there are several modes of operation, and the control will be implemented by a built-in switch.

The hoses of durable rubber are attached to the tubes with hose clips, one is used to supply water and the other is used to drain. The advantage of such a miniature split system, made by hand, is high water flow rate through the main device and the rapid rotation of the fan. At the same time on the radiator, constructed of aluminum plates, there is no condensation.

Unusual Freezer Application

From an old refrigerator with a certain skill and flight of fancy, some homeowners make an air conditioner that set in the window opening or a special niche with access to the street. The camera, designed to freeze food, is inserted in such a way that the rear part is completely outside, because there is a radiator, which is an active source of heat. The main cold is concentrated inside the chamber, so we make a hole in the door and install a fan of the required size.

From the sides of the chamber, which will be outside, it is possible to drill holes for the inflow of air mass. Such a design from the refrigerator will provide an influx of coolness to the room during hot summer days.

Air conditioning from the refrigerator can be done using and old portable version of household products.

1. We take the case from the mobile version of the refrigerator, which has not been working for a long time, but holds the tightness well, remove the lid, install two coolers from the computer on it. To do this, we delineate the size of each, then drill round holes using a drill and a mechanical jigsaw.
2. We put the coolers in place and seal up all the gaps with sealant.
3. We put ice inside the chamber - it is possible to freeze in advance in a plastic container, suitable in size to the internal volume of the old device, the required amount.
4. Close the lid tightly and turn on the fans using a specially purchased device or connect them to a PC. The ice melts for quite a long time, and the air conditioner from the old mobile refrigerator, made by hand, has time to cool the room perfectly.
5. Then the water is poured into the container, and in its place is placed a new portion of ice.

As you can see, making an air conditioner with your own hands is quite realistic and without any special technical skills. All the above homemade versions of air conditioners are completely harmless and are made from environmentally friendly components.Many of them help to save significantly not only on the acquisition of expensive equipment, but also on its installation.

Original designs will help you to avoid heat stroke, while in the country, and for motorists who have survived old radiator from the stove This is the original air conditioner, the manufacturing technique of which is shown in the video: