The DIY set-up uses a cheap commercial fan to pull air across ice or water to accomplish the evaporative cooling result. While a DIY swamp cooler does work to cool the surrounding air as much as ...

The design uses no ice, which is the cooling agent typical found in other DIY air conditioners. Those generally cut holes in the top of a cooler, put a fan on top to blow the air down across the ice.

Set up a super basic evaporative cooler for a free and simple cooling solution. There's a good chance you have everything you need to set up a primitive evaporative cooler right at hand: a fan, a ...

DIY Air Conditioners to Keep You Cool Build yourself one of these homemade ACs to fend off that summer heat. By Timothy Dahl and Bradley Ford Updated: Aug 07, 2023 11:07 AM EDT ...