How To Build Your Own Air Conditioner

8:53 am on June 21st, 2007 by Rosario Doriott

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!

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4 Comments »

  1. Kelly Sutton

    on June 21, 2007 @ 10:17 am

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

    Mechanical engineering at its finest. =)

  2. jen

    on July 20, 2007 @ 8:25 am

    My brother did this and it worked wonders.

  3. Gogeiger

    on March 20, 2008 @ 12:11 am

    Geiger-Air conditioning includes both thecooling and heating of air.
    It also cleans the air and controls themoisture level.
    Air Conditioning Contractors Directory for Cincinnati,
    Prescreened Home Improvement Professionals for Cincinnati.
    gogeiger

  4. Air

    on April 6, 2008 @ 7:17 am

    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.

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