Solar Panel Swamp Cooler Burning Man

It works perfectly with the great added bonus of no stinky exhaust not using fuel i need to worry about not being noisey and being about 10x cheaper than a genny with an ac unit.

Solar panel swamp cooler burning man.

Swamp cooler can be wired to a single battery or you can make your own solar power station see the playalab s other tutorials. Start with your 5 gallon bucket. In my test in summertime colorado it cooled the air from 92f to 68f. Flip the switch when you get hot for cool air.

Of course this isn t just useful for burning man and could be used any time you want to cool down a tent rv small room etc. Swamp coolers don t use much energy. Burning man tutorials free. The video demonstrates using a 15w solar panel to run the fan and we have to admit that the cooler seems to be an excellent low cost build.

A swamp cooler is essentially identical to what we know as a humidifier its a fan that blows air over some sort of absorbent material. During the day sleeping in a tent is like sleeping in a sauna even with a shade structure. Or at least that s the plan. The filters acts as an absorbent material to hold melt water being pumped in from another cooler chest above.

It will charge when it s off and stay topped off. Use a power drill and hole saw to cut large holes in the upper of the bucket. A 30 watt solar panel provides enough power to keep the swamp cooler going while giving. In environments that are very dry like the black rock desert where burning man is held the air exits the swamp cooler significantly cooler that when it entered.

Then knowing that i ll be doing the same all week i want to get a good sleep. You can do 1 or 2 rows of holes. Playa bikes food ice generator tips and more. I use a swamp cooler with a solar panel to cool my box trailer where i sleep on playa.

Shade structure and tents. Off when you wake. The battery will have plenty of power to slowly drain if the power is too much during the day. The personal burning man swamp cooler.

This is what is know as an evaporative cooler swamp cooler. This little solar swamp cooler chills the space enough for me to get a good rest.