CCWSig (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

No problem, tho your prolly right, neither would be a great idea. Plain ice is prolly the best.

jasonism123 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I have a small room, I'll try this to save on electricity..yeah, I'll try the 2liters bottles, so it won't get too humid..thanks! 10stars~!

mwstoll (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Works good in a campground environment, or where you can run up to the local store to get a bog of ice. If you are roughing it out in the deep woods, you'd be packing light anyways and wouldn't be hauling around a cooler.

mwstoll (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Tent Camping: You'll be cool during the night, even if it gets a little damp. The next morning you'll get out of the tent, and you can always open up the windows to let the air blow through the tent. If you use blue ice blocks or frozen 2 litre bottles, it won't be very damp.

mwstoll (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Don't expect it to be like having a regular air conditioner running. It works well enough to cool down a 4-5 person size tent on a summer evening where it is cool enough to sleep. If you use ice, it will get a little damp by moring. If you use blue ice blocks or 2 litre bottles filled with ice, there will be little dampness. The build cost is pretty cheap, and you can always return the expensive items to the store if you don't like it.

jasonism123 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

guys, how cold could the air that comes out of that vent be? I might try this

sirmasterpimp (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@thecubanmann Not really, I use one of those radio shack fans for my battery bank, and they use only 2-3 watts less than that 12 volt dc fan he is using (10 watts I think). Plus that fan is moving a lot more air. His portable powerpack seems about the same size as mine (10 ah battery) so he should get about 11-13 hours out of that fan before needing a recharge. That is way longer than it takes to melt the ice.

cabotrooper (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Thanks for telling me the difference. Good to know!

CCWSig (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@cabotrooper Just a FYI First off Dry Ice is frozen carbon dioxide(CO2) , that's the same thing we breath out. Burning carbon based fuels produces CARBONMONOXIDE (CO). CO doesn't kill you by eating away the oxygen, or even displacing oxygen around you. CO attaches to the red blood cells in your body and prevent the blood from carrying O2 to your organs, Essentially you suffocate.

thecubanmann (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

u can get a cooler fan that square at radio shackfor 12 bucks and it uses way less power