Swamp Cooler and just say hi

[ke6bpz]

Just want to say hello to everybody. It's my first time here. I listened to the Thursday Net and they recommended that I post here about my DIY swamp cooler I designed and built out of a five gallon bucket using solar power, a 12 volt fan and a pond pump.

this is a shot of the solar water pump and the Rings to circulate the water on to the cooling pad

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this is a shot of the bottom of the top bucket to show the wholes is cut the bottom the show with pump goes through to the other bucket

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this is a shot of the lid and the 12 Volt fan going to a duck work

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this is a shot of 2 completed units as you see i cut 8 2"by 1 1/2 " holes at top of the bucket

have square holes around the top bucket

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[BorregoWrangler]

Welcome to the site! That's a nice DIY swamp cooler.

Feel free to tell us more about yourself and post up where you enjoy your outdoor adventures.

[DaveK]

Carri:

Welcome to OAUSA and thanks for posting the information on your swamp cooler. Very clever and a whole lot more compact that the huge units I normally see.

[cruiserlarry]

Welcome to OAUSA, Carri !!!

[SteeevO]

Welcome! And thank you for posting the pictures!