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My mom had a house in Ft. Myers. Thankfully it had AC and a Pool cause that's were I spent most of my time when I was there. She had a service for the bugs but the dead ones I'd find could have fought me for my lunch.

I tried to convince the wife to get a canal home so I could park the boat in the back yard but she wasn't having any of it.
 
Around my house is the worst. No where I go in this state is it as bad. Everyone who ever comes to help work around here or whatever all say the same thing, like bro, why are they so bad here? 10 seconds and your face and ears are covered in gnats with the mosquitoes fighting for second place. It’s unreal.
 
...Florida is like taking a hot bath while youre walking with the most annoying bugs that all want to be your best friend....

I use to lay 300 degree asphalt on 100 degree days but the 3 days i spent in Florida for a friends wedding is near the top of my list most uncomfortable experiences Ive ever had. Only place Id consider to be worse was Baton Rouge.
 
Who's up for some redneck engineering? Somebody here has done this. Im looking to build a redneck cooler. Ive seen some guys with a 5 gallon bucket, some ice etc blow some cold air. The better ones use a small pump, a coil and managed to get some outlet temps of 50 degrees with an inlet of 90. Im not looking to cool my garage. Just provide some directed air for maybe an hour or so while I do a oil change etc. Going in garage right now is mostly a no go situation at 100 plus degrees.
Cooling the garage isn't in the budget right now.
Anybody done this? Results?
 
Who's up for some redneck engineering? Somebody here has done this. Im looking to build a redneck cooler. Ive seen some guys with a 5 gallon bucket, some ice etc blow some cold air. The better ones use a small pump, a coil and managed to get some outlet temps of 50 degrees with an inlet of 90. Im not looking to cool my garage. Just provide some directed air for maybe an hour or so while I do a oil change etc. Going in garage right now is mostly a no go situation at 100 plus degrees.
Cooling the garage isn't in the budget right now.
Anybody done this? Results?
What are your humidity levels like? I'm thinking something like an evaporative cooler, so a fan blowing or sucking through wet towels or foam. Maybe need an aquarium pump or something to keep them wet. Added bonus if use ice water. Works best if could be in a northern facing window for fresh air and an exit window opposite.
 
This is perfect weather for this topic!! Just wanted to show that at least one of us has kinda built such a contraption....
I've done the full cooler, recycled A-coil from central air, water pump, M18 battery.....to be the cooling cart for grass drag snowmobiles!!!

When you run on grass, the heat exchanger which normally gets snow kicked up on it tends to be added weight and complication. So you get rid of it.
Running snowmobiles in the high friction, low cooling summer environment requires an intervention to cool things down.
You melt through ice quickly, and also, the cylinder head is cool to the touch in about 15 seconds after circulating so you're ready to make another hit.

To utilize this form of heat transfer for personal comfort; you'd need a full body suit with quick connect fittings to be of any help. :)

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This is perfect weather for this topic!! Just wanted to show that at least one of us has kinda built such a contraption....
I've done the full cooler, recycled A-coil from central air, water pump, M18 battery.....to be the cooling cart for grass drag snowmobiles!!!

When you run on grass, the heat exchanger which normally gets snow kicked up on it tends to be added weight and complication. So you get rid of it.
Running snowmobiles in the high friction, low cooling summer environment requires an intervention to cool things down.
You melt through ice quickly, and also, the cylinder head is cool to the touch in about 15 seconds after circulating so you're ready to make another hit.

To utilize this form of heat transfer for personal comfort; you'd need a full body suit with quick connect fittings to be of any help. :)

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Ive never seen snowmobiles set up for summer dirt riding! Thats wild
 
What are your humidity levels like? I'm thinking something like an evaporative cooler, so a fan blowing or sucking through wet towels or foam. Maybe need an aquarium pump or something to keep them wet. Added bonus if use ice water. Works best if could be in a northern facing window for fresh air and an exit window opposite.
I thought about this but Oklahoma humidity is too high. That is why I wanted to use a coil/heat exchanger. Same as an AC unit only the cooling medium is provided and obviously a limited time frame. It's only practical for short term. My motivation is I think I can do it for under 40$ and maybe an hours time. Just don't want to if won't work.
 
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I was in my shop today for about an hour and OMG was it hot. Thermometer said 96. I had 2 36" fans blowing on me until I gave up until tomorrow morning. It is dangerously hot and worse this afternoon at 102-105 + the heat index of 110-115 :oops:
Stay COOL 😎 Paul 👍 however you can do it!
 
Just don't want to if won't work.

It will work, the question is will it work well enough to make it worth it.

Two coils, one in icewater and one in front of a fan with a pump between them. If you have a clean oil cooler or two that will work with a big box fan.

You can get a 12000 btu mini split heat pump for as little as $600 or a 14000 btu portable for around $400 if you just want to buy something.
 
It will work, the question is will it work well enough to make it worth it.

Two coils, one in icewater and one in front of a fan with a pump between them. If you have a clean oil cooler or two that will work with a big box fan.

You can get a 12000 btu mini split heat pump for as little as $600 or a 14000 btu portable for around $400 if you just want to buy something.
When did mini splits get that cheap? I used to buy them for my last job and they were several thousand
 
When did mini splits get that cheap? I used to buy them for my last job and they were several thousand
Its crazy, Ive been thinking a mini split or even a Ptac unit for the garage, both are around 1000$. Mini would be nice to help heat/cool my breezeway, but Ptac would do the trick as well. Only downfall for the Ptac is framing an opening and refinishing a wall
 
When did mini splits get that cheap? I used to buy them for my last job and they were several thousand
Don't know. Name brands are still expensive but it's not like this is rocket science so the Asian cloners have been busy and google found some "inexpensive" options.
 
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