Oh yeah, we had a bad experience with non-clean melt water from the cooler. It is not pleasant to sleep in cool cooked chicken air! I do not recommend gray water

My next upgrades:

1. 12v Deep Cycle Battery
2. 50 watt Solar Panel
3. Complete rebuild to increase capacity

Question: Does the circulating water design scrub all of the particulates from the incoming air? and wash them into the bottom of the bucket/box?

Dang, I missed CoolerCon. My bucket cooler worked well, and allowed for comfortable sleep in our tent during any part of the day :) 1. The no-pump/wicking filters worked as long as I prefiltered the inlet air. Otherwise, they turned to a mud-bog quickly. 2. I ran off of my car battery, while recharg...

Wicking Cooler ... I use a siphon/gravity bottle to keep the water about an inch deep. It is a 32oz bottle, but I will use a 1 gal bottle. Instead of messing with fittings, I found some little brackets and I use them to hold down a 6" flexible hvac tube. I will cover the outside of the bucket/filter...

I purchased the fan you recommended, but the diameter appears to be about 4 1/2" ... larger than 4" tubes or ducts. Does your 4" lines block the outer part of the fan?

[quote="jeskalgh"]Hey Figjam Any advice on connecting the fan to the battery, I have never connected anything directly to a 12v battery before and I don't want to do something stupid and fry myself! I have two gator clips that I'm going to solder to the negative and positive wires of the fan. Do I j...

[quote="FIGJAM"][quote="gjenkins"]Thanks FIGJAM, this fan rocks! I am suprised at the amount of air it moves. I went with a pumpless design ... using wicking humidifier filters. I have about 90 sqinch of filter surface area. I ran a 2 hour test yesterday and it blows a good deal of cool air, and the...

Thanks FIGJAM, this fan rocks! I am suprised at the amount of air it moves. I went with a pumpless design ... using wicking humidifier filters. I have about 90 sqinch of filter surface area. I ran a 2 hour test yesterday and it blows a good deal of cool air, and the filters stayed moist the entire t...

[quote="FIGJAM"]The bucket has to be outside to work and will cool up to 600 cubic feet of space with the 190 cfm fan. 8)[/quote] Sweet! I think it might work. I am going to do a test run this weekend. Clarification. If the bucket is inside, the fan would suck air through a tube from outside of the ...

Got the fan! I am sure these are answered somewhere in the previous 53 pages, but ... questions:

1. What volume are you cooling with your bucket cooler? (my tent is 250 ft3)
2. Bucket in tent vs. Bucket out of tent? Is one more efficient or effective?

[quote="FIGJAM"]Bury the wire a couple of inches so people don't trip and yank your connections loose. [/quote]
Or sweep it under a dust dune ...
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it is looking like 25~39 ft

Another Question ... they have a bank of batteries and a solar panel. They are going to supply me with a 120v AC connection through an extension chord, so it is inverted. I would have to reconvert to DC. Isn't all of that innefficient? Should I get some wire and tap straight into the batteries 12volt?

[quote="FIGJAM"]I've got the second one on my bucket cooler! [/quote]
Great, i like the lower amp requirement ... 1.25. I am sponging electricity from friends, and that helps.

FIGJAM ... which fan?

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/8547/ ... 6c435s1108

or

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/8556/ ... d=YnFfDVU7

This guy built one using the wicking filter , but no pump. He uses a gravity/siphon to regulate the water supply to the filter.

[url]http://www.appropedia.org/Burning_Man_E ... ive_Cooler[/url]

Excellent thread. I played around with this last year, but didn't use it ... we ended up taking an RV. I am doing a canvas tent and shade structure this year, and intend to do a solar powered swamp cooler. Someone earlier mentioned a no-water-pump design. This design relies on "wicking" filters made...

Hey Andy, how did this work out for you? I am thinking of the exact same set-up.