this fans can put some ice cube on the water holder and pour just little of water then the ice melt and the cool water into the cooler pillar and the cool air can created! i saw my friend doing this when i was a kid and we really love it.
The theory behind this is like that used in evaporative coolers (swamp coolers)....the full sized coolers have fibreglass pads which enclose the 3 rear sides of the unit and have a pump to keep them saturated.
I don't think this portable unit really has enough pad area to work as well as the full sized units. Also to feel the cooling effect any type of evaporative cooler needs to be used in a very low humidity environment.
Oh yeah I know, My aunt in New Mexico has got a swamp cooler on her house, what I mean by this not working well is that even if the water does get through the holes it slides down the sticks and collects in the bottom tray, generally though the water will have become room temperature by this time anyway, making this nothing more than a battery fan. I referred to it as an air conditioner because that's what it says on it
@ZacharyDY4 would u be willing to sell this
ht3709 2 months ago
@ht3709 Only if you make it worth my while
ZacharyDY4 2 months ago
this fans can put some ice cube on the water holder and pour just little of water then the ice melt and the cool water into the cooler pillar and the cool air can created! i saw my friend doing this when i was a kid and we really love it.
sautautree 9 months ago
Wow! I don't care if it doesn't work as an A/C - that is a damn cool fan, with the 70's styling and all!
Where did you get yours?
themaritimeman 2 years ago
Neat little fan! Too bad the a/c function doesn't work...
OrnAlert 3 years ago 9
Thanks for posting the video I saw this in the fan gallery and wondered how it worked.
ess1898 3 years ago
I've had 3: two marked "Air Cooler", and another from one of those novelty catalogs.
NLind 3 years ago
the third was a Carol Wright fan and it was sky-blue in color. The Air Coolers looked like this one.
NLind 3 years ago
The theory behind this is like that used in evaporative coolers (swamp coolers)....the full sized coolers have fibreglass pads which enclose the 3 rear sides of the unit and have a pump to keep them saturated.
I don't think this portable unit really has enough pad area to work as well as the full sized units. Also to feel the cooling effect any type of evaporative cooler needs to be used in a very low humidity environment.
retrochad 3 years ago
Oh yeah I know, My aunt in New Mexico has got a swamp cooler on her house, what I mean by this not working well is that even if the water does get through the holes it slides down the sticks and collects in the bottom tray, generally though the water will have become room temperature by this time anyway, making this nothing more than a battery fan. I referred to it as an air conditioner because that's what it says on it
ZacharyDY4 3 years ago
be cool if it worked the way the factory wanted it to
mylesgifford123 3 years ago
I have two of these and it is a clever idea but they dont work too good.
Stereoflip63 3 years ago