Home air conditioning with his own hands: how to do in a house

The heat, even if it is long awaited, still falls suddenly upon us. Rain, of course, fed up, but the scorching heat is exhausting and reduces the ability to work. Well, when there is a split system, but about it, few people think of winter or a rainy spring. In the summer its purchase and installation of turn into a hole in the family budget.

Some craftsmen hesitant to do a home air conditioner with your own hands, using the means available and inexpensive materials. The idea of ​​the assembly budget homemade quite attractive, but before you start to implement it, it is necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of this unit and study the technology of its manufacture, right?

We suggest to familiarize with different types of home air-conditioning facilities. Among the proposed techniques do you make sure to select the right solution and be able to collect the cooling device yourself. Walkthroughs and photo instructions will help in the implementation of the plan.

Factory air conditioning: types and disadvantages

Before attempting to make their own air conditioning, it would be good to find out what the device is, how it works and what effect can be expected from its operation.

Air Conditioning - it is technically complex device that was originally used only to cool the room in summer. With improved and become more complex over time, air-conditioner.

modern air conditioning not only able to control the indoor climate, but even humidify and purify the air contained therein.

Devices that are currently commercially available, can be divided into two types: the evaporation and compression.

If the evaporative models can only cool the air, and to influence its humidity, the compression can either decrease or increase the temperature in the room.

Compression device and its design

Compression - the most common type of air conditioners, which is often used in everyday life. Its design consists of nodes which are generally associated with any refrigeration equipment: compressor, condenser (radiator), evaporator, thermostat and fan.

Each of the elements of the complex performs a specific task:

• compressor moves the refrigerant (e.g., Freon) along the contour of the device;
• radiator It is used for cooling and condensing refrigerant;
• evaporator - a place where the liquid becomes vapor while reducing refrigerant pressure;
• thermoregulator We need to control the refrigerant flow moving over the evaporator, Thus saving the set temperature is provided;
• fans help to intensify the process of heat transfer, and send into the room flow of cooling air.

schematically work compression air conditioner It can be represented as follows.

Refrigerant in the gaseous state (t + 10-20 ° C; 3-5 atmospheres pressure) supplied from the evaporator to the compressor. There, the gas is compressed and heated (t + 75-90 ° C; pressure of 15-25 atmospheres). He then enters the condenser.

Here, it becomes a liquid, because the outside is cooled by an air flow which is forced through the heat exchanger.

When the refrigerant leaves the condenser and travels in the heating and cooling unit, it has a high pressure and temperature at 12-20 ° C higher than the environment.

Typically, heating and cooling unit - a thin tube-helix of copper. In this device the cross section for the passage of refrigerant is regulated. According to Bernoulli's law where the velocity of the refrigerant moving above the pressure less. The pressure drop reduces the fluid boiling temperature and evaporation of the active substance.

In the evaporator, which then enters a freon, it again becomes a gas by the active expansion and heat at weaning air contained in the refrigerated space. The device is used for the sake of this stage, which is the main. The gas is then again fed to the compressor. The cycle is closed to repeat again and again.

Evaporative instrument: the principle of the device

A remarkable feature of the evaporating device is that it does not use gas, the use of which has a negative impact on the environment. Operation is not based on the change in the aggregate state of the refrigerant and the evaporation of ordinary water.

The housing device with a pallet made from moisture resistant materials, which do not react to sudden temperature changes. It contains all the device nodes.

The base structure - the water pump, which is used to saturate the filter cooling moisture. The pump is equipped with a filling container with valves, through which the water supply.

Cold water enters the filter from the tank where it is pumped from the sump. To enhance the cooling effect in the pan can be put ice.

Cooling filters are used to increase water evaporation area, thereby increasing the efficiency of the instrument. As a material used for the manufacture of cellulose or special polymers.

The honeycomb structure of such filters provide maximum possible cooling air passing therethrough.

Activate the movement of air masses and forces drive them through the air, and then the cooling fan helps filter.

This device operates as follows:

• Fan draws the warm interior of the housing outside air;
• airstream passes through the filters where cleaned and saturated with water from the tank;
• water vapor is cooled and humidify the air that enters the room.

The drier outside air, the more water the evaporation process occurs, and the better the device.

Pros and cons of the factory air-conditioners

In many regions of our country people can not survive the summer heat without air conditioning. These devices are necessary and useful. With this statement it is unlikely someone will argue. But along with the merits, they have a number of shortcomings that need to know to predict and reduce their negative impact.

Let's start with the "pluses":

• creating room temperature climate in the house;
• filtering of air mass;
• the use of humidifiers and ionizers in a number of advanced models.

These advantages are obvious. They force us to take a positive decision when purchasing this device.

But there are also disadvantages":

• the device itself to be costly, and would have to pay more and for its installation, and after-sales service;
• power consumption and, therefore, account for it to grow;
• dust extracted from the air, accumulates on the filters, which promotes the growth of microorganisms, e.g., bacteria Legionella - causes serious pulmonary disease;
• without air conditioning humidifier reduces the humidity in the room, which adversely affects the nasal mucosa and eye, contributes to aging skin;
• cooled stream of air masses can cause common colds;
• noise generated by the device, capable to annoy people.

If the device for bad care, it can broadcast the odors that are filled with all your accommodations. Detailed information about service features split-system is shown in this article.

So, it makes sense to try to make their own device has the advantage of air-conditioning plant and devoid of at least some of their shortcomings.

What can you do with your hands?

I draw your attention to the fact that we do not strive to exceed the factory products. It is unlikely that we will be able to achieve the same cooling capacity.

Our goal - to build a device that does not consume a lot of energy, is inexpensive and, in case of its ineffectiveness, can be sent without regret in the box and in the trash. But imagine how you will appreciate homemade in luck!

Most home-made devices, as experience shows, are composed of two main parts:

• unit, which allows to reduce the ambient temperature;
• elements that contribute to the spread of the cooling effect on the entire space.

Here let us look at how to make an efficient air conditioning in the home of what we have at hand.

Ice paired with a fan

Simply this device can only be a wet sheet, through which curtain window opening. Also, incidentally, a way to cool and humidify the incoming air in the room.

For its construction need plastic bottles or other containers filled with ice. Well proven flat containers with special refrigerants for refrigerators-bags - cold accumulators.

They can be bolted to the fan grille wire or placed in a basket attached to the rods of the lattice. The more ice, the cooling device works better.

The effectiveness of this design, consisting in a container of ice and fan, too, can be improved by collecting it in a special way.

We need:

• five-liter plastic bottle for water with a lid;
• Computer fan - a diameter of 120 mm;
• four self-tapping screws and a screwdriver;
• advance a frozen ice.

The bottle makes two holes opposite each other. One is a round: it is inserted into the fan so that it is exposed to air inside the tank. Fan necessary rigidly fix the screws on the bottle surface.

The second hole made rectangular. In this case cut through only the bottom and side walls of the rectangle. The resulting valve is bent upward. Through the rectangular hole into the bottle lay the ice include fan and all. You can enjoy the coolness.

When the need for the device is no longer working, you can close the valve box to save the remnants of the cold.

With a similar device, but more complex and "LP" design, we suggest you read in a block of video instructions posted at the bottom of the article.

Fan and copper tube

If we are going to make a compact cooler of a fan with a protective lattice and copper pipes through which water, it is necessary to immediately focus on the theme of water will move.

It must either be running or the water should be placed in a bucket, which will be part of the device. If there is a water meter, a second embodiment of a recirculating media preferable.

One of the variants of the successful duo of ice with a fan and a copper coil will present a selection of the following photo:

This useful homemade cool the air in the room for half an hour at 5-7º productive work.

For work, we need to:

• Fan with front protective grid;
• copper tube cross-section of 6.35 mm and 5-10 m long;
• thin wire or flexible plastic clips;
• a flexible hose made of transparent plastic with an inner diameter of 6 mm;
• aquarium submersible pump (capacity of 600-1000 liters per hour);
• bucket or Thermobox (the latter is preferable);
• metal clamps;
• cold accumulators.

Flat containers filled with quick freezing liquid - this is a cold batteries that are used in Bag-refrigerators, automotive and other products Thermobox similar purpose to maintain the desired temperature.

The filler may contain therein water and brines, or silicone gel.

For our homemade silicone battery fits best. If the tank in which he was placed, will be well thermally insulated, it can hold a week in it at 0... + 2 ° C. As Thermobox can use the bucket, but not with a round and rectangular cross section.

To enhance the isolation it (with lid!) Outside and inside okleivayut polystyrene layer 3-4 cm thick.

If all that is necessary is prepared, we start to work.

Remove from the fan front grille and fixed on it by means of plastic clamps copper pipe. The more turns will be fixed, the better will be the work of the device, but in everything you need to know when to stop: the air flow from the fan should move freely between the tube coils.

The ends of the copper tube remain free. But the ends of plastic straps better cut to the product look more aesthetic. The lattice is mounted on the fan and the ends of the copper tubes is directed towards the water reservoir arrangement.

Transparent plastic hoses put on a copper end and secured with metal clamps.

Plastic hoses will be two. They must be able to get to the chilling tank. End of one of the hoses attached to the nozzle of the pump. The second hose (long) located in the tank. Capacity is filled with cold water with ice.

There also can be placed cold accumulators. Better for hoses and wires to drill holes, the cover tightly closed Thermobox.

After switching on the pump and the fan in the water network should start to move freely through the hose to the fan, and then through the copper pipe, giving cold circulated fan, and again the hose in Thermobox. If everything is true, the system is working properly.

Quick photo-management in manufacturing

In fact the options presented climatic devices are upgraded fan. Let them highly efficient and provide a number of free useful features still will not work. However, to cope with the debilitating heat in case of emergency, they are very much help.

Those who wish to build a climate unit of waste materials, we offer a more interesting model here:

To assemble this device require axial fan with a removable lattice panel copper tube, plastic ties, mini submersible pump and portable refrigerator - box with thermal insulation foam.

After assembly of home-made testing by immersing the foam pump in the refrigerator with water and ice. To verify the operation of the system, measuring the temperature of the room before the start of work and after half an hour. The model will be improved, including in the working circuit fan speed controller.

Tricks with a cardboard box

The basis of this design is still the same table fan and ice. But the device becomes quite interesting, so we decided to show it to you. The best part is that all valuable components of this device can easily be given to the starting position without losing its functionality.

We need:

• Boxes of sufficient size so that it can fit a large saucepan;
• pot itself;
• table fan with a protective grille;
• wide tape;
• Gypsy needle and coarse thread;
• scissors, stationery knife;
• ruler or measuring tape and the marker;
• ice.

Corrugated cardboard box, we need to make a box with no bottoms on the size of our pots. Pan should fit snugly into the box, that is, match it to length and width, but the height of the box is required to exceed the pot 15-20 cm.

To do this, cut out the box office knife and cut her a base and a cover. We turned on the markup box, in 2-3 layers prokleivaya its edges and the edges with tape.

The walls of boxes shall have no openings. From the remnants of cardboard cut out a square box cover. It is better to make it a two-layer.

mark up circle whose diameter 2-2.5 cm should exceed the scope of the fan impeller in its center, his blade free entrance to cut a circular hole and did not touch the edge in the process of rotation. Fasten the cover in its place with tape.

At the level of the upper edge of the pan, placed in the box, cut in its wall a rectangle of height of 3.5-4 cm. The length of this "embrasures" may be different, but it should not extend to each of the side edges of the box 4 cm to design the rigidity maintained.

From this cut-out and will go out cool air. A flow control is necessary to build blinds for him.

For this cut from two strips of corrugated cardboard, the length of which is less than the cut 4-5 mm and the width is greater than 5 mm. Putting together these strips at a distance via Roma needle thread and harsh. Punctures making the upper strip in the region of 7-8 mm from the edge, and the bottom - 12-15 mm.

Blinds inserted into aperture and fix each strip into three points. The thread is not pulled together, and fasten units.

Try to move your finger blinds. The design should be free to move and do not crumble when driving. Now you are ready to assemble the device. Bed under a pot mat or old cloth in several layers, so that the device works more quietly. The stability of the pan at the same time should not be affected.

Put the pan and cover with its front protective grille of the fan with the concave side up. Spread on the mesh pieces previously prepared ice. Procure him better in plastic cups because large pieces melt slowly smaller. Cover structure duct.

The opening of the top cover inserted down the fan blades. You can turn on and check the quality of work.

Melted ice turns to water, which need time to pour out of the pan, so that it does not leak and soak the box. Otherwise, the fan may fall into the water, resulting in a short circuit.

A good look at the whole process of the construction of the air conditioner can be by looking at the video that we put in a special box at the bottom of this article.

Plastic bottles and sheet of plywood

This wonderful design needs no electricity and even in the frozen water. The only thing that is necessary for its operation - draft.

job easier device principle explained with an example. Open wide your mouth and exhale sharply on his hand. The skin feels warm. And now need to pull his lips and blow again with the same force as in the first time.

At this time, the air jet cools your skin. When air passes through a narrow channel, at the instantaneous expansion it cools.

Prepare a piece of cardboard, but it is better plywood. It must match the size of the opening of the window that we want to close this design. Reserves and plastic bottles. From each of them we will need only the top third with a cork. Her and cut off.

By the way, the plug must be removed, but do not throw away. They come in handy for fixing bottles on the leaf surface.

We need as many bottles that they cover the entire surface of the sheet, but do not touch each other. To the size of the holes for them, you can use a long stick, which is celebrated through the neck slit center.

To drill holes for a standard bottle need crown with a diameter of 18 mm. Use the drill to drill all the holes one by one.

The openings are inserted into the upper part of the cut bottles without caps and plugs are fixed by their own, who cut off the top. This yields a ring with an internal thread, fine retaining segments bottles.

It remains only to install air conditioning in the finished window opening out craters. Specialists ensure lowering of the temperature in a room by five degrees.

Addition circuit fan

One of the obvious disadvantages of the previous devices is that it deprives users of natural light in the room. In addition, in your area may be a problem with drafts. Then use this notion.

To prepare its realization:

• stable domestic fan;
• six bottles of plastic;
• a thin sheet of plastic or cardboard - you find that;
• Plastic collars-tightening;
• Knife stationery;
• hot-melt silicone.

The principle of operation of this cooler is the same as the previous model. Only it did not mount the window opening is necessary, and it can work in any room: it is portable.

Since the manufacturing process in the finest detail to familiarize the following photo guide:

All actions to reveal the base and cut circles for fixing blanks from bottles should be done very carefully and gently. If the cut is exceeded, this will not be the blank firmly "sitting" in the nest. True opportunity to correct the error is still there - you can correct the defect sizing tape. Further:

Now home-made device that should concentrate the air flow and strengthen its motion, left to collect and attach to the fan:

Cut off from the upper part of the bottles, guided by the line of the label to get the same segments. Next, we will do the foundation. For this purpose, plastic sheet or cardboard traceable circle corresponding to the diameter of the fan. With the help of office knife cut out the circle.

At regular intervals we arrange the resulting circle segments bottles funnels down. Encircle the circumference of sockets and accurately cut them. The result was a mounting plate.

Is applied to the opening of the funnel bottles and fix them in this position with adhesive tape so that they do not change their position in the process of gluing. Glue bottle to the mounting plate by applying glue on both sides.

It remains only on the mounting plate between the holes to make bottles for fastening plastic fasteners, which the panel will be attached to the fan grille. Tighten fixing, cutting off the ends, otherwise they prevent rotation of the blades.

If there is no time to experiment, and cooling facilities issue is becoming increasingly important, it is possible to buy a practical and low-cost model of a split system.

We have prepared a block of articles that will help in the selection of a home air conditioner:

1. How to choose a split system in an apartment in the house: the best brands + recommendations to customers
2. Mobile split system: a dozen of the best options for portable climatic equipment
3. Split into 2 rooms: as arranged and operates equipment + nuances of selection of such equipment
4. Split system inverter or plain, which is better? Advantages and disadvantages + tips on choosing

Conclusions and useful videos on the topic

In this video presented by the fastest and most affordable method of manufacturing air conditioner from a five-liter plastic bottle.

Visual series, which reproduces the process of creating the cooling device from the pan and carton will help you to clarify all the details, if something remains unclear.

This article presents the simplest and most popular designs that can build any man, but for those who like to use their existing skills of the master have also something that exists.

Air Conditioning - technically sophisticated device, without which the summer life of modern urban residents is hard and bleak. But this expensive instrument needs in the cost of service and food.

We offer you to build your own hands one of the above the most popular among the people and devices to take advantage of them. Perhaps you will find the factory model is not as attractive as this budget homemade.

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