If you’re a man on a budget like me and you can’t spent what feels like every last dime you have on running your air conditioning all day and night, or if you have one room that just doesn’t cool down, this may be the trick for you.

I tried this the other night on my day off, and I will tell you, LIFE IS GOOD. Save yourself from waking up every night sweating. Here’s the materials list from YouTube:

how to make a non-compressor based “5 gallon bucket” air conditioner. simple DIY. items needed: bucket, styrofoam liner, pvc pipe, small fan, and ice. (small solar panel is optional). one frozen gallon jug of water lasted 6 hours. temperature in house was 84F. cooled air was in the mid. 40F range.

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