Wow, very impressive project. What did it take, an afternoon to put it all together?

 

Just buy more cord!!! Jeez, do we really have to do everything for you? Be a big boy, now.

 

It was a bit of trial error with the fans and the beads. At first I just tried to prop up the fans with some velcro in the corners of the cooler but not enough air was getting through them because they were too close to the bottom of the cooler. Then I came up with the wood post idea to prop them up and that worked like a charm. Also with the beads, I originally had them in mesh bags that come with the beads. But the bags were somewhat messy and so I went to Bed Bath and Beyond to find a container and came up with the teakwood tray.

If I were to build a second one and assuming I had all the parts on hand, I could probably put it together in about 90 mins and most of that time would be spent cutting the wood posts for the fans and attaching them to the fans. A lot of time would be saved with a power saw. . .

 

Great project. Thanks for the write up, gives me an idea... I do a lot of work for a vino equipment/cabinet manufacturer. I bet they have some old cabinets laying around.

 

Group buy?

 

Believe me, i sent a note out right after i read this thread.

I am heading over in the next day or two to discuss this with them. I am checking out a few things, see what i can find.

 

Awesome stuff U-boat. Thanks for sharing all the info!

Would you ever consider a couple of solar panels on the roof to power the unit?? Then you could really live out the apocalypse in style and be all green and self sustaining in the mean time

 

Very cool project!

 

Very nice! Doing the same with mine... Putting Exquisicat Crystals and Oust fans haha.