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Homemade Cooling System

I finally got my cooling system up and running and it works great. It was 82 with the humidity in the room and with this running i got the GF well within the operating temp. I used a 240 mm radiator with 2 120 mm fans operated by a separate switch so I can control the speed. The cooling is done with a tub of water cooled down with ice from the fridge being pumped with a small fish tank pump. While the water will eventually warm up to room temp, i have a thermometer in the water to monitor the t…

Mods for cooling

speaking of (and thanks to @rpegg for this photo from today), here’s the picture he took of my ghetto portable AC cooling solution outside. it was about 85 degrees and humid, never had any temp issues. portable AC (10,000btu, effectively 8000btu) plus a fedex box and some gaffers tape. just point it right at the intake on the right hand side. other positive side benefite, if you set your laptop up right next to it, you get a little cool breeze passing through under the GF so you don’t sweat as …

Cooling System

Like many I have already run into the problem of the ambient room temperature being to hot to run my GF. As I am very short on space I decided to build a chiller right into my bench. I used two 120W Peltier plates mounted to large 4 tube heat-sinks that are cooled with 3 12v fans each. I used a cheap PC liquid cooling system as a chiller under the GF, mounting the RAD directly under the right side intake. I use a 120mm fan mounted on the GF exhaust to draw the cold air in when the unit is not r…

Stupid but works for ALERT COOLING

While the Northern Hemisphere is freezing, we here Paraguay is hot like an oven, more than 35 degree. My cats spend 80% time sleeping, and my GF spends 80% time on ALERT COOLING. Even the fan blows + air conditioner, doesn’t make better. So I used the carton to make a small room with dedicated air condition for the GF (in the tube there’re 4 computer fans to suck the cool air), thanks God it’s finally happy to start work. Well, I think the commercial should remind the customers, “Latinos, no l…

Even this (but beware humidity)

Homemade cooler for Glowforge

With the summer heat and a non-airconditioned studio, I’ve found times when I couldn’t print. I found this useful design for a homemade A/C unit on Instructables. Needed: Styrofoam or plastic cooler 4" +/- tube for exhaust Fan Frozen water bottles Tool to cut holes in cooler Instructions: Cut a hole in the top of the cooler for your fan to sit on. It will blow air into the cooler. Cut a hole in one of the sides of the cooler for the exhause tube. Fit tube in hole. Fill cooler …