Who Needs Air Conditioning When You’ve Got Ice in a Cooler

Here’s a nice DIY portable cooler article I recently ran across.

Yes… I know it’s just ice in a cooler with fans attached! Technically you still have to consider this automotive air conditioning. I would call this a “remote loop system.” The loop that created the ice is definitely at a remote location. And I wonder… could this unit also be foil lined for use with hot stones during winter months?
 
Anyway, it looks fairly easy and cheap to make, which gives me a great little offshoot idea. We always use a big cooler of ice in our demolition derby cars for keeping the trans cooler cool. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a bigger version for the derby car to also keep the driver cool and refreshed.

Portable Cooler

With some minor modifications, this could also be used to stash Canucklehead’s Scavenger Hunt URL.

Here’s a video of what it might look like in use.