Solar Powered Evaporative Cooler

This is a solar air conditioner that won t drain energy from your solar power system.

Solar powered evaporative cooler.

Being familiar with evaporative coolers and living in an area with a dry climate i made a solar cooler using easily purchased parts to cool our 1600 square foot home. As the water evaporates from the wet pads the heat is removed and cool air is the new product. A fan pulls hot air into the pads which leaves the other side as cool air. Check the outside of the cooler for a label that tells the measurement of electrical current in amps that the unit uses.

Solar powered air conditioner. These units operate as dc swamp coolers or evaporative coolers. This air is 30 degrees cooler as it re enters the. Disconnect the swamp cooler from the main electric supply.

Calculate how much power the solar panels will need to provide to the cooler. We power the solar air conditioner with a tracking solar p. 8 000 btu s of cooling is produced for each gallon of water evaporated. After a bit of thinking i decide to have a go at a solar powered evaporative cooler and it worked so well i.

I used an existing evaporative cooler since all the important components were already there. Inside the cooler there are wet pads that are similar to a sponge. 110 degree air is cooled to 75 f by evaporating water. An evaporative cooler s purpose is to cool the air.