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Ghetto Swamp Cooler\ Laundry Dryer

$Ghetto Swamp Cooler\ Laundry Dryer$

A cheap and effective way to cool any room, and dry your wet clothes.

Materials:
*Flat Surface
*Fan
*Something Open to Stretch Cloth Over
*Wet Cloth

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Step 1The Clothes

First, you need to wash your clothes (shirt, sheet, pants, etc...). You can either run it through a washing machine, or just run it under the sink.

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10 comments

Jul 14, 2011. 12:23 AMSwix says:

Shame only that it rises the humidity in the room .. :(

Jun 5, 2011. 6:11 PMonemoroni1 says:

Absolute genius! No really I mean it. Less is best and this is as simple as it gets.

May 3, 2011. 3:39 PMaltgrave says:

that. is. genius.

Feb 4, 2011. 7:18 PMlizziet117 says:

I'll tell our uniform manager about this one...

Feb 9, 2010. 12:05 AMReid250 says:

"With a dry shirt after words." I was wondering what words you use?

Sorry, the dog made me do it.

Aug 29, 2009. 1:44 PMreedz says:

Ah, band room ingenuity. This is my senior year and we have all sorts of special set ups. Like during competitions we have someone with a hollow deck of cards for Tylenol and Aspirin. Some older cases have been hollowed enough to hold extra clothes and such.

Aug 29, 2009. 8:05 PMfriney23 (author) says:

Nice. What instrument do you play?

Aug 30, 2009. 8:16 AMreedz says:

Lol bad question. Trombone, Baritone/Euphonium, Mellophone/F-Trumpet, Trumpet. And I am picking up Double Horn here in a week or so.

Aug 29, 2009. 8:26 AMmikedoth says:

How much cooler does this make a small room?

Aug 29, 2009. 3:21 PMfriney23 (author) says:

Well, the room that I put that in was approximately 630 cubic feet. The AC in the building was not running at the time, but when I turned the fan on, the room felt about 5 degrees cooler in a few minutes with the door slightly ajar. It felt about 10 degrees cooler with the door closed. I did not take any measurements with a thermometer so I don't know what the exact temperature change was.