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

Step 1: The 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.

Comments

[Swix]

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

[onemoroni1]

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

[altgrave]

that. is. genius.

[lizziet117]

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

[Reid250]

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

Sorry, the dog made me do it.

[reedz]

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.

[friney23]

Nice. What instrument do you play?

[reedz]

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

[mikedoth]

How much cooler does this make a small room?

[friney23]

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.