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Almost everyone has experienced the sleepless nights resulting from summer heat waves. Air conditioning may be an answer, personally I dislike a very cold room I just want a cool bed.
Well this is my solution.
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Many years ago it struck me that what I needed in bed was a cooling breeze that would save me having to lie on top of the bed with the windows wide open.
With that in mind I assembled a simple plywood trunking with a space at the bottom for a small PC fan. The top of the trunking I tucked under the sheets at my feet. Running from a wall wart power supply (12 volts) and a switch by the bed side I was able to turn the cooling breeze on and off as I required.
Unfortunately the old one got dismantled for other projects in the winter - as yet this year hasn't been hot enough to get me making another. BUT
It is very simple a 6 mm thick plywood box shaped like a letter S in a suitable size for the fan you will use so that the lower part sits on the ground and the upper part sticks over the edge of the bed under the sheets. You will have to select the sizes to suite the height of your bed.
In the lower section a hole has a PC fan, or similar, is mounted in it.
I used an old 12 volt cooling fan because I had it but any fan that can move air will do.
Mounting will depend on what your fan looks like so again you have to design to suite your parts.
My fan was powered by an old wall wart type power supply with a bedside switch to turn on and off as required.
This design idea is so flexible you may be able to find suitable trunking in the kitchen department of your local DIY store.
With that in mind I assembled a simple plywood trunking with a space at the bottom for a small PC fan. The top of the trunking I tucked under the sheets at my feet. Running from a wall wart power supply (12 volts) and a switch by the bed side I was able to turn the cooling breeze on and off as I required.
Unfortunately the old one got dismantled for other projects in the winter - as yet this year hasn't been hot enough to get me making another. BUT
It is very simple a 6 mm thick plywood box shaped like a letter S in a suitable size for the fan you will use so that the lower part sits on the ground and the upper part sticks over the edge of the bed under the sheets. You will have to select the sizes to suite the height of your bed.
In the lower section a hole has a PC fan, or similar, is mounted in it.
I used an old 12 volt cooling fan because I had it but any fan that can move air will do.
Mounting will depend on what your fan looks like so again you have to design to suite your parts.
My fan was powered by an old wall wart type power supply with a bedside switch to turn on and off as required.
This design idea is so flexible you may be able to find suitable trunking in the kitchen department of your local DIY store.
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I definitely gonne try this this summer.
Does it drip ?
It is very simple a plywood box shaped like a letter S so that the lower part sits on the ground and the upper part sticks over the edge of the bed under the sheets. You will have to select the sizes to suite the height of your bed.
In the lower section a hole has a PC fan is mounted in it.
I used an old 12 volt cooling fan because I had it but any fan that can move air will do. Mounting will depend on what your fan looks like so again you have to design to suite your parts.
My fan was powered by an old wall wart type power supply with a bedside switch to turn on and off as required.
This design idea is so flexible you may be able to find suitable trunking in the kitchen department of your local DIY store.