The Ultimate budget ($8.20) Fog Chiller

Step 10 Action!

Fwoosh, fwoom, blub, and other sounds creepy ground hugging fog makes.

Here it is in action, lower, thicker, and all around better fog.

Note that it was very windy, and very bright, and the fog is still very visible, and hung out for a good long while.

Comments

[Munitorium]

I had an idea: How about cutting three slots, maybe an inch above the bottom of the tub. The holes would be rectangles, about 1.5 Inches tall, and a little less than a third of the width of the tub end. The slots would leave some vertical support (by leaving plastic between them). This would allow the fog to sheet out of the bottom of the tub, pre-laying it flat on the floor. Dunno if it would work appreciably better, but it might allow for easier "hiding" it behind a curtain raised just a few inches off the floor.

[NastySpill]

I think thats a good idea.. To me the coupling at the exit is redudant.. It couples to..... to nothing! Just cut a hole and save yourself a coupling.

I might also try a small fan on the inlet sucking air (and fog) into the chiller box. With a layer if ice above the exit path it seems to me that the box is a bit of a dead end for low velocity fog. surely not all of it is drawn in.

Great instructable..

 

[jaybo2099]

You don't want to suck the fog through a fan. The fan blades will agitate the fog and ruin it. It would be better to devise a way to push the fog and air. Try attaching a PVC Y-Connector to the coupling on the exit of the chiller. You could then place the fan in the Y, which would draw air and fog out of the chiller and push it along the exit of the PVC connector. Plus, you could connect longer pieces of PVC pipe and distribute the fog where you want.

[Negafen]

In actuality neither coupler is really required, it just makes things considerably easier.

I am going to be posting the vastly improved

"Perfect Chiller"

some time soon, keep an eye open.