I don’t have AC but my ‘hillbilly air conditioner’ works like a dream and costs $20
A NIFTY woman doesn’t have an air conditioner but she does have tricks up her sleeve.
She said her homemade “hillbilly air conditioner” works like a dream and costs only $20.
Seanna (@seannajefferson) shared the hack with her TikTok followers.
“If you’re looking for some refuge from this heat and you don’t have air conditioning, let me introduce you to the hillbilly air conditioner,” she said.
“This actually pumps out cold air from inside this cooler and frozen through these vents here and all you do is use a crappy old fan,” she said.
“Works like a dream and costs $20.”
She pulled out the supplies she used to create the AC wonder, including a styrofoam cooler, a fan, and dryer vents.
“You can get [these] for about four bucks each,” she said, holding up the metal vents.
Using a marker, she placed the fan and vents on top of the styrofoam cooler, tracing the shape of the objects over the material.
Next, she cut through the shapes and jammed the fan and the vents through the styrofoam.
“Tape up any loose ends and then put some frozen things in the cooler,” she said.
“After that, you turn on the fan just like this and that is cold air coming out by my ear.”
People took to the comments to share their thoughts on the trick.
“Also called a swamp cooler, many designs DIY online,” said one commenter.
“I built one and they are effective.”
Others shared their own personal experiences: “I did this last year in a top-floor apartment with no AC, worked decently!” said another.
“A chillbilly,” joked a third.