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Saturday, August 14, 2010

Hacked AC and ash filter - Hack a Day

Hacked AC and ash filter

posted Aug 14th 2010 11:00am by Mike Szczys
filed under: home hacks

Moscow is in a bit of a hot spot right now, dealing with a heat wave and enormous wildfires. The combination of smoke, ash, and heat was driving Andrew up a wall so he built a contraption to provide some relief. It has two chambers, the bottom houses ice water, the top is an air baffle. A small DC fan pumps air into the upper chamber where it encounters the water being sprayed in from the lower reservoir. What results is a heat exchange similar to other diy AC setups we’ve seen. But Andrew also notes that after running the device for a while the smell of smoke and ash is gone. Can this setup be seen as an effective way to trap airborne smoke particles?

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http://hackaday.com/2010/08/14/hacked-ac-and-ash-filter/

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