Building a true vapor compression cycle air conditioner - from hardware store parts
World Maker Faire New York 2018
MAKER
Josh Levine
Josh has been fascinated by highstrikers since birth, but was always put off by the massive structure needed to send one skyward. Thanks to recent developments in technology, he can finally realize his dream of building an unsupported highstriker.
I made a real air conditioner. Not a box with a fan blowing over some ice. Not a peltier junction connected to a heat sink. Nope, here is a working vapor phase cycle heat pump - like the billions of AC's that cool our modern world.
What inspired you to make this project?:
I was really hot and my apartment does not have a way to install a normal window AC unit. I looked around for AC's that could work, but there was nothing available. I search for how to make my own, but there was almost no info an making real air conditioners on the internet! So I dug in deep and learned all about how real air conditioners work, and then built one!
