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I’ll preface this by saying that my personal favorites in the realm of YouTube videos aren’t the ones where the host (or whatever it is you call someone who makes a habit of posting on YouTube) buys some little gadget at the store to solve a problem. I prefer when the Internet do-it-yourselfer makes something out of bits and pieces that cost less than $10. A fine example is the homemade air-conditioning unit featured in this video, consisting of only a cheap dash fan, a five-gallon bucket and several two-liter bottles filled with water and frozen. The guy couldn’t have spent more than $15 on this contraption, and although it would eat up a bit of legroom, looks like it would work swimmingly well in the relatively close confines of a pickup truck cab, which is where I intend to try it. I’ll let you know how it goes.Self-Installed Car/Home A/C Unit, Part II8/28/07 1:00pm There's apparently more than one man who thinks it's a fantastic idea to strap a home AC unit to a car and drive it around.