{"id":3804,"date":"2015-08-18T21:07:50","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T01:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/?p=3804"},"modified":"2015-08-18T21:23:27","modified_gmt":"2015-08-19T01:23:27","slug":"diy-cool-suit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/diy-cool-suit\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Cool Suit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It gets very hot in the race car wearing three layers of nomex and a helmet and gloves.  Some smart guy several years ago invented a system that pumps cool water through a shirt to keep a driver cool.  Unfortunately they still charge a lot of money for their nice system.<\/p>\n<p>Being cheap &#8211; I decided to build my own.  As a chemical engineer, I figured I could build a simple heat exchanger. <\/p>\n<p>For the cooler pump, I used a cooler I got at Goodwill.  I installed a boat bilge pump form Walmart. I drilled holes in the cooler for the wires to exit and one for the line off the pump.  I got clear vinyl tubing from ace hardware and some fittings to reduce to 1\/4&#8243; tubing.<\/p>\n<p>Next came the heat exchanger itself.  I added a piece of cloth to a t shirt that had passages sewed vertically in it.  Then I looped the tubing through.  There is about 20 feet of tubing in the shirt.<\/p>\n<p>I added dry breaks from McMaster Carr to the ends of the tubing to reduce the water splashed in the car. #5012K115<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/coolshirtdiy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/coolshirtdiy-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"coolshirtdiy\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3805\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/coolshirtdiy-169x300.jpg 169w, http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/coolshirtdiy.jpg 351w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/coolsuitcoolerinside.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/coolsuitcoolerinside-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"coolsuitcoolerinside\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3806\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/coolsuitcoolerinside-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/coolsuitcoolerinside-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/coolsuitcoolerinside.jpg 1107w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/coolsuitcooleroutside.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/coolsuitcooleroutside-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"coolsuitcooleroutside\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3807\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/coolsuitcooleroutside-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/coolsuitcooleroutside-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/coolsuitcooleroutside.jpg 1185w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It seems to work in the garage.  We will see how it works at Barber this weekend. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It gets very hot in the race car wearing three layers of nomex and a helmet and gloves. Some smart guy several years ago invented a system that pumps cool water through a shirt to keep a driver cool. Unfortunately they still charge a lot of money for their nice system. 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