No more excuses! This fog chiller takes five or ten minutes to build, cost maybe $20 to $30, and doesn't take a bunch of tools. If you mess it up, it can be fixed with duct tape!
Materials needed:
1 Plastic trash can (10 to 20 gallon)
2 Dryer vent hoses
Duct tape or metalic Real duct tape
Bailing wire, string, or more duct tape
Tools needed:
Box cutter or hole saw and drill
Supplies needed to run fog chiller:
Something to set the fog machine on that's level with the top of the trash can
Ice
Optional:
Salt (if chiller isn't used near grass or plants you like)
Extra hose to bring fog where you want it (any hose will do...shop vac, gutter downspout, pvc drain pipe)
The materials can be found at Lowes, Home Depot, OSH, Do It Center, ACE Hardware, and practically any other place that sells home improvement stuff.
As with my Cauldron Fog Chiller, simply cut a hole in the side of the trash can very near the bottom. If using a box cutter, always CUT AWAY from your body, and be Very Careful!
If the hole isn't perfectly round and the exact size as the dryer hose, YOUR SCREWED! Just kidding...the hole can be as ragged as you please, just try not to leave jagged parts that could poke through the hose. You can tighten things up with duct tape if you please, not it's not critical.
Tape the dryer hoses together, coil it around your arm, stick your arm in the trash can, and point one end out the hole you made. Slip the rest of the hose off your arm and into the trash can.
The top of the hose comes out and you aim the fog machine at it. Set the fogger on whatever you have to set it on, so that the fog flows straight into the tube, and down into the trash can.
Take the bailing wire (or coat hanger, or whatever), poke it through the sides of the dryer hose, and wrap it around the handle, back, or something on the fogger. This will keep the hose from being blown off.
Fill the chiller with ice, fire up the fogger, and enjoy the soothing creep of chilled fog slipping past your feet.
Salting the ice will further cool the fog, but you'll get great results without it.
Here's some pics so you can get an idea:
You might have noticed I used foam to sort of seal the bottom. It didn't work. In fact, it made it harder to store without trashing the outlet part of the tube.
You also may notice the outlet part of the tube is trashed. See?
I've used this chiller with a 700W fogger with great results. Whether it'll work with a more powerful fogger, I don't know for sure. Of course, you can always use a taller trash can, a couple extra lengths of dryer hose, and more ice. It's simply a matter of scale.
Have fun!