Sorry Native,
Your “redneck air conditioner” makes more hot then cold. Your refrigerator, or freezer which makes the ice puts out more hot air than the cold air you get from the ice. If you put the refrigerator and “redneck air conditioner” in a perfectly insulated room, the room temperature would go up, not down.
I don’t know what you’re talking about. My fridge is in the kitchen and runs whether I have a couple of plastic jugs in it or not. Like I said, it worked great for me in my shop and if I was dealing with being unable to sleep, I wouldn’t hesitate to set it up in the bedroom where I don’t have a fridge.
“If you put the refrigerator and “redneck air conditioner” in a perfectly insulated room, the room temperature would go up, not down.”
‘Cept most rednecks have their freezers outside, on the porch, next to the dog.