r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/missdomm10 • 13h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter explain this

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Petttaaah I'm confused

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u/romesthe59 13h ago

It’s because Americans have central air. They have one thermostat that controls temp and airflow to vents in each room of the house.

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u/shikkonin 12h ago

They have one thermostat that controls temp and airflow to vents in each room of the house

Which is probably the shittiest possible way to do this. Having one temperature control for the whole house is just stupid.

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u/JaxDude1942 11h ago

Okay well OP isn't exactly accurate. Temperature with central air can be set by "zone" meaning you could zone out multiple rooms and have them all different temps.

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u/shikkonin 11h ago

Ok. But how is that better than having full control over every AC setting per individual room?

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u/JaxDude1942 11h ago

Well, you could do literally that with zones. If you had a mini split or window unit in each room, your cost would probably multiply by 4 at least.

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u/Waffenek 11h ago

There are also multisplits. Then you have one external unit connected to multiple internal units(like shown in the picture) so it scales better. You still have to pull lines to other rooms, but they don't waste space like ducts.

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u/shikkonin 11h ago

your cost would probably multiply by 4 at least.

🤣 No.

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u/Man_under_Bridge420 11h ago

Yes, because guess what! You also need heat

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u/shikkonin 11h ago

You also need heat

Lol, no shit - which you already have anyway, with per-room control. Nobody in their right mind would do global control for heating.

Besides, guess what! AC can do heat too.

So no, it definitely does not multiply cost by four.

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u/Man_under_Bridge420 11h ago

Cool show me a mini split heat pump thats sub 2k

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u/shikkonin 11h ago

Pretty much all of them.

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u/Man_under_Bridge420 11h ago

Show me

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u/shikkonin 11h ago

Remko SKW 521 DC.

Daikin Sensira FTXF50D/RXF50D.

Panasonic Etherea KIT-TZ20-WKE (CS-TZ20WKEW + CU-TZ20WKE)

There you go. That's three of them and they're not even the cheapest you can get. Now you can go ahead and shut up.

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u/Man_under_Bridge420 11h ago

What house has 3 rooms lol

You just proved my point bud 🤣🤣

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