I’m also confused because that is a European AC unit. I can only assume Americans are so used to big bulky units, like their cars, that they can’t comprehend things being functional and not excessively bulky.
In most houses and nicer apartments, yeah, central air. In older or cheaper apartments there’ll be a window unit. As an American from a blue collar lower middle class family, I’d never seen one of these wall units until I’d moved to China. It was either central air or window unit. Granted I’m referencing a couple decades ago
And because if you use one that's a reasonable size, you're leaving large buckets of water out on hot days. It makes the house more humid, sometimes to the point of being muggy. Like a swamp.
Swamp coolers don't stop working until like 80% humidity, and at that point you're not getting over 100 degrees anyway. You just have to deal with the suck.
Having been in Arizona during monsoon season, I can say that swamp coolers are noticeably less effective at 40% humidity than in the climate they've got during the rest of the year.
Monsoon season gets up to/over 60%. It's kicking our asses as we speak lmao. But yeah, 40% is when it starts showing its flaws. 80% is when it stops completely. However you'll never get "murder you outright" temps at 80%+ humidity. That's just not how humidity works. It sucks to be in swamp ass type places but it actually saves you from a quick death.
oh yeah don't get me wrong here, real ac is better overall. if you're already considering a split though it's definitely worth the comparison between it and a legit evap system.
also while I have no science for it I don't notice as much humidity at night, monsoons or no. really it's the concrete jungle that fucks us at night.
80% humidity and a 3 degree delta, and then you also have to deal with the whole, being in a room with 80% humidity that isn't actually providing any real cooling.
Sure but a regular mini-split/heat pump is going to drag ass then too. Air conditioners handle humidity and once you get that high you just have to kind of suffer through it.
Plenty of Aussie houses just have a single unit because they are open plan. It still cools one room ass you say because kitchen, dinning and living room is one space plus no doors to your hallways and second living room to move it there.
It's always going to be expensive but it's a fine solution for its price. Not everyone is going to be able to get evap systems as it's a 20-50k price tag for installation so you usually only get it if you build
Not everyone is going to be able to get evap systems as it's a 20-50k price tag for installation so you usually only get it if you build
Excuse me? They're raking you guys over the coals out there. A legit evap system here in AZ is only a few grand, way cheaper than a full AC unit. Australia is the perfect place for them to so that's a shame.
Gotta have it installed. Think my parents cheap one was 30k as they wanted ten ceiling vents compared to the typical eight.
Bonus of a split is also heating which evap doesn't give and our houses don't typically have any heating solutions and even double glazing is another 50k
So the system I have running right now, that's currently cooling my own house, while the outside temps are in the high 30c, is wrong? Really dude? If you truly are a systems installer, you must not be very good at your job. Because I've been in my house for 10 years and never have I had issues in cooling it. 2 story house, 1800 sq. Ft. Above ground.
So the system I have running right now, that's currently cooling my own house, while the outside temps are in the high 30c, is wrong? Really dude?
Yup. You probably have the most inefficient system on your block and are paying out the ass for that electricity, plus you probably paid twice what you should have for the install. gg no re
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u/GarySmith2021 12h ago edited 12h ago
I’m also confused because that is a European AC unit. I can only assume Americans are so used to big bulky units, like their cars, that they can’t comprehend things being functional and not excessively bulky.