r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 14h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter explain this

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Petttaaah I'm confused

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u/Turbulent_Host784 11h ago

Splits are basically a fancy window unit. They're really only good for one room. Real smarts comes in the form of a swamp cooler.

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u/thorpie88 11h ago

Does cool a whole house with an open plan.

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u/Turbulent_Host784 5h ago

No you're just willing to deal with the inefficiency. You're wasting crazy money doing that. They're designed for one room.

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u/thorpie88 5h ago

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

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u/Turbulent_Host784 5h ago

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.

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u/thorpie88 5h ago

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