Comment on I've been using this simple trick to keep cool in the heat wave (UK)
qualia@lemmy.world 4 days agoThe electricity bill I’m guessing.
Comment on I've been using this simple trick to keep cool in the heat wave (UK)
qualia@lemmy.world 4 days agoThe electricity bill I’m guessing.
faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 4 days ago
No, it’s a split ac, the other half is literally out of the picture(hopefully out of tne house)
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 4 days ago
Which is why most people cant get one of these because their landlords are shitheads.
meekah@discuss.tchncs.de 4 days ago
They make portable minisplits now.
ByteJunk@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Or just portable, single unit ACs. I got one of those recently.
It blasts hot air through a duct that hopefully you’re able to direct outside while preventing outside air from getting in. Also noisy as heck, since the full unit is inside the house, and not as efficient as split units, but they do work…
nightlily@leminal.space 3 days ago
„Nicht verfügbar“
elucubra@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
As far as I know they are mosty designed for vertically sliding windows, uncommon in Europe. For american style sliding windows a think they are brilliant.
Corn@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
Protip: condensers function better when its cooler. You can save money by putting the condenser in the neighboring, air-conditioned apartments.
qualia@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I see, like a heat pump.
Zwiebel@feddit.org 4 days ago
? It is a heat pump
Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 4 days ago
Heat pumps are like heat pumps
faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 4 days ago
Yes, ac is a heat pump that can only work in one direction of cooling.
ttayh@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Not necessarily, a lot can reverse and pump the heat inside