These things have been completely standard fixtures elsewhere in the world for decades. I was honestly shocked that America, the land of air conditioning, had never heard of them.
They’re so ubiquitous in Australia it’s what we think of when we hear “air conditioner”.
When you shop for aircons they have to specify “cooling only” because reverse cycle is the default.
They are completely standard in large parts of the US too–just the northeast and other colder areas haven’t started using them due to their colder winters.
Typical naive Australian. What you would consider unbearably frigid is warm by northern standards. It wasn’t until recently that heat pumps were efficient enough to compete with wood and coal furnaces.
These things have been completely standard fixtures elsewhere in the world for decades. I was honestly shocked that America, the land of air conditioning, had never heard of them.
They’re so ubiquitous in Australia it’s what we think of when we hear “air conditioner”.
When you shop for aircons they have to specify “cooling only” because reverse cycle is the default.
They are completely standard in large parts of the US too–just the northeast and other colder areas haven’t started using them due to their colder winters.
Typical naive Australian. What you would consider unbearably frigid is warm by northern standards. It wasn’t until recently that heat pumps were efficient enough to compete with wood and coal furnaces.
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