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24 days ago I bought an Air Conditioner for my unit

Tomorrow is the day it will be installed.
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trackboy22-25, M
is it a window unit or central air conditioning? is funny that both heating and cooling are really air conditioning. but in daily use we don't call heating airconditioning, we only call cooling air conditioning. why is that??? 馃
Gusman61-69, M
@trackboy It is a wall mounted reverse cycle Air Conditioner.
Not a window box, not Ducted Air Conditioning.
I am a mere mortal who does not sweat the small stuff.
Questions such as your go by the wayside馃檪
trackboy22-25, M
@Gusman yes, I see those mounted into walls. they do both heat and cool by switching directions of coolant flow through different reduction valves. they are more complex but work well for areas that the winters are not all that cold. then no gas furnace is needed and you just have an electric heater as a backup in case it ever gets too cold for it to work as a heater. it is not a do it yourself project putting it in as it involves carpentry to put it into the wall. if it is a large unit they also have to wire a 240-volt circuit for it. IS it for your living room? or bedroom? big house?? or apartment? 馃
Gusman61-69, M
@trackboy Just a small one, 2.5 Kw, for my bedroom only.
Here in Australia they need to be installed by a licensed installer to validate the warranty.
They do need to be wired into the Mains Power. Not a DIY job.
trackboy22-25, M
@Gusman yes at that rating that would be 240 volts. that would be 21 amps at 120 volts which is more than the 15 amp rating of standard outlets. would be a 30 amp outlet if it were using 120 volts. would be 10.41 amps at 240 and the power loss in the wiring would be less at that voltage too. you can always put a fan in your bedroom door or just inside your bedroom door. when you are in the living room to blow it into the living room down the hall. the fan would sit on the floor. might need a second fan down the hall to get the cold air to the living room. that size is big enough to cool the living room. both fans would have to sit on the floor as cold air sinks and hot air rises. are bedrooms and living rooms on the same floor or are bedrooms on the second floor up the stairs from the living room? 馃
Gusman61-69, M
@trackboy Single story, will be nice to be able to get comfortably to sleep during the oft heat waves we are subject to every summer
trackboy22-25, M
@Gusman yes, will sleep nicely with one that big. and with two or three fans you can blow the cold air from in your bedroom out into the hall to another fan that blows it down the hall. and depending on how long a hall another fan to blow it from the hall into the living room. all fans have to be on the floor as cold air sinks to the floor. with that rating, it's enough cooling to do the living room. 馃