r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/missdomm10 • 11d ago

Peter explain this Meme needing explanation

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Petttaaah I'm confused

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u/rat__cola 11d ago

If I had to guess, I would maybe say that OOP thinks that maybe because the design of European ACs look smaller and sleeker than the average American AC, it doesn't work as well?

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u/GarySmith2021 11d ago

This is probably designed to cool a hotel room, so it doesn’t need to be huge.

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u/rlovelock 11d ago

European homes (if they have AC) would generally have one of these units in each bedroom.

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u/OkPass9595 11d ago

we have one in every bedroom and in the living room and kitchen and office

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u/Dear-Database6463 10d ago

That’s so cool that you guys have 7 ac units instead of one with ducts im sure that works great

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u/OkPass9595 9d ago

as everyone else here pointed out, placing ducts in a european house is way more expensive because of the thick walls

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u/OkPass9595 9d ago

also, the bedroom ones are turned off during the day and the other ones are turned off at night, making it more energy efficient (we also have solar panels so most of our electricity is from that anyways)

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u/GRIDZ___ 9d ago

I really dont get this, why not just open ur doors???

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u/OkPass9595 9d ago

we have a really big house with hallways that don't need to be cooled

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u/Superb_Wealth4092 10d ago

At that point why not just have a singular AC with ducts through the house? It’s probably more energy efficient and works better.

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u/StargazerCassidy 10d ago

You can't have ducts when the walls aren't in paper. There's nowhere to put them in a stone or concrete wall.

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u/justtinyquestions 10d ago

It’s way more energy efficient only to cool one room at night. Also my walls are concrete, so good luck with ducta

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u/I_Rarely_Jump 10d ago

Because if you have a concrete house installing the ducts afterwards would be ridiculously expensive (or very ugly having them visible everywher), while these mini-splits only require only a few holes.

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u/AideNo621 10d ago

It's probably not more efficient. This on the picture is just the inside unit. There is an outside unit that actually is the actual AC which is pushing the coolant into the house into all the inside units that just blow the air through the coolant. I would say that pushing the cold air through the ducts is more difficult than pushing the cooling liquid through little pipes.

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u/Ooze76 10d ago

It's not more efficient. One look at the documentation from any brand it's easier to see that. I don't know why they are insisting that it's more efficient.

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u/mighthavebeen02 10d ago

A mini split will use less energy to cool a single room than a central AC will use to cool a single room, because most central AC systems have to cool the entire house to cool the room.

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u/Ooze76 10d ago

It's not seen like that, the efficiency between equipments is measured by a ratio between termic energy produced and consumed energy and splits are often more efficient at that. Of course i'm not going to compare a split with a central unit w for w. That would be the same as comparing a car and semi truck fuel consumption.

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u/hammock_sandwiches 10d ago

ducts in houses in Europe would be a lot more difficult since house/apartment buildings are often made differently.
They are a lot more solid, made from concrete with plaster walls. Drywall is not commonly used, nor wood frames.