Anon has been bullied
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Say what? They sit on 1 sq. meter slabs. Are you thinking HVAC units are the size of RVs?!
Ok and where are you gonna put 20 of those next to an apartment building
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Say what? They sit on 1 sq. meter slabs. Are you thinking HVAC units are the size of RVs?!
Ah yes, let me put a 1 sq. meter concrete slab on my French balcony.
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Ok and where are you gonna put 20 of those next to an apartment building
This doesn't look like an apartment building.
And the apartments near me have them just behind the complex, usually under the overhang from the roof. If you have a balcony or whatever, it'll be just below/next to that. Most apartments are only 2-3 floors anyway, and there's plenty of horizontal space to fit one per unit, or ideally you just include HVAC into the rent so you don't need as many units. The apartment I lived in had trees next to it, so they stuck them between the trees and the complex.
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I know it doesn't require much land, but there isn't any land available in population dense areas. Roof installations would be required for row houses and situations like that.
Sure, if you're downtown or something, but my understanding is that most people don't live downtown, but instead just outside of urban areas.
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This guy's European roof looks better than the prettiest American houses
Is that a European roof? I haven't seen corrugated iron anywhere there, but then again, I haven't been everywhere in Europe.
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Sure, if you're downtown or something, but my understanding is that most people don't live downtown, but instead just outside of urban areas.
The OP is about a different country, it's possible 'most people' in that place do live 'downtown'.
But even if it's not most, still there's a whole lot of people in every country who live in bigger density situations, often there is no ground level outside space free for new installations. -
LOL no. Where do you live? Sure isn't south of the Mason-Dixon line or southwest of the Rockies. Only people in warm areas without central HVAC are in old houses where no one has been able to afford the installation.
lol. you failed to fully grasp what the other comments were getting at, and still you went in strong with a confident and aggressive tone. I commend you
I wouldn't want to assume, but do you identify as American by any chance?
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Do these pe*ple not know window units exist???
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Do these pe*ple not know window units exist???
Those only really work for American style up down windows. In Germany and most eu countries a different style are used. They are hinged on both the bottom and the side and you can choose which set of hinges to use. Very useful but not compatible with American style window AC units. If you google for “German window” you’ll see the memes.
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Those only really work for American style up down windows. In Germany and most eu countries a different style are used. They are hinged on both the bottom and the side and you can choose which set of hinges to use. Very useful but not compatible with American style window AC units. If you google for “German window” you’ll see the memes.
I've seen the memes I just don't understand how no one has come up with a window unit that can be properly mounted to them. Window units have been around for decades and not one engineering company has capitalized the idea?
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Say what? They sit on 1 sq. meter slabs. Are you thinking HVAC units are the size of RVs?!
They also need clearance, they're supposed to have like 15' free above them and a couple feet on each side
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The OP is about a different country, it's possible 'most people' in that place do live 'downtown'.
But even if it's not most, still there's a whole lot of people in every country who live in bigger density situations, often there is no ground level outside space free for new installations.wrote on last edited by [email protected]Sure. I can't really place where they're from given the picture, but I'm guessing something in the Americas south of the US? If so, there's probably plenty of space.
But yeah, it's possible, I just think in many areas, a meter square pad is doable.
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I've seen the memes I just don't understand how no one has come up with a window unit that can be properly mounted to them. Window units have been around for decades and not one engineering company has capitalized the idea?
It would have to be a pretty novel (and likely much more complex, less reliable, more costly, etc.) design to attach to a thing that has multiple degrees of freedom as opposed to an immobile window sill with a built in clamping mechanism. Also worth noting that window-mounted a units often introduce some gaps in the insulation that the window would otherwise provide. In America, no biggie on that, we build with double pane windows primarily and many existing buildings even still have single pane windows. The net loss of insulation (if it is even a loss) is easy to justify/mitigate with some cheap treatments like foam inserts. For European triple pane windows, the loss of insulation is still not a huge deal (especially if you account for luften), but it is yet another factor that discourages market penetration of a hypothetical window mounting solution. Window units have been around for decades because they are successful at taking advantage of the nature of American windows. Because European windows and building construction have a fundamentally different nature, it's not surprising that this approach has not penetrated that market. It's not as simple as capitalizing on the original idea, it would essentially be coming up with an entirely novel idea that may or (more likely) may not be viable
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Dude climate change demands these. Have them powered by solar panels and its a win/win
Any energy from solar going to AC means solar energy not going to the rest of the house.
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Those only really work for American style up down windows. In Germany and most eu countries a different style are used. They are hinged on both the bottom and the side and you can choose which set of hinges to use. Very useful but not compatible with American style window AC units. If you google for “German window” you’ll see the memes.
if you google "german window"
That sounds suspiciously like a sex act, not falling for that one!
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Any energy from solar going to AC means solar energy not going to the rest of the house.
solar produces more in the summer, when an AC is more needed
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if you google "german window"
That sounds suspiciously like a sex act, not falling for that one!
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Here is your "German Window Porn"
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Here is your "German Window Porn"
Woah, Woah! Better NSFW flag that!
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I love living in a country/part of the country that doesn't really need AC. Today is the hottest day this week peaking at 27°c but the rest of the week is like 23°c. Perfect weather to go to the beach to cool off.
