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Meanwhile, most people in the US don't even know what a "heat pump" is, and think that "air conditioners" are inherently wasteful and bad for the environment.
by yosito 4y ago
Meanwhile, most people in the US don't even know what a "heat pump" is, and think that "air conditioners" are inherently wasteful and bad for the environment.
- Scoundreller 4y agoIt is kinda a concern with heat pump rollouts in Europe: now that people that didn’t have air conditioning before will have it and will adopt it. Having said that, too much of my EU family still thinks air conditioning makes you sick… and a lot of the latest germ theory (aerosol transmission or respiratory viruses) is confirming they might be right. Ugh. At least the rental cars usually have AC nowadays.
- newZWhoDis 4y agoThat’s absurd, AC doesn’t “make you sick”. What basis could anyone have for such a claim?
- SoftTalker 4y agoAC evaporators and condensate pans can breed bacteria and mold. At best this can be smelly, at worst it can make you seriously sick. See the history of Legionnaires disease.
- nottorp 4y agoIf you have individual room split units you just clean them yearly or so. Just open the interior unit and spray it with the cleaning solution. Smells nice too :) Whole house a/c systems like the US has are an entirely different matter... don't know how you clean all those ducts.
- anikom15 4y agoI’ve never seen anyone clean their A/C system.
- nottorp 4y agoPut "air conditioning cleaning spray" in Amazon. You open the plastic cover of the indoor part and spray the internal radiator. There's stuff for cars too.
- anikom15 4y agoI’m confident the market for this is 99% HVAC contractors and repairman rather than consumers. It’s good to know they should be cleaned.
- sokoloff 4y agoYou clean the outside condenser coil with a similar process (except you can/should flush it out with a garden hose as some of the coil cleaners are somewhat aggressive and should be rinsed thoroughly off the aluminum). Change any filters. Leave the ducts alone.
- jupp0r 4y agoYou need to maintain these systems. Otherwise refrigerators, sinks and toilets also make you sick.
- Scoundreller 4y agoThere are hazards to recirculating air (instead of opening a window), e.g. aerosol viruses, off-gasing and some of these people smoke like chimneys.