> Freaking expensive! Right!? I live in India. The summers can be 40C. So $500 for an extremely energy efficient split-ac from a local manufacturer that does

> Freaking expensive! Right!? I live in India. The summers can be 40C. So $500 for an extremely energy efficient split-ac from a local manufacturer that does up to 12K BTU/h and $50 for installation. I ran it 16h every day at 40% capacity for 2-3 months with the rotary inverter compressor pulling about 250-300W when cooling for a total power consumption of about 180 kWh per month.