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  1. Locheim

    Air Conditioner Question

    Sorry for the double post, I don't see an edit button. This is actually how my buddy explained it. the EER is basically the lay man version of te physical unit of effiiciency, which is essentially a ratio of the energy put out divided by the energy used. It's not so much an issue of the heat...
  2. Locheim

    Air Conditioner Question

    Doh! Thanks for the info guys! That's actually very intuitive and I should have thought of it before (I do understand what heat is and whatnot). I blame the Guinness! Another friend of mine (he is a neuroscientist so what does he know, right?) told me an a/c is like and refrigerator with an...
  3. Locheim

    Air Conditioner Question

    Ok, now I am confused, could you elaborate while keeping it simple enough for us non-engineers to understand?
  4. Locheim

    Air Conditioner Question

    Hello everyone. I'm not an engineer and this is probably a stupid question to you guys but I have $20 riding on it. My buddy is insisting that a standard window air conditioner produces more hot air than cold, is this true?

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