On 12/02/2015 10:25 AM, John F. Eldredge wrote:
On February 11, 2015 3:59:45 PM CST, Warin <[email protected]> wrote:
On 12/02/2015 3:45 AM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote:
Most air conditioners here have the ability to both heat and cool at
least here and in the UK.
Technically, a unit that can either cool a building, or heat it by cooling
outdoor air and transferring heat to indoor air, is a heat pump rather than an
air conditioner.
And the common use term is 'air conditioner'.
Some cooling only units are heat pumps - they work in humid environments
where evaporative coolers fail. Places in deserts or near deserts use
the evaporative coolers (Alice Springs, Australia) while those in
tropical areas use heat pumps (Darwin, Australia)... what suits the
circumstance gets used.
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