silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 5 days agoAs heat soars, the Southwest ditches ‘swamp coolers’ for air conditioning | Highly efficient evaporative coolers used in dry Western states for decades, but being replaced as temperatures risewww.washingtonpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up144arrow-down1external-linkAs heat soars, the Southwest ditches ‘swamp coolers’ for air conditioning | Highly efficient evaporative coolers used in dry Western states for decades, but being replaced as temperatures risewww.washingtonpost.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarerollerbang@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoWhat about AC units that do heat as well? There are also COP ratings for heating with AC, same as for cooling.
minus-squareProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoThose are proper heat pumps, they have the extra valve. I’m not used to them since my window AC units back when I had them were from the late 80’s and mid 90’s 😅
What about AC units that do heat as well? There are also COP ratings for heating with AC, same as for cooling.
Those are proper heat pumps, they have the extra valve. I’m not used to them since my window AC units back when I had them were from the late 80’s and mid 90’s 😅