“Air Conditioner”, meanwhile, is the kind of name americans in the 50s give products to make them sound slightly futuristic and the next in a long line of purchases necessary for the Middle Class™ life. Twenty years on and its an abbreviation.
It’s a good name too. It cools and dries the air. Lots of people sleep on the drying part, when that’s actually what Carrier designed it for.
It’s also why you need to appropriately size your air conditioning. If it’s undersized it obviously won’t keep up with the heat. But if it’s oversized, it may cool your space so quickly it doesn’t effectively cycle enough air to control the humidity.
“Air Conditioner”, meanwhile, is the kind of name americans in the 50s give products to make them sound slightly futuristic and the next in a long line of purchases necessary for the Middle Class™ life. Twenty years on and its an abbreviation.
It’s a good name too. It cools and dries the air. Lots of people sleep on the drying part, when that’s actually what Carrier designed it for.
It’s also why you need to appropriately size your air conditioning. If it’s undersized it obviously won’t keep up with the heat. But if it’s oversized, it may cool your space so quickly it doesn’t effectively cycle enough air to control the humidity.
An abbreviation that sometimes needs clarification since Americans also became too lazy to say “Alternating Current.”
Hypothetical conversation:
“Something something AC.”
“Hmm, do you mean alternating current? Or air conditioning?”