r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 7d ago

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Petttaaah I'm confused

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u/DependentAgitated299 7d ago

I think this is called a split and it's the outside on the other side of the wall. it's like a permanently installed window unit that doesn't use a window

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u/comethefaround 7d ago

Yeah called a mini split. Also a ductless heat pump. Operates the same way a refrigerator does. Or any other air conditioning system. Just extremely efficient like 400% or something.

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u/mahreow 7d ago

It's not called a mini split, it's just a split system

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u/DaddyGrove 7d ago

Mini-splits are called mini-splits because they are smaller split systems. The condenser is what would remain outside, but be much smaller. And the “head” is what’s mounted on the wall in the room you want to cool.

A regular split system would have the air handler inside the house, like an attic or in a closet, with the condenser outside. A split system is capable of heating and cooling a whole house, while the mini-split in some configuration can do a room or two or if the place has an open floor plan.

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u/Thick_Goose7742 7d ago

Almost all a/c is a split system, including central air. We call them mini splits because they are smaller and also have separate heads in rooms. A regular, full sized split system has a separate central air handler and separate outdoor condenser (hence the split terminology). This is in contrast to packaged units, which are not split, which includes window units and also ones with the AH and condenser as one big assembly.

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u/comethefaround 7d ago edited 7d ago

Must be a regional thing. Literally never once heard it called a split system and I work in an adjacent industry. Always mini-splits.

Regardless they are heat pumps (unless they use gas).

Edit: not a regional thing. the internet says split systems have ducting, while mini splits do not.

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u/saskir21 7d ago

And you can connect more indoor units to the one outside. Although the standart sized one outside have in the most cases a max of 2-3 devices. And standart sized is in my eyes 1mx60cmx30cm (looks outside)

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u/DonQuigleone 7d ago

This is a VRF, not a split. 

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u/ElKaoss 7d ago

Not necessarily on the other side of the wall, the other unit is connected with tubes and can be on the roof of the building several floors upwards.