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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

If america jumped off a bridge...

Wait that hits too close to home.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah fuck my neighbour let's flood his windows with more heat, I'm cool

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

It actually adds to the updraft increasing the windows effectiveness.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If you don't have air conditioning, you live in Alaska or you're just crazy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

*Northern Sweden

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I love living in a country/part of the country that doesn't really need AC. Today is the hottest day this week peaking at 27°c but the rest of the week is like 23°c. Perfect weather to go to the beach to cool off.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

South coast, UK

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Do these pe*ple not know window units exist???

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Those only really work for American style up down windows. In Germany and most eu countries a different style are used. They are hinged on both the bottom and the side and you can choose which set of hinges to use. Very useful but not compatible with American style window AC units. If you google for “German window” you’ll see the memes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

I mean, you could turn it on it's side if the pump was still at lowest point and you moved/turned the lines and radiator to the proper positions. Not sure how feasible that is. If the cooling loops, fluid reservoirs, and radiators were reconfigurable for that purpose, it would tap into a new market for the manufacturer that pulled it off.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

if you google "german window"

That sounds suspiciously like a sex act, not falling for that one!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

Here is your "German Window Porn"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Very different to my German porn window...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Woah, Woah! Better NSFW flag that!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I've seen the memes I just don't understand how no one has come up with a window unit that can be properly mounted to them. Window units have been around for decades and not one engineering company has capitalized the idea?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

I think the engineering would be so complex and so particular to a window type/size, that it's just not worth it. At some point, installing an external unit and wiring/ducting through the wall is actually the simpler solution.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

It would have to be a pretty novel (and likely much more complex, less reliable, more costly, etc.) design to attach to a thing that has multiple degrees of freedom as opposed to an immobile window sill with a built in clamping mechanism. Also worth noting that window-mounted a units often introduce some gaps in the insulation that the window would otherwise provide. In America, no biggie on that, we build with double pane windows primarily and many existing buildings even still have single pane windows. The net loss of insulation (if it is even a loss) is easy to justify/mitigate with some cheap treatments like foam inserts. For European triple pane windows, the loss of insulation is still not a huge deal (especially if you account for luften), but it is yet another factor that discourages market penetration of a hypothetical window mounting solution. Window units have been around for decades because they are successful at taking advantage of the nature of American windows. Because European windows and building construction have a fundamentally different nature, it's not surprising that this approach has not penetrated that market. It's not as simple as capitalizing on the original idea, it would essentially be coming up with an entirely novel idea that may or (more likely) may not be viable

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago
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