Timeline for Non-throbbing, silent-compressor window air conditioner?
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| May 31, 2017 at 7:26 | comment | added | SomeoneSomewhereSupportsMonica | My understanding is that most of the vibration is not even from the motors, but from the compressor itself, which has a big piston swinging back and forth. More expensive and larger units have different designs, e.g. scrolls, which are almost silent. Smaller inverter units have compressors that max out at ~4k RPM, and you can definitely hear them. | |
| May 31, 2017 at 2:34 | history | answered | Harper - Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 3.0 |