Fuck PTACs, and the developers who install them.
All over NYC, Brooklyn, Queens, Jersey City, you see fucking 1.2 million dollar condos or $5000/mo "luxury apartments" with these fuckers in every room.
It's a giant hole in the wall, you literally can see outside if you take the plastic cover off to change/clean the filter.
They're window units that have a dedicated window.
They're also monstrously inefficient compared to mini splits even before you account for leaving a giant uninsulated hole in your wall with free movement of air between the inside and the outside.
I laugh every time I see one of these shoved in right below a brand new quadruple pane low-e argon filled latest ultra efficiency mega R value vinyl window. Yeah, the window is not where your air leak is, bro.
They also look huge, in Europe the standard is to have an outside unit and an inside unit.
That's the standard in North America as well for single family homes or even condo buildings where they might put the condenser on the balcony or use a heat pump with a central loop.
I would guess these are popular in New York because they have many many old buildings with central heat and it's easier to punch a hole in the wall then hang somethings off the building 8 floors up. Also easier to work on the unit.
If only they weren’t so goddamn noisy.
Nah the noise is perfect to drown out every single noise in the hallway because the doors aren't soundproof at all.
So true. Hotels, you have one job: provide somewhere for me to sleep. That means make an attempt at soundproofing. Ah well.
And so energy inefficient.
On Hoth, you philistine.
Eh.
https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Echo_Base
The Echo Base was the facility established by the Rebel Alliance on the frigid planet of Hoth
The interior of Echo Base extended seven levels below the surface, with the lower levels for barracks, rec rooms, maintenance hangars and fuel stores.
Not if they mean inside the Wampa cave
Fuck those A/C units that require leaving a card in them to work
I haven't seen that but I believe you. Can you not just get an extra card from the front desk, or do they have it further enshittified in some way?
Newer versions of these can have par levels set for the temps and I don’t know who thinks 74f is a comfortable room temp, but no… it is not.
Fortunately, internet legends went on to explain how to put these into service mode, thereby defeating their laughable levels. Just gotta remember to put it back to their mode when you’re checking out.
But, yeah, these things fkn crank coldness. And the electric bill. And the environment.
I think if a hotel billed me for resetting their AC I would throw the bill away and see if they really want to waste their time with collections and court.
My take was to not let them in on the secret.
I once considered moving from Seattoe to Bremerton, WA to take advantage of the much cheaper real estate. In attempt to get a feel for the daily commute, I decided to stay at a Super 8 in Bremerton for a week. 5 minutes into that experiment, I flicked on the AC unit that looks just like this one and it reeked of cat pee.
I did not move to Bremerton.
Cold rooms have improved my sleep and made my life better.
I will never understand people who WANT to be cold. I'd rather be a sweatball than a little chilly. When I see one of these it usually get immediately turned off, because yeah, they do some fucking work.
edit: Apparently people who like to be cold are really sensitive about not being understood. 😂
I don't want to be cold. I want to be comfortable. I want to not sweat. And for that to happen, I need the room to be cold.
Warm hotel rooms always feel stuffy, no thank you
...and smell. They're stuffy and they smell.
iirc people believe that cold environment warm insulated blanket promotes better sleeping.
Maybe it's Placebo but I definitely get much better quality of sleep in the winter time. I keep my room very cold and I have some nice big heavy blankets to keep me warm in the bed. And winter is by far the time of year that I regularly wake up feeling refreshed and not groggy
Yeah but straight up I'm not getting out of bed in the morning in those temperatures
because you are wrapped up burrito style like in the womb I guess. and most human heat exchange happens through the head (I read somewhere).
Humid climates really necessitate it unless you want to swim in bed.
Your opinion is wrong! Screw you for sharing it.
I'm going to make 10 new accounts just to downvote you, you heat lover.
Well I don’t want to be cold, but I crank the AC and snuggle up under the covers. It’s a treat somehow.
I'd rather the room be slightly colder than I want than warmer because I can put on a jumper, but the number of downvotes on you sharing your opinion is insane haha
Here's an updoot to even it out a little, even though YOU'RE SO WRONG
"Doesn’t matter if the whole country decides that something wrong is something right. This nation was founded on one principle above all else: the requirement that we stand up for what we believe, no matter the odds or the consequences. When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world, 'No, you move'."
You people who like the cold are WRONG and global warming is gonna take care of your bullshit in a couple hundred years! 😆
I don't get it myself. Anything under 75f for me and I'm breaking out the parka. Of course, where I live I'd ice up an ac trying to get my place too much under 80f over the summer.
Second time I've seen this meme... Never experienced it. They always sucked compared to even cheap window units. Half the time barely able to push below 22*. Granted I spent a lot of time as a kid on summer break locked up in a room with an 80s high end window unit that could get the room to 10* on a 25+* day.
Perhaps it's more of an American thing, these are super common in budget hotels and have the ability to freeze you to death
I met one for the first time ever on a work trip to NC and can confim i nearly died overnight...
I think it’s down to lack of maintenance. Either there’s a refrigerant leak, or the condenser side is clogged. Most budget hotels don’t have the best maintenance.
I've worked at hotels. People still figure out how to complain about these things.
I got it once I looked up what a Hoth is.
I am so fucking old.
Amana Distinction PTAC Air Conditioner or something like it
Used to have an office that was an addition to the building, with no room to connect it to the main HVAC. I had one of these to myself. The window on my office door fogged up frequently because I set the thing to give-visitors-frostbite-cold.
District heating/cooling should be standard :)
i have central cooling instead of this in my country ngl.
