German has a word for it: Markise
Awning. They’re a great way to reduce the need for AC by providing shade in treeless regions.
Thank you Alec from Technology Connection.
But he’s right though.
Also heat pumps!
Also heat pumps!
Isn’t that not just another word for AC in this context?
Here’s the thing. You said a “heatpump is a A/C.”
Is it in the same family? Yes. No one’s arguing that.
As someone who is a scientist who studies A/C’s, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls heat pumps A/C’s. If you want to be “specific” like you said, then you shouldn’t either. They’re not the same thing.
If you’re saying “A/C family” you’re referring to the taxonomic grouping of HVACae, which includes things from fans to swamp coolers to radiators.
So your reasoning for calling a heat pump a A/C is because random people “call the heat exchanger thingies A/C?” Let’s get refridgerators and freezers in there, then, too.
Also, calling someone a human or an ape? It’s not one or the other, that’s not how taxonomy works. They’re both. A heat pump is a heat pump and a member of the A/C family. But that’s not what you said. You said a heat pump is a A/C, which is not true unless you’re okay with calling all members of the heat exchanger family A/C’s, which means you’d call refridgerators, freezers, and other heat exchangers A/C’s, too. Which you said you don’t.
It’s okay to just admit you’re wrong, you know?
Brave of you to bring a reddit copypasta here
I’ve been doing it throughout. “Take what you like and leave the rest”
I like it.
Especially heat pumps!
80% of the flats where I live have one above their balcony - and we are not even close to treeless.
I was really bewildered by the idea that someone might not know what these are…
I mean you have trees, so they’re mostly on the balcony. I live in a large city (not many trees) of mostly row homes, and they’re on like every window of the side of the houses that face the sun. Not just patios.
I just don’t know how its named in English, where I’m from they’re toldos
In some places where air conditioning is omnipresent they’re uncommon. There’s a technology connections video about them that touches on it
But AC wouldn’t cover the balcony (which here is the most common usecase for awnings)?
Balconies aren’t really a thing for most people in the American Midwest, which is where I’m from. You have porches and patios, but those are weather permitting structures and they’re mostly used when it’s a bit later so it’s not too bright.
they still help block sunshine from heating your south wall, which reduces the need for AC indoors.
(hello to the 10% of humans who live in the southern hemisphere, i did eventually remember you exist too)
Basically an energy shield protecting against the giant uncontrollable fusion reactor in the sky.
The lost technology of awnings. Technology Connections strikes again!
Since no one has provided the Technology Connections link yet… Enjoy losing the next 20 minutes to learning about awnings!
Wait, he did a video on awnings? That sounds like a fascinating half hour I never knew I needed.
Don’t need to look to know it’s at least an hour.
I was gonna say hour but I hedged my bets 😂
Never hedge your bets. Go all in or leave the table.
Really? I heard that you got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, and know when to run.
Not dedicated to awnings, I think it was part of one of his home heating/cooling videos. Been awhile. He convinced me to put them on my house the next time I do the roof.
I really want solar panel awnings over our deck. It’s south facing and the painted surface is easily 140°F in the sun.
Just need a cheap way to use the power from it to run the AC just in the other side of the porch.
Everytime
Not a word.
pedant
A word.
It either breaks your fall or you leave a hole that is a perfect silhouette of your prone figure.
Happens in real life, too:
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/man-in-minneapolis-falls-16-stories-is-saved-by-awning/
Hey it’s not just cartoon characters, an awning also saved Indiana Jones’ life!
SunSetter retractable awning.
A stunt so nice he filmed it twice.
Jackie is a crazy mofo.
marquee
and/or marquise
Unless you are someone like Wile E. Coyote.
