2 rooms with 1 air conditioner are really cost effective?

With many families having insufficient economic conditions or having many small rooms, it is very expensive to install separate air conditioners for each room, so the social networking community has come up with an idea that installing 1 air conditioner for 2 rooms will save money. than. So 2 rooms with 1 air conditioner are really cost effective?

Is it more cost effective than installing 1 room and 1 air conditioner separately?

If you normally install an air conditioner for a room with a small area, you only need an air conditioner with a small capacity to be cool enough. But if used for both rooms, the area will be doubled, you will have to buy a large capacity air conditioner to be able to meet the cooling needs of both rooms.

The installation of small capacity air conditioners for both rooms not only does not cool enough, but also increases monthly electricity consumption, the machine must operate overloaded, easily damaged.

Moreover, the price difference between large capacity and small capacity air conditioner is quite big. Air conditioners with a capacity of 9000BTU will cost from 6 to 11 million VND. If you want to install 1 machine for 2 rooms, you must use an air conditioner with a minimum capacity of 18000BTU or more, which will cost from 11-30 million VND.

Installing a common air conditioner in 2 rooms is “saving electricity” as rumored?

According to refrigeration experts, users should install the air conditioner in the center of the room for the fastest cooling effect and easily spread throughout the room. If you install a common air conditioner for 2 rooms, it will reduce the cooling speed and consume more power.

The air conditioner indoor unit has a fan blade to blow cool air from the indoor unit to the outside. When installing 1 air conditioner for 2 rooms, the fan blades will be blocked by the wall separating the 2 rooms for poor cooling performance.

In addition, the joint installation of air conditioners is very inconvenient and dependent. In case only 1 room needs to be used, the air conditioner still works for both rooms, not only for slow cooling effect but also for electricity. Not to mention, during the installation process, you have to punch the wall separating the two rooms, which is both laborious for installation and unsightly for the room space.

Thus, through the above article, it shows that installing 1 air conditioner for 2 rooms not only does not save costs but also causes more waste. Compared to the fact that you have to pay a large amount of electricity every month and still do not meet the cooling needs well, installing separate air conditioners for each room will be a smarter and more cost-effective solution in the long run.