How does Mr. Slim work?
Mr. Slim is a split-ductless air-conditioning system. If you are familiar with a central air system, you have the basic idea of what a split system is: an outdoor condensing unit and an indoor evaporator unit. The basic difference between the two is that with the central system, the evaporator is typically found in the attic and has ductwork branched off to the different rooms in your house. With Mr. Slim the evaporator is actually in the room being air-conditioned. The indoor unit has a quiet fan that blows across a cold aluminum coil while in the air-conditioning mode. The indoor unit is usually a wall-mounted type, and this unit is connected directly to the outdoor unit by copper tubing and control and power wiring. In the outdoor unit a compressor cycles refrigerant to and from the indoor and outdoor units, and the room air is cooled or heated based on the direction the refrigerant flows between the two.
