What makes the SplitCool better than using a regular air conditioner with an inverter?
1. A “regular” air conditioner uses AC power, which means that the DC power from solar panels would have to be inverted to AC power, robbing some of the power. Since solar panels natively produce DC power it makes sense that actually using DC power avoids the conversion loss. 2. A normal AC motor has two speeds – stop and go. The SplitCool uses a BLDC (Brushless DC) compressor motor with a digital controller and special control logic that controls the compressor RPMs. It is therefore a variable speed / variable refrigerant-flow compressor, resulting in a compressor that sizes itself dynamically based on load. On a hot humid day it is an 18,000 BTU unit. But it can also be a 4,000, 8,000, 12,000 BTU unit or any size in between, as needed. Of course it uses less electricity to run a 8,000 BTU system than an 18,000 BTU system, when 8,000 BTUs is all that’s needed at the moment. Most normal air conditioners simply turn on and off based on the thermostat – when temperature rises, the unit c
