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Re:Why AC is cheap, but AC repair is a luxury by kilotaras on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @04:40AM (#45809072)
IIUC grandparent is in Norway as he quoted the price in NOK.
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Re:Why AC is cheap, but AC repair is a luxury by esperent on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @06:06AM (#45809626)
Oh good catch. Somehow my eyes skipped over NOK and just saw the $2.3k.

... Why does someone in Norway need a split AC unit? I don't think they're very efficient for heating.

EDIT: I researched this and it seems the type designed for heating in negative zero temperatures are much more expensive. So maybe that explains it?

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Re:Why AC is cheap, but AC repair is a luxury by Ekaros on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @08:36AM (#45810868)
Similar to Finland. Quite lot of time in the year like right now outside temperature is above zero, but below say 15C. So heatpumps are in very good efficiency range.
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