#cool mode

Living in Florida can be hell, so I asked google search- Is using your dry mode on your ac better than cool mode?

Answer: Dry mode

Figure 1: Somebody is setting the air conditioner.

Now it is summer with the burning sun outside, what we can not leave is the air conditioner. Although air conditioners have entered most families, power consumption is attracting people. There is a saying that the energy-saving method of air conditioners is the dry mode, but some people figure that the dry mode will damage the compressor. So which opinion is true? Do you know the difference between the cool mode and the dry mode? Is it genuine that the air conditioner consumes less energy if it’s in dry mode? And what is the better mode in summer? Before answering these questions, we must first understand the working principle and internal structure of air conditioners.

Air Conditioner Working Principle

An air conditioner, as a "heat carrier", has several core components: a compressor, a heat exchanger (evaporator, condenser), and throttling devices.

Figure 2: The working principle of the air conditioner.

When the air conditioner is running, and the compressor starts, the refrigerant changes its form, and then it is conveyed in the pipeline and regulated by the throttling device. During this process, the refrigerant absorbs and dissipates heat on the heat exchanger (evaporator and condenser), so as to realize the heat exchange and adjust the indoor temperature.