room air conditioner [2]![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Device installed in a window for cooling and circulating the air in a room.
vent ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Grate through which outdoor air is drawn inward.
grille ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Grille through which the heated air is diffused in the room.
control panel ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Panel containing the controls that operate the air conditioner.
function selector ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Knob for regulating the temperature and the fan speed.
fan control ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Knob for regulating the rate of air flow.
thermostat ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Mechanism that, by sensing changes in temperature, will automatically switch the air conditioner on or off.
louver ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Device directing cool air into the room.
casing ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
blower motor ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Device transforming electric energy into mechanical energy to drive a device; in this case, the fan.
evaporator coil ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Tube carrying refrigerant that absorbs the room’s heat.
evaporator blower ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Device drawing in warm air from the room, directing it over the cold evaporator coils and then returning it to the room.
fan motor ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Device transforming electric energy into mechanical energy to drive a device; in this case, the fan.
condenser fan ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Propeller-shaped fan drawing outdoor air through the vents and over the hot condenser coils to cool them.
condenser coil ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Tube in which the hot refrigerant dissipates the room’s heat to the outdoors.