If your house has a heat pump, its compressor is in a housing somewhere ... homes tended to have central air conditioners, ...

A true central air conditioning system uses ducts to distribute ... coil and a matching—meaning from the same brand—outdoor condenser with compressor (see the illustration below).

[Josh’s] apartment doesn’t have central air conditioning — the kind that ... using a refrigerator compressor and an evaporator from a baseboard heater. The flow control through the heat ...

The magic happens because of the AC condenser coils ... end that sticks out of the house in order to reach the coils; central air units typically keep the coils behind a removable panel that ...