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Imagining life in summers without air conditioners already makes us sweat. But then so does imagining the electricity bill after using air conditioners. Does using an air conditioner always have to affect our electricity bills so much? In a typical household, AC can consume up to 16% of the total electricity usage and in warmer regions it can go up to a lot more in summers. But of course the amount of electricity used by and air conditioner can vary with its size, model and age. Why does an air conditioner use so much power? Air conditioning system is a complex system that requires a lot of energy to run, and the cooler you set your temperature to, the more electricity it uses. To understand why an AC uses so much power, we need to know how it works.  An air conditioning system consists of a series of tubes winded into coils making up the evaporator and condenser coils.  A pump or a compressor moves refrigerant throughout the air conditioning system.  The refrigerant eva...