Eli5, Why the lowest (coldest) an Air Conditioner is able to set to, is 16 celcius?

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As the title says, why is that the case? (16 Celsius ~ 60 Fahrenheit)

I’ve read somewhere, that 16c is suppose to be the most efficient / comfortable?

Prob need an AC techie here, but I’ve experienced being in my car during summer & have to hit the “max” button on those really hot days, & it automatically goes straight to high fan setting + 16 celcius.

How come it doesn’t go futher? Like 12 or 10 Celsius?

& I’ve also experienced my home AC, where I’ve set it to 23 celcius, but a larger horsepower (4 or 5hp) & it’s freezing!

Thanks, for the insight 😊

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You can go lower if you bypass the controls with a coolbot.

Source: we built a walk in cooler on my farm using a 14000btu window ac and a coolbot controller.

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