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and more people are looking for air conditioners in the heatwave that continues day after day to the point where people say that it is too hot even when it is hot. In addition, as the time spent at home has increased due to COVID-19, the effect of installing air conditioners in each house seems to be significant.



Reporter Han Sang-woo reports.



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A large electronics store in Yongsan, Seoul.



Air conditioning stores are especially crowded.



[Seulgi Choi / Specialist Counselor at Electronic Land: As the weather suddenly gets hotter, the number of phone calls increases and the number of visitors increases… .] As the



rainy season ends quickly and the early heat wave begins in earnest, demand surges.



The tropical night phenomenon, in which the temperature does not drop below 25 degrees even at night, occurred three weeks earlier than last year.



Another reason is that, in the aftermath of the spread of COVID-19, there is more time to stay at home, such as switching to remote classes and increasing telecommuting.



[Jang Seong-jin / Gangnam-gu, Seoul: Staying at home can prevent Corona 19, and I bought an additional air conditioner as a way to relieve the heat.] Each



large home appliance distribution store has nearly doubled its sales this month compared to last year. .



The home appliance industry is also operating all its production facilities due to a surge in orders.



The industry forecasts that it will surpass the 2.5 million units sold in 2018, the highest sales volume.



If you order now, the waiting period for air conditioner installation and outdoor unit inspection service is getting longer so that it takes a week to install the air conditioner.



For this reason, there is no need for an outdoor unit and the sales of window air conditioners that consumers can install themselves are rapidly increasing.



In an online shopping mall, over the past two weeks, window air conditioners sold more than five times compared to the same period last year.



The so-called 'stay at home' trend has increased the demand for additional installations in each room even in homes that already have air conditioning, and it is analyzed that the increase in single-person households also had an impact.



(Video coverage: Cho Chun-dong, video editing: Lee Seung-jin)