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by Kirby64 1017 days ago
Nope, nothing to do with that. The difference is: older style have either the compressor either on or off. They turn on or off using a contactor (basically a special relay).

Inverter refers to the drive circuitry for the compressor. The inverter basically concerts AC to DC, then it's inverted back into AC, however the AC output can be variable frequency. This allows for slower speeds of the compressor, at lower power consumption.

As far as I'm aware the compressor design can be exactly the same, the only difference is the drive for it.