Outdoor unit of refrigeration cycle apparatus

An outdoor unit of refrigeration cycle apparatus comprising,

• a housing in which a machine chamber and a blower chamber are formed, the blower chamber being partitioned from the machine chamber, the machine chamber housing a compressor inside, the blower chamber housing a heat exchanger and a blower inside, the blower being located on a secondary side of the heat exchanger, wherein
• the blower is a double inlet centrifugal blower including:
• an impeller having a plurality of blades arranged in a circumferential direction around a rotation axis, and
• a scroll casing having a discharge port and two bellmouths which serve as suction ports, the scroll casing housing the impeller inside,
• a plurality of the discharge ports are provided,
• the plurality of the discharge ports are located on an outlet placement surface, the outlet placement surface being a front or top surface of the housing,
• a total width of the plurality of the discharge ports in a direction horizontal with the housing placed and parallel to the outlet placement surface is more than a width of the blower chamber in said direction,
• the rotation axis of the impeller is positioned parallel to the outlet placement surface, and
• the impeller has a fan diameter larger than a half of a width of the blower chamber in a direction perpendicular to the outlet placement surface.