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minus-squareJATth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-216 days agoPower-line losses before your house, so a electric heater is only 96%-85% effecient. When the heating for bird feets is accounted, it’s 100%.
minus-squareEvilHankVenture@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·16 days agoBlaming the heater for losses in the power lines doesn’t seem fair.
minus-squareAjen@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·17 days agoYou’re assuming this heater is on grid power. We just need to power it by solar panels that are inside the house, under a skylight. Now we’ve got a 100% efficient heater, just don’t ask about PV efficiency…
minus-squarevisc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 days agoUnless it makes a noise or a light that escapes the house
minus-squareStumblingWasabi@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 days agoWell it is heat. If we count power lines as part of an electric heater I’d say that’s still effective.
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 days agowhat if you’re running it directly from a generator?
minus-squareJATth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·16 days agoIf the generator is inside the house, 100%. But then you could just burn the fuel…
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·16 days ago you could just burn the fuel…
Power-line losses before your house, so a electric heater is only 96%-85% effecient. When the heating for bird feets is accounted, it’s 100%.
Blaming the heater for losses in the power lines doesn’t seem fair.
You’re assuming this heater is on grid power. We just need to power it by solar panels that are inside the house, under a skylight. Now we’ve got a 100% efficient heater, just don’t ask about PV efficiency…
Unless it makes a noise or a light that escapes the house
Well it is heat. If we count power lines as part of an electric heater I’d say that’s still effective.
what if you’re running it directly from a generator?
If the generator is inside the house, 100%. But then you could just burn the fuel…