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minus-squareJATth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-21 month 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-up10·1 month agoBlaming the heater for losses in the power lines doesn’t seem fair.
minus-squareAjen@sh.itjust.workscakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month 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-squareStumblingWasabi@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoWell it is heat. If we count power lines as part of an electric heater I’d say that’s still effective.
minus-squarevisc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoUnless it makes a noise or a light that escapes the house
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agowhat if you’re running it directly from a generator?
minus-squareJATth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoIf the generator is inside the house, 100%. But then you could just burn the fuel…
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month 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…
Well it is heat. If we count power lines as part of an electric heater I’d say that’s still effective.
Unless it makes a noise or a light that escapes the house
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…