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minus-squareJATth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-22 months 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-up10·2 months agoBlaming the heater for losses in the power lines doesn’t seem fair.
minus-squareAjen@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months 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-up2·2 months 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-up2·2 months agoUnless it makes a noise or a light that escapes the house
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agowhat if you’re running it directly from a generator?
minus-squareJATth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoIf the generator is inside the house, 100%. But then you could just burn the fuel…
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months 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…