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minus-squareJATth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-26 hours 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-squareStumblingWasabi@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 minutes agoWell it is heat. If we count power lines as part of an electric heater I’d say that’s still effective.
minus-squareEvilHankVenture@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 hours agoBlaming the heater for losses in the power lines doesn’t seem fair.
minus-squareAjen@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours 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-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agowhat if you’re running it directly from a generator?
minus-squareJATth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agoIf the generator is inside the house, 100%. But then you could just burn the fuel…
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours 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%.
Well it is heat. If we count power lines as part of an electric heater I’d say that’s still effective.
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…
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…