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minus-squareJATth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·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-up6·2 months agoBlaming the heater for losses in the power lines doesn’t seem fair.
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-up2·2 months agoIf the generator is inside the house, 100%. But then you could just burn the fuel…
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 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.
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…