Hummina Shadeeba
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N get light too.
1) Electric heat is usually the most expensive heat there is and then . . .Hummina Shadeeba said:N get light too.
Hummina Shadeeba said:N get light too.
Chalo said:Hummina Shadeeba said:N get light too.
Back when I lived in Seattle, in places that only had electric baseboard heat, I realized that I could use as much light as I wanted for no extra electrical cost.
Seattle has unusually low electric rates, from mostly hydroelectric sources.
Hummina Shadeeba said:Chalo said:Back when I lived in Seattle, in places that only had electric baseboard heat, I realized that I could use as much light as I wanted for no extra electrical cost.
Are u saying u tapped into the heater wire and added a light in parallel?
There are much cheaper ways to heat an entire house
If you have a super cheap alternative source of lots of electricity
Chalo said:Hummina Shadeeba said:Chalo said:Back when I lived in Seattle, in places that only had electric baseboard heat, I realized that I could use as much light as I wanted for no extra electrical cost.
Are u saying u tapped into the heater wire and added a light in parallel?
No, I just identified that a watt of electrical heat in the house doesn't care where it came from. To keep the house at a fixed temperature, each watt consumed by a light bulb, toaster, computer, or vacuum cleaner replaced one that would have come from the baseboard heater, but didn't have to.
Hummina Shadeeba said:and a computer somehow also produce less heat per watt of electricity from the wall?
i never want to use a Biomass Gasifier. sounds awful.
Hummina Shadeeba said:wouldnt a vacuum make less heat since some of the energy went to mechanical work? and a computer somehow also produce less heat per watt of electricity from the wall?
would that be as efficient as a lightbulb? why or why not?Matt Gruber said:https://endless-sphere.com/forums/download/file.php?id=242231&mode=view
my favorite heater is under the kitchen table
Yes nearly all anyway.Hummina Shadeeba said:Wait can someone tell me this basic thing: isn’t all the electricity going into a bulb either turning to heat or light?
Don't matter how ya cook it, a watt is a watt. 1500W heater makes the same amount of heat as 15, 100W light bulbs. Old style incandescent light bulbs that is.Hummina Shadeeba said:Wait can someone tell me this basic thing: isn’t all the electricity going into a bulb either turning to heat or light? If so I don’t see how an incandescent bulb would be inefficient at producing heat as I think the energy in the actual emitted light is very small.
Also wouldn’t some electrical appliance that’s doing work or maybe even a computer be less efficient at producing heat as the electricity is going towards other things than heat and light?
And..I still am wondering if heating with a bulb would be more efficient or maybe cheaper than the burned gas with forced air through vent heating my house has.
marty said:Don't matter how ya cook it, a watt is a watt. 1500W heater makes the same amount of heat as 15, 100W light bulbs. Old style incandescent light bulbs that is.Hummina Shadeeba said:Wait can someone tell me this basic thing: isn’t all the electricity going into a bulb either turning to heat or light? If so I don’t see how an incandescent bulb would be inefficient at producing heat as I think the energy in the actual emitted light is very small.
Matt Gruber said:https://endless-sphere.com/forums/download/file.php?id=242231&mode=view
my favorite heater is under the kitchen table
it radiates heat like magic -
marty said:Depending on what you paying for utilities. Almost always cheaper to heat with natural gas then electricity.
To save money on heat. Try some warm clothing and a hat. That's what I am wearing as I type.