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minus-squareBlueberryWalnut@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·7 hours agoI thought electric heaters were 100% efficient? All the electricity you put into it becomes heat yeah?
minus-squareTkpro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·7 hours agoYea but heat pumps have a coefficient of performance of greater than 1 cause you’re moving heat instead of generating it.
minus-squarePulptastic@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 hours agoYeah my heat pump is something like 2000% efficient. It can cheat because it doesn’t convert electricity into heat, it uses electricity to move heat from the outside to the inside (or vice versa).
I thought electric heaters were 100% efficient? All the electricity you put into it becomes heat yeah?
Yea but heat pumps have a coefficient of performance of greater than 1 cause you’re moving heat instead of generating it.
Yeah my heat pump is something like 2000% efficient. It can cheat because it doesn’t convert electricity into heat, it uses electricity to move heat from the outside to the inside (or vice versa).