[mythtv-users] [Slightly OT] solar power for all our gadgets

raphy rpooser at gmail.com
Fri Mar 20 16:49:35 UTC 2009


On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Simon Hobson <linux at thehobsons.co.uk> wrote:
>
> That's the crux of it. If the heating is electric then there is ZERO
> difference in efficiency - both the electric heating and light bulb are 100%
> efficient at turning incoming electricity into heat. For other forms of
> heating there will be some saving - but I don't know what it will be other
> than "nothing like 80%".
>

This is utterly wrong. I don't need to mention anything more than the
fact that your electric heater doesn't emit nearly as much or even the
same wavelengths of visible light that your light bulb does to debunk
that one.

Raphy


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