Comments by "seneca983" (@seneca983) on "Space Heater Nonsense" video.

I bet its heat output is a fraction of 1500 W.
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@isaackarjala7916 : Whatever one should think of banning incandescent bulbs, I don't think basements should affect that decision very much.
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@slipperyavocado9457 : It goes to heat.
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@slipperyavocado9457 : But I don't quite understand why you're asking that.
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@slipperyavocado9457 : I guess (though he might run into a problem of the motherboard not having slots for enough GPUs or many PC power sources not being rated for 1500 W). However, I don't see what that has to do with my comments. I was just nitpicking about the fact that while heating his room this way can have the added benefit of also performing possibly useful computations, it doesn't make sense to count that into the efficiency in the form of a percentage of the power consumed.
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Note that at best you could use this argument for incandescent bulbs if your heating is electric. If your house uses district heating (which is mostly used here) or is heated e.g. with oil, that's going to be more efficient than electric heating when factoring in the losses in the electricity generation.
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mike hawk : But how quickly can it heat up your living room or bed room?
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@Thedamped : Which one of my comments are you referring to?
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@Thedamped : If you're referring to what I think it was just nitpicking. If I remember correctly, there was a comment (though I don't see it anymore) of having over 100% efficiency due to the benefit you described. What I just nitpicked about is that you can't really describe that added benefit as a percentage of the energy consumed which is why the over 100% is technically not really correct.
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8:04 "There is no such thing as a more efficient space heater." Theoretically, a heater that works by pumping heat into the room from outside could have an efficiency of over 100%. (Of course, any system like this would have to actually be installed and not just bought and plugged in, it's efficiency might not be described as a percentage of over 100%, and its efficiency wouldn't be a fixed value as it would depend on the temperature difference between air outside and inside the room.)
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