Timeline for How can heaters using the same type of fuel be more or less efficient than each other? [duplicate]
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| Nov 25, 2016 at 3:46 | comment | added | bjem | A reason why cheaper electric heaters are less efficient is that they are often smaller for the amount of heat (in Watts) they put out. So the air that comes off them is hotter, and more likely to go straight to the ceiling, where it is lost through convection. So while the efficiency of the heater itself is the same, the efficiency of the heater heating the air in the room is reduced. | |
| Mar 3, 2015 at 17:09 | history | closed |
John Rennie Kyle Kanos user10851 pho ACuriousMind♦ |
Duplicate of How efficient is an electric heater? | |
| Mar 2, 2015 at 17:33 | answer | added | David Rose | timeline score: 3 | |
| Mar 2, 2015 at 13:28 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Mar 2, 2015 at 13:12 | comment | added | pentane | possible duplicate of How efficient is an electric heater? | |
| Mar 2, 2015 at 12:35 | history | asked | RoboShop | CC BY-SA 3.0 |