If efficiency for electric devices is defined as how well it converts electric power into the desired effect, the rest usually being heat, aren’t electric heaters 100% efficient? If i had a 99% efficient heater, what undesired form of energy would the 1% go to? I see a lot of electric heaters being marketed as “way more efficient than others”.
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heat is usually a byproduct of chemical reaction/combustion
which means there’s always energy not being used to generate heat
but electrical potential energy can be just converted into heat very well
w/o doing other work like heavy lifting things etc
yeah so how much an electrical appliance can do nothing and waste energy into heat turns out to be a good thing here
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