• Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    It’s also about the same electric-to-thermal efficiency as a regular space heater, so if that’s how you heat, there’s no reason not to.

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      5 hours ago

      Pretty sure it’s 100% efficient (100% energy consumed is emitted as heat) meaning it’s exactly as efficient as a space heater. Only way to get more efficient is a heat pump.

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      7 hours ago

      Unless of course you have a heat pump (or an A/C with a reversing valve, which is the same thing). Which by all means please use that instead. You’re not going to top a heat pump in terms of efficiency. We’re talking 300% efficient heat production minimum. Best you can hope for with electric heating is 100%.

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        2 hours ago

        Even if you have a heat pump, the PCs efficiency does not change compared to a space heater. The heat pump existing does not change this.

      • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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        7 hours ago

        Well then you have me, I waited until winter to rip my DVD collection to my NAS, because if I was going to spend several weeks with 2 or 3 PCs blasting at 100% CPU, I might as well wait until it’s furnace season rather than air conditioner season.