It's a space heater. It's supposed to be "inefficient." The whole fucking point of a space heater is to convert electricity into heat. What the fuck is wrong with you?

EDIT: I didn't expect people who know what they're talking about to reply lmao

  • fusion513 [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    The strange paradox is that electric heat is actually 100% efficient technically! All electrical energy is converted to heat. The inefficiency comes from generation and distribution.

    Also, fun fact... the reason why all electric space heaters are 1500 Watt here in US is because (1500W / 120V = 12.5 AMP... which is close to the max safe power draw on a 15A circuit (-20% is intentional - you intentionally never want a 15A circuit to run at max capacity).

      • fusion513 [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        Oh yeah, absolutely, heat pumps are far superior because they pull ambient heat from the environment. Heat pump efficiency is like 300+ percent.

        Yeah, I know that sounds weird... but basically for each unit of electricity used, three units of heat are generated (from ambient atmosphere).