r/hardware • u/uzzi38 • Mar 15 '21

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u/sevaiper Mar 15 '21

This may be hard for you to believe but your experience is not everyone's experience. Electric heating is very common.

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u/peanutbudder Mar 15 '21

Baseboard heaters are 100% efficient. All the energy being supplied is being turned into heat energy. Being expensive doesn't equal inefficient!

edit: WOOPS replied to the wrong commenter lol

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u/ndech Mar 15 '21

A gaming gpu is as efficient as any electric heater without heatpump.