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JoeyJoeJoeJrShab t1_itkvbwd wrote

Saw "Frigidair", and came to say that modern refrigerators are way more efficient than old ones... then I realized it's a stove. I can't imagine a modern stove would be any more efficient at turning electricity into heat.

Also, I find it funny that a brand with the word "Frigid" is selling a product whose sole purpose is to produce heat.

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dezualy OP t1_itkw0s4 wrote

Apparently resistive heating elements are just as efficient today as they were back then!

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JoeyJoeJoeJrShab t1_itkz74a wrote

A light bulb can be considered inefficient because of how much of the electricity is lost as heat rather than light. So measuring the waste heat from an element whose purpose is to produce heat might be difficult.

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