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Photovoltaic solar for heating a room? | 13 comments (13 topical, editorial)

Re: Photovoltaic solar for heating a room? (3.00 / 0) (#1)
by DamonHD (d@hd.org) on Sat Sep 27th, 2008 at 02:39:26 PM MST
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A heat-pump of some flavour driven by electricity will typically yield between 2 and 4 times as much heat as plain (wasteful) resistance heating, ie efficiencies of 200% to 400% compared to resistance-heating's 100%.

Electricity is a very high-grade energy source, and wasting it as heat with resistance heating is a shame.

Rgds

Damon

Re: Photovoltaic solar for heating a room? (3.00 / 0) (#3)
by electrondady1 on Sat Sep 27th, 2008 at 04:41:13 PM MST
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well, until you get a heat pump it should wood work ok.
kinda neat.

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Photovoltaic solar for heating a room? | 13 comments (13 topical, 0 editorial)

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