That massive spike of 50c/kWh at the left looks tiny compared to today even though that’s already insanely expensive

  • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com
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    6 months ago

    What are you smoking? Space heaters gulp down electricity with the smallest ones running at hundreds of watts and standard ones around 1-2 kilowatts. The only ways a space heater is more efficient is if either you’re spending a shitton of energy heating rooms you aren’t in or if your homes heating system is in bad need of repair/replacement

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      6 months ago

      Well, my electric bill went up a negligible amount and I keep the space heater running pretty much all the time.

      Maybe you bought a shitty one or you’re getting a shitty deal for your electricity.

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        6 months ago

        All space heaters operate at the same efficiency since they convert electricity to heat via resistance. You may have a small one and low electricity rates in your area to see a negligible change. Or maybe other uses went down and masked the increase from the space heater usage.

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        6 months ago

        Bruh I don’t think you understand how electricity consumption works.

        A space heater will pull a given wattage, say 1000 watts for a pretty common one. Electric heaters are 100% efficient meaning 100% of the energy going in is converted to heat, so running that 1000 watt space heater for 1 hour will consume 1000 watt-hours (or 1 kilowatt hour) and heat the space by exactly 1000 watts or 1 kilowatt (kilo meaning thousand)

        Plugging this into a electric bill calculator, at a common $0.15/kWh running that 1000 watt space heater 24/7 will cost about $100 per month

        If your space heater is so insanely awesome, please do tell me, what’s your electric rate and the wattage of the heater?