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If a machine is never 100% efficient transforming energy into work because part of the energy is converted into heat, does it mean an electric heater is 100% efficient? @showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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[-] Hugin@lemmy.world 100 points 4 months ago

Not quite. Some is lost in magnetic flux and mechanical deformation. But that is a VERY small about.

[-] IIII@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago

Do those not end up as heat later down the line as well?

[-] Ross_audio@lemmy.world 27 points 4 months ago

Yes, but magnetic flux causes radio waves and there isn't a guarantee these will turn into heat in the space you are heating.

[-] m0darn@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

That's an interesting point about radio emissions leaving the heated space.

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