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Originally Posted by shakran
Actually, they're grossly INefficient. They use around 1500 watts to heat the room. That's the equivalent of leaving 25 lights on. However, because natural gas is expected to be outrageously priced this winter, you'll probably wind up saving money wasting more energy with the electric heater rather than running with your nice, efficient, natural gas furnace.
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No, they are very efficient. A light bulb is designed to create light but creates a shit pile of heat therby making it inefficient. A heater turn all the energy provided to it into heat and nothing but heat. 1500w is fuck all in heating terms. If you calculate the cost per BTU from gas from a high efficiency furnace and the cost per btu produced by electricity you will be surprised. Even with a high efficiency furnace a percentage of your heat goes up the chimney. There is no heat loos with electric heat. None. Zero.