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From: Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@gXXmail.com>
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: Re: Suspension losses
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 13:16:01 -0500
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On 1/15/2025 1:05 PM, Zen Cycle wrote:
> On 1/13/2025 11:03 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
>> 
>> It's certainly true that 100% of the electricity consumed by an 
>> electric blanket becomes heat.
> 
> No, that isn't true either. 

Please explain. What electrical energy goes elsewhere?

> I write "either" because even _if_ it were 
> true that electric heaters are 100% efficient (which isn't true), saying 
> 100% of the electricity consumed by the device become heat is very 
> different than saying it's 100% efficient.

What's your definition of "efficiency?" As I said earlier, I think a 
common one used for engineering matters is Desired Output divided by 
Required Input, or something similar.

Do you have a different one?


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- Frank Krygowski