60 watts to illuminate just one room used to be the norm. Now it sounds insane. Maybe losing the perfect color rendering index was a worthwhile tradeoff after all.

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[–] 17 points 2 days ago (9 children)

In the winter, it might as well be free since I’m using the heat anyway.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (7 children)

    This is actually not entirely true if you have a heat pump.

    Heat pumps can be more efficient than electric / resistive heating since they just move latent heat around rather than having to create it from electricity. The heat itself is still not being wasted, but using an electric heater to heat a space will use more power than using a heat pump.

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  • [–] [S] 37 points 2 days ago (3 children)

    Did somebody mention heat pumps?

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