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Article #9095Re: 116% Efficiency!!??
From: Michael A. Covington
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 1990 00:05
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 1990 00:05
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In article <1770028@otter.hpl.hp.com> tgg@otter.hpl.hp.com (Tom Gardner) writes: >|OK, Tom, taking as implied that the 1kW of electricity is the only source >|of power for the machine in question, exactly how is this done? > >Hint: you almost certainly have one of these machine in your house, it's just >that you don't use it in the "correct mode" to get >100% efficiency. > >Oh yes, the variant in question is available commercially. Heat pump? (Converting electricity to heat and also pumping heat in from the outside?)
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