XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Thu, 22 Dec 2022 23:56:33 -0500, micky wrote:   
      
   > Even the cord to the heater doesn't get warm so waste heat in the 14 or   
   > 12 gauge wires going from the breaker box to the room will not be more   
   > than 1% of the power used, certainly nowhere near 20%.  Why do heaters   
   > claim efficiency as low as 80%?   
      
   Yes, the cord does get warm.   
      
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