Ran the oven through its 3 hour self-cleaning cycle today. The heat it gave off kept the house warm and the furnace from kicking on for like 6 hours. My gas bill appreciates that.

  • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Oh yes, when you get to use “free” heat it’s great. It’s how I justify running computers that contribute compute power to science projects via BOINC at the house I moved into- the house uses exclusively electric resistance heat (shitty rental), so if I’m burning the same amount of kWh running a computer instead of a heater, it’s a net benefit.

    • anomnomEnglish
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      1 month ago

      We really need Windows installable heat pumps. Just ac units with reversible valves and better fan motors.

      Why isn’t that a thing yet?

      • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        1 month ago

        They do exist! Units like this have started to become more prevalent in the market, although they are still too expensive for most people to consider for energy savings alone. Heat pumps are magic.

        Alternatively, you could take your existing windows ac and flip it around… that won’t work very well though haha