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'''Beefy heaters''' | '''Beefy heaters''' | ||
Electric water kettle - easily | Electric water kettle - easily 2000W | ||
: note that 2000W used 10 minutes per day is roughly the same as a 10W light thing that's on all day | |||
Under-sink water boiler | Under-sink water boiler | ||
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: but in the end little difference from the water boiler - it's just about concentrating ''when'' you're heating. The only real difference is that you don't have to isolate it against heat loss | : but in the end little difference from the water boiler - it's just about concentrating ''when'' you're heating. The only real difference is that you don't have to isolate it against heat loss | ||
(the 2kW is not a device limitation as such -- it's an assumed safety limit, because a single house socket cannot be assumed to supply more unless it's ''made'' for it and probably has a special plug) | |||
Revision as of 14:43, 28 November 2023
Computers
tl;dr:
- Assume 40W or more for laptops, idling at 10W with things dialed down
- 150W or more for desktops, idling at 100W (can be much less, if specialized)
- counting basic monitors (larger and brighter may add mode)
Both are fairly approximate