Looking up online, it uses 1500 watts, and claims 5119 btus. so, just about 100 percent efficiency in making heat, but most electric heaters are that efficient.
On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jeff Fink <rev...@ptd.net> wrote: >> >> I have been seeing ads for a portable plug in electric fire place that >> uses as much electricity as a kitchen coffee maker but puts out 5000 watts >> of heat. Has anybody checked this out from an o.u. perspective? > > Coffee makers consume ~900 W. If this thing puts out 5,000 W at high > temperature it would be a cinch to make it into a perpetual motion machine. > > - Jed > >
