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Incandescent light bulbs should really be understood as space heaters that happen to emit light.
by ashtonkem 6y ago
Incandescent light bulbs should really be understood as space heaters that happen to emit light.
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- Qub3d 6y agoAt the end of the day, all work* is just the production of heat with interesting side effects. Entropy is a cruel mistress. *in the physics sense
- tarsinge 6y agoMaybe add some mass for inertia with a cast iron case so that it’ll continue to heat even after being turned off.
- alleskleber 6y agoI remember there was an attempt to get around the EU ban of incandescent bulbs by selling them as space heaters that conveniently happened fit into lamp sockets. https://web.archive.org/web/20180326040930/http://heatball.de/en https://web.archive.org/web/20180326040930/http://heatball.d...