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This came up in the last hackernews post I've seen on the topic. It essentially boiled down to that air conditioner efficiency (and similar machines) is measure
by xboxnolifes 6y ago
This came up in the last hackernews post I've seen on the topic. It essentially boiled down to that air conditioner efficiency (and similar machines) is measured using a different formula than energy conversion efficiency.
- Gibbon1 6y agoIn one case your are calculating efficiency in terms of unit of work per unit of energy in. The other you are looking at the efficiency in term of unit of heat per unit of energy.