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This is a great point! Infrared heat emitters produce less visible light, therefore more heat than a light bulb of comparable wattage.


Umm...

Assuming you are not producing any EM radiation at frequencies that go through the skin of your house (radio, X-ray, visible light through the window, etc), any resistive heater will produce the same amount of heat.

Because guess what happens when EM radiation is adsorbed? It turns into heat. Any EM radiation.




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