Quartz Space Heater

Heat is the normal byproduct of inefficiency in energy conversion. An electric heater is essentially a device which converts electricity to light with very low efficiency. The waste is what you want here.

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Mark Lloyd
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I lack the proper emotional state to be capable of trolling.

I just stated some facts. If you believe any to be in error, you could always post alternatives.

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Mark Lloyd

I am not arguing with you, I am only pointing out that your statements are not "Based in Fact"...... and as such, once pointed out, you should acknowledge that, and GO AWAY, untill you learn a bit more about the subject at hand..... and not "Parret" BS you read on the Internet....

You If it is on the Internet, it MUST be True......... NOT....

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You

Normally you measure it in lumens.

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<kjpro

Lightning bugs / cubic metre.

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Jeffrey Lebowski

True... that&#39;s the reason behind the "".

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<kjpro

Infrared is electromagnetic radiation at frequencies just below the visible spectrum (next to red). That is NOT heat. The fact that EM is constantly being converted to and from heat in no way makes them the same thing.

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Mark Lloyd

I don&#39;t know much about PV panels, but I do know that 100% efficiency doesn&#39;t exist. I do remember hearing that PV devices were at most about 10% efficient. What is the waste product?

Which explains why I wouldn&#39;t say that it is.

Do you have any specific information on what happens to it, then?

Strange, and almost certainly false. Light (apparently "visible light" here) and Infrared are both EM radiation, and very similar. Infrared is just slightly lower in frequency (like ultraviolet is on the other side of the visible spectrum).

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Mark Lloyd

Funny we can photograph infrared heat from people&#39;s bodies and other warm objects even though it isn&#39;t heat.

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Solar Flare

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Solar Flare

So you know why the vanes turn then?

What happens when you put it in the freezer?

Joe Fischer

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Joe Fischer

IDIOT

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Eeyore

They&#39;re BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAak!

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DIMwit

There is (still) no such thing as "infrared heat". Infrared radiation is produced by warm objects. Heating these objects further produces more visible light (as seen in flames and heating elements, and in sparks too).

Photographic film, as well as CCD arrays in digital cameras, is sensitive to electromagnetic radiation in the infrared range.

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Mark Lloyd

There is no such thing as a Mark even though you keep beaking off.

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Solar Flare

Yeah, it turns due to the reflected photons (in theory since photons are on therom anyway). The spindle turns towards the black faces and away from the white ones in light.

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Solar Flare

Sorry, that is incorrect, while it is possible to make a radiometer that turns from reflected photons like a solar sail is supposed to accelerate due to radiation pressure of reflected photons, the Crook&#39;s radiometer works because the black side gets warm and the gas press in the thing is low enough the mean free path is long enough to allow the molecules to bounce off the black side with more energy than they had before bouncing.

Wrong, if you would have tried it in the freezer, it will turn towards the black faces and away from the white ones in the dark for a little while until the vanes cool off.

But in light, it turns toward the white faces due to the black side heating the gas molecules.

All you have to do is LOOK, and PAY ATTENTION, instead of just assuming, and that gives you first hand knowledge that will help more than reading books.

Joe Fischer

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Joe Fischer

Obviously you are just a troll (we already knew that) or just plain stupid enough to lie about it.

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Solar Flare

In theory yes, if the vacuum is total as in space.

However, the standard Crooks Radiometer has a partial vacuum. The vanes turn much faster than if there was a total vacuum and they advance away from the black side. The black side is hotter than the white or silvered side. See:

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Duane C. Johnson

Obviously you are too stupid and egotistical to take just a second and LOOK at it (and apologize).

Joe Fischer

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Joe Fischer

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