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> have the misconception a (resistive) electric heater must be cheaper to use than the reverse cycle AC

You'd think costs would educate. Do people not talk about living expenses much?



Electrical bills come every three months. ALL electricity use is lumped together. So it's a bit hard to disect out what each usage-type is costing, unless you use one of those meters and study up average use over a period. Even then, some things like water heating and even aircons, are directly wired into the mains switchboard, so you would need an electrician to separate out those circuits for measuring. So it just doesn't happen.




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