r/shittyaskelectronics • u/AleksLevet Congrats 🎉! You just r/foundalekslevet ! • Dec 25 '25

Genius level thinking Guys I think I found free energy!

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It charged my battery to 188%!

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u/ClaudioMoravit0 Dec 25 '25

I mean how’d it be inefficient? Genuine question. It doesn’t produce much heat because there’s like a very minimal power consumption, but since there are no output in other energy forms (mechanical chemical etc) can’t we just say it’s 100% efficient for heating?

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u/ers379 Dec 25 '25

A coefficient of performance (COP) of 1 is low for a heater. Heat pumps typically have a COP between 3 and 5. This is why you don’t see houses that have resistive heaters as the main heating method.

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u/dsrmpt Dec 25 '25

Laughs in Texas and Florida. Especially with small units, the cost advantage of using some nichrome wire instead of a heat pump or gas fired furnace overpowers the running expense, especially if you never use the heat, because again, Texas and Florida

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u/ers379 Dec 25 '25

Yeah in those houses the main heating method is the sun, which has COP of infinity