cm0002@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 5 days agoOne of these days I'm gonna pipe these bad boys into my homes duct work LMAOlemmy.worldimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageOne of these days I'm gonna pipe these bad boys into my homes duct work LMAOlemmy.worldcm0002@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoElectricity generated heat from your servers is incredibly inefficient compared to a heat pump.
minus-squareShadowRam@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoNo one is comparing efficiency of a PC as a heating device to a Heat Pump. So I’m not sure why you felt the need to post this.
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoBecause the usefulness of waste heat in the winter is no reason to intentionally run an inefficient server if a lower power option is available. Some might think ( as has been posted in this thread by others), “I’ll run superPI to heat my room.”
Electricity generated heat from your servers is incredibly inefficient compared to a heat pump.
No one is comparing efficiency of a PC as a heating device to a Heat Pump.
So I’m not sure why you felt the need to post this.
Because the usefulness of waste heat in the winter is no reason to intentionally run an inefficient server if a lower power option is available.
Some might think ( as has been posted in this thread by others), “I’ll run superPI to heat my room.”