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spydum
on April 3, 2019
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Even there - the lions share of electricity is consumed COOLING those electronics, but it is a fair point.
D_Alex
on April 4, 2019
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That is not correct, cooling uses maybe 20% of the electricity used by the electronics themselves.
raducu
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But aren't all electronics just converting 99% of electricity to heat? Electronics don't just consume electricity by themselves -- they convert it to heat/light or noise.
D_Alex
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True, but an air conditioning system removes multiple kWhrs of heat for each kWhr of electricity.
See for example here:
http://www.currentforce.com.au/coefficient-of-performance/
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