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From: myers@hpfcdj.HP.COM (Bob Myers)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: 116% Efficiency!!??
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Date: 18 Dec 90 19:37:27 GMT
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>Don't forget, you can have machines that you supply with, say, 1kW of
>electricity and which put >1kW of heat into your room. The _useful_
>efficiency is thus >100%.

OK, Tom, taking as implied that the 1kW of electricity is the only source
of power for the machine in question, exactly how is this done?

Bob "Inquiring minds would like to know!" M.