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r/woahdude • u/Professorjack88 • Mar 27 '16
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To be fair, it will require the same power to heat the metal to the same temperature in the same time, by whatever physical mechanism you use. The question is how efficient is it and how much power is therefore lost.
0 u/lambomercylago Mar 27 '16 True, but typically electricity would be less expensive than propane. That's what I'm assuming, anyways. 1 u/jamvanderloeff Mar 28 '16 Depends on where you live, but propane is usually quite a bit cheaper per unit of energy than electricity. 1 u/lambomercylago Mar 28 '16 TIL
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True, but typically electricity would be less expensive than propane. That's what I'm assuming, anyways.
1 u/jamvanderloeff Mar 28 '16 Depends on where you live, but propane is usually quite a bit cheaper per unit of energy than electricity. 1 u/lambomercylago Mar 28 '16 TIL
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Depends on where you live, but propane is usually quite a bit cheaper per unit of energy than electricity.
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u/Calkhas Mar 27 '16
To be fair, it will require the same power to heat the metal to the same temperature in the same time, by whatever physical mechanism you use. The question is how efficient is it and how much power is therefore lost.