"Eeyore" wrote in message
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"kjpro "@ usenet.com wrote:

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Eeyore wrote:
Vaughn Simon wrote:

At the end of the day, does all of the energy that the refrigerator
uses really show up as waste heat in the room?

Yes.

No.

If it's heating season, that heat is not wasted.

I think he is saying the same thing...

He's saying that the 500 watts shows up in the room.
The prevous guy thinks "or is asking" if somehow some of those 500 watts
of
energy is going to disappear.

It depends on your definition of waste.

Whether you can make good use of the waste heat is another matter.

True, but we were talking creating heat. So in this case we're using it for
heat. :-)