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BitsAndBobs304 OP t1_jb9zei5 wrote

Reply to comment by FantasticFunKarma in Does thin stuff placed between pan and induction cooker affect efficiency in a significant manner? by BitsAndBobs304

Do you have an idea of how big the effect is then? Below 0,1% efficiency decrease for a thin cotton kitchen rag?

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BitsAndBobs304 OP t1_jba02ah wrote

Haha okay ;)

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FBogg t1_jba5l1e wrote

it wouldn't be a loss of efficiency; the energy transfer will always be 100% efficient. It will however reduce the power consumption, as someone else said with a relation ship of inverse square. the material thickness will affect energy transfer by a large amount

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BitsAndBobs304 OP t1_jba5seb wrote

>t will however reduce the power consumption

what?

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FBogg t1_jbapyjf wrote

further distance between magnetic elements = weaker magnetic force = lower transmission at constant line voltage.

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GhostBurger12 t1_jba0qvp wrote

Use pieces of wood of different thicknesses, a set volume of water, and a small pot.

Test & time how long it takes the water to reach a rolling boil.

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BitsAndBobs304 OP t1_jba1baq wrote

a difference of 1-3% could be significant in expenses over a year but would be hard to detect reliably in home experiments without going for countless tests

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GhostBurger12 t1_jba1xzl wrote

1-3% still isn't much, because that's only the net power used by the induction plate, vs your total daily power usage.

If you have a desktop computer & graphics card, that's probably eating more of your power.

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BitsAndBobs304 OP t1_jba62z8 wrote

computers lower their consumption when they're not being used to full computational requirements

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