Electrical heating in the home

Many electrical appliances such as a TV and light bulbs (the filament type more so than the low energy bulbs) get warm when they are switched on. This heating effect usually means that some useful energy is ‘wasted’ as heat energy. The following list shows you a variety of electrical appliances that are designed to get hot due to electrical heating:

Immersion heater
Electric kettle
Electrical convector heater
Electric iron
Electrical under floor heating
High energy light bulbs used in a bathroom
Electric shower
Electric water heater
Electric hair tongs
Toaster
Electric sandwich maker
Electric cooker
‘Cold feed’ washing machine