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A larger heating element is very slightly more efficient due to less heat escaping as the liquid is heated more quickly. Resistive electric heating is always 100% efficient no matter the size of the heating element.

Keep in mind that heat is constantly being transferred between things that are different temperatures, the faster something reaches the set point temperature, the less time there is to lose heat.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_equation



If we really cared about efficiency of these devices, they'd be insulated.




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