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Originally Posted by WyrTwister
I once lived in an efficiency apartment that had a window unit . Refrigeration cool / resistance heat . With incandescent lamps , in cold weather , I turned on every light in the place . This gave a well distributed heat . I only turned on the resistance heat when it got really cold .
Since I was heating with electricity , it made little difference between the two methods . And with the incandescent lighting , I got plenty of light , also .
God bless
Wyr
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For your situation, it seems that leaving lights on is nearly equivalent in efficiency compared with the resistance heater. If you prefer the extra light, then that is an excellent way to heat.
During summer months though, I would swap out the incandescents with CFL for the lights that tend to stay on long periods of time.