Steorn's HephaHeat Low Frequency Induction Heating

[zenmaster]

Can you summarize? That's difficult to listen to with the background noise.

Steorn is using their "Orbo" solid-state technology to heat water more efficiently than is currently done with the conventional resistive heating elements. Orbo uses low-frequency electromagnetic induction. Sean claims an 80% reduction in power for same amount of water heated. And there is no power supply (transformer or switch) as it just uses the A/C voltage and frequency as-is. The tank apparently can also be much smaller. They say tech should reach market within 3 years (but will likely take longer).
http://www.steorn.com/heating/why-hephaheat/