Electric heating is a process by which electrical vitality is transformed on to heat energy. Common purposes include house heating, cooking, water heating and industrial processes. An electric heater is an electrical gadget that converts an electric current into heat. The heating element inside each electric alpha heater portable is an electrical resistor, small space heater and works on the precept of Joule heating: an electric current passing via a resistor will convert that electrical vitality into heat vitality. Most fashionable electric heating devices use nichrome wire as the active aspect