Friday, October 28, 2011

How to Choose the Best Wall Heaters

Heaters are familiar tools or devices that are useful during winter season. If you are looking for a heater may be you are looking for the wall heater. Wall heaters are available in various forms like, electric wall heaters, gas electric wall heaters and infrared wall heaters.

Electric wall heaters:- These are very popular and are very expensive option for producing heat at home. These draw in and subject cold air through a series of heating mechanisms, so that when released, the air is noticeably of higher temperatures. While being very effective, the maximum power used by this heater is 2,400 watts which limits heating to moderately sized structures.

Infrared wall heaters:- Infrared heaters are newer technologies and generate heat through the infrared radiation. These types of heaters directly heat the objects. Infrared heaters are cheaper in energy convention as well. It is capable of heating a regular sized room using only 800 watts of electricity, while other electricity heaters takes 2000 watts for the same. Infrared heaters typically come in stand-alone compact models although there are some models that can be installed within the walls of a structure.

Gas wall heaters:- These heaters rely either on propane or natural gas for energy source. Gas heaters comes with ventilation and without ventilation systems. Ventilation systems are called flued gas system, which efficiently force the pollutant air particles and water vapor produced from the burned up gas through the chimneys or vents. On the other hand, those without ventilation systems are called unflued gas heaters. Since, these systems force dangerous gas by-products out of the heated structure in to the air, then can invariably cause serious health problems to the users. Make sure to make provisions for effective ventilation when you decide to utilize this type of heating system for your home.

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