You've done a grand job of explaining 👍 I have a 300 watt small panel that I put on the wall next to my bed it made a BIG difference during this last cold spell☃ I may just move it too the ceiling , good luck.
Infra red heating panels are radiant heaters. Which means they heat up objects via heat radiation and not heating the air and convection the heat by circulation of air. So these panels are great for heating objects such as a person sat in direct line of sight of the heater. The thermostat on the wall is measuring air temperature. Which is the air heated by convection from the object that has been heated by the panel. The future of the energy savings with these heaters will be with human presence detectors that boost a room location only when occupied.
You've done a grand job of explaining 👍 I have a 300 watt small panel that I put on the wall next to my bed it made a BIG difference during this last cold spell☃ I may just move it too the ceiling , good luck.
How much energy? About 4 x times a heat pump
The panel looks a get spot for spiders and creepy crawlies :-)
Infra red heating panels are radiant heaters. Which means they heat up objects via heat radiation and not heating the air and convection the heat by circulation of air. So these panels are great for heating objects such as a person sat in direct line of sight of the heater. The thermostat on the wall is measuring air temperature. Which is the air heated by convection from the object that has been heated by the panel. The future of the energy savings with these heaters will be with human presence detectors that boost a room location only when occupied.
Does.
I live in England and my electric is 3x what yours is!!!
18kWh a day to heat a small room £5 to heat that small room a day, yikes.