Electric heater review

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I'm never comfortable installing electric heat in s residence.
A home owner sent me a link to this heater which mounts high.

Any thoughts ?

Trust it ??


Thank you


https://www.radiantsystemsinc.com/assets/docs/uploads/installation.pdf

With that front panel I don't see how this acts efficiently as a radiant heater. I'm also not a big fan of putting heat sources near a ceiling; the heat's going to get there fast enough as it is. Unless you have some way of pushing the warm air back down, what's the point. Not to mention that if you're north of the Mason-Dixon line, electricity isn't usually a cost effective way to heat a premises.
 
I'm never comfortable installing electric heat in s residence.
A home owner sent me a link to this heater which mounts high.

Any thoughts ?

Trust it ??


Thank you


https://www.radiantsystemsinc.com/assets/docs/uploads/installation.pdf


For a bathroom or small office they could be big enough. The biggest one looks to be 2000W.

Normally the cost of installation would make it not really a good choice. See what it would take to get a dedicated circuit to heater location.

By the way if it has a UL sticker on it I'll installed it. I don't necessarily recommend heating equipment any more than I would plumbing equipment.

Have you or the owner checked product reviews to see if anyone is happy with the product?
 
That brand is what I typically install when installing that type of heater. They are made at a plant that is about 100 miles from me.

They are a little pricey compared to say baseboard heaters, but don't have the limitations and hazards of blocking them with furniture and other objects, which is a big safety thing IMO.

Yes you do get a fair amount of heat build up near the ceiling - they are simply a heating element attached to the back side of an aluminum panel, that aluminum panel radiates heat into the space it is pointed at. There is still some convection heating that rises from the unit though.

Placement is important. Do not place them directly across from a window - radiant heat will be lost through the window, you want it to heat objects in the room which in turn keep the room warm. Ceiling fans or other air circulation will help stir up excess heat that accumulates near the ceiling.

They are not necessarily the greatest for space with exterior concrete walls (unfinished on interior side), unless mounted on that wall and pointed "inside". What happens if you point them at that exterior wall is the concrete wall soaks up radiant heat and transfers it to exterior, can have some issues with unfinished concrete floors on grade also. Not that they won't work, but may not be quite as efficient as you will be heating that floor and earth instead of your space. Furniture and other objects in the room will give different performance than an empty room with concrete walls/floors though as you heat those objects instead of the concrete.

Because they are radiant heaters, they do make the room feel warmer than the actual air temperature - objects in the room are warmer than they are with other heating systems, radiant heat hitting your skin while the unit is on makes you feel warmer. Some don't like it, others love it. If you are a person that claims to be cold all the time, you probably are one that loves it. If you are a person that claims to be hot quite often - you may not like it.
 
They are a Decent Product

They are a Decent Product

Cove Heaters, quite a lot better than Electric baseboard radiant. The Master Electrician I work with recommended them and I put several in my house to replace the horrible sheetrock cable radiant. They work well and I consider them safer than low mounts when installed correctly. The other interesting ones are the Ceramics which require more clearance.
 
That brand is what I typically install when installing that type of heater. They are made at a plant that is about 100 miles from me.

They are a little pricey compared to say baseboard heaters, but don't have the limitations and hazards of blocking them with furniture and other objects, which is a big safety thing IMO.

Yes you do get a fair amount of heat build up near the ceiling - they are simply a heating element attached to the back side of an aluminum panel, that aluminum panel radiates heat into the space it is pointed at. There is still some convection heating that rises from the unit though.

Placement is important. Do not place them directly across from a window - radiant heat will be lost through the window, you want it to heat objects in the room which in turn keep the room warm. Ceiling fans or other air circulation will help stir up excess heat that accumulates near the ceiling.

They are not necessarily the greatest for space with exterior concrete walls (unfinished on interior side), unless mounted on that wall and pointed "inside". What happens if you point them at that exterior wall is the concrete wall soaks up radiant heat and transfers it to exterior, can have some issues with unfinished concrete floors on grade also. Not that they won't work, but may not be quite as efficient as you will be heating that floor and earth instead of your space. Furniture and other objects in the room will give different performance than an empty room with concrete walls/floors though as you heat those objects instead of the concrete.

Because they are radiant heaters, they do make the room feel warmer than the actual air temperature - objects in the room are warmer than they are with other heating systems, radiant heat hitting your skin while the unit is on makes you feel warmer. Some don't like it, others love it. If you are a person that claims to be cold all the time, you probably are one that loves it. If you are a person that claims to be hot quite often - you may not like it.

Thanks for the tutorial. Always nice to learn something new.
 
I never really understood how the term 'radiant' somehow changed the physics of heat rising....
:?
~RJ~
 
A disadvantage of the radiant heater is that if parts of you are shielded, as in feet and legs under a desk, it doesn’t feel quite as warm.

By all means possible, do not touch the face of the heater with your hands, especially dirty ones. Your fingerprints are there forever.
 
I never really understood how the term 'radiant' somehow changed the physics of heat rising....
:?
~RJ~
How does the sun heat the earth?

Why do you feel the heat when standing near (not above) a large fire?

A heat source can give off both radiant and convection heat.

Convection is nothing more than warmer air having less density than the surrounding air - so it rises because of gravitational reasons. Put that same heated surface in a vacuum and there will be no convection heating only radiant heating.
 
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