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| Thread ID: 99309 | 2009-04-27 06:17:00 | WHICH TYPE OF HEATER?? | MrWhiskers (11134) | PC World Chat |
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| 768855 | 2009-04-28 07:03:00 | I thought radiant and oil filled were two different things? I think I might go look at oil filled.Radiant Heat involves heating an object, which then radiates the heat throughout the room. An electric heater heats the metal grill and then blows the heat out into the room. Oil heaters heat the oil which then disperses into the room |
Myth (110) | ||
| 768856 | 2009-04-28 08:03:00 | Radiant heaters "shine" their heat out like a light bulb. Fan heaters make a small column of air quite hot and "squirt" it where it is pointed. Oil fin heaters have quite a large amount of surface area that is not much hotter than the room air, so it slightly warms a large amount of air. Both the fan and oilfin heaters warm the top of the room pretty well. The small, high temperature airmass from the fan loses it's effect through the ceiling rather more quickly (Temperature differential) but it can be handy for squirting the heat under a bed for instance. The oil-fin type are probably the safest due to the low surface temperature (Except early Skope heaters, one of which exploded and burned down the fire service test center. :D :D I believe that was a fail.:ban ) |
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