Distinctive features of the convector and infrared heater

In the stores the attention of buyers is offered a huge amount of the most diverse heating equipment. How to decide which is better: convector or infrared heater? It is very difficult to choose the type of heating device that is suitable for your home, apartment or room.

Principle of operation of convector radiators

Convection, in fact, is a kind of circular movement of air heated by any heating device.

The heated air moves up to the ceiling, then, cooling down, falls again to the floor, where again when heated from a heating convector device, it rises upwards.

Convector radiators are different. ways to heat the air and there are:

1. Water. Their difference from electric heaters is in the circulation of the coolant, in this case water. For heating with water heaters, it is necessary to assemble a pipe line, install a special boiler. They are more applicable for country houses, cottages, cottages.
2. Gas. This type of convector uses gas sources and a special system that removes combustion products. Not everyone is suitable, as its rigid fastener is provided, as a rule, under the window and the installation of a coaxial pipe for a chimney that goes through the wall to the street. But, nevertheless, in private country houses this type of convector is quite acceptable.
3. Electric. They are in turn oil and ten. In the case of such devices is located a heating element (oil or PETN). In the process of operation, cold air is sucked from below through a special grille, after which, heating up, it comes out through slots in the upper part of the convector, rising upwards.

Among radiators of convector type electric air heaters are most popular.

Advantages of electric heaters:

1. High efficiency.
2. Silent work.
3. A fairly high warm-up rate (especially for tenovyh).
4. Easy to install.

The heater spends 25% less energy and heats the room quickly. The oil heater can heat a larger area for a longer time.

In the role of the main heating device, especially in private buildings, suitable convector radiators of water or gas type. Electric type convectors are most good as an additional way of heating rooms. They can be used both in private homes and in city apartments.

Features of infrared heaters

Infrared installations, one might say, adopted a method of heating air from Mother Nature. It is the sun, or rather its rays, having the long-wavelength part of the light spectrum that is invisible to the eye, give us a feeling of warmth.

The sun heats its rays, not the air itself, but objects on the surface of the earth. It is this natural heating scheme that is taken as the main basis for the principle of heating infrared devices.

That is, in the room where the infrared heater is installed, first the objects are heated, and then the air - by heat transfer from the present objects (for more details on the action scheme, see the articleprinciple of operation of the heater with infrared radiation).

What are good

These heaters are simple and convenient in operation and have certain advantages:

1. They are mobile, they can be placed in any premises, transported from home to the country and back, easily to mount, if necessary, quickly remove, fold and pack.
2. Cold rooms warm up very quickly, and evenly enough in different parts of the room.
3. Do not make noise, do not vibrate.
4. They have fast heat dissipation, they can be easily embedded in systems like "smart home".
5. Easy to maintain, maintain, safe, economical.

IR devices, heating rooms, consume 40-45% less energy than an electric convector radiator.

Species

Infrared heaters have several varieties, these are:

1. Halogen.
2. Quartz.
3. Carbon fiber.

The structure of these devices includes special irradiating lamps, reflector, controls. Heating lamps serve as a source of radiation: just like the sun, they do not heat the air itself, but give their heat to objects or to the person to whom they are directed. In appearance their infrared lamp-type heaters are floor standing and ceiling. Their action appears instantly. When you turn on the device immediately felt warm.

For children's rooms it is very good to use ceiling infrared heaters for safety.

When the infrared heaters work, the air “does not walk” in the room, which means that the dust does not rise at all and does not settle on the heating installation, therefore, it is not subject to burning, and does not emit any odors.

Conclusion

Having considered the features of these heating devices, everyone can decide which heater is better for him - an IR unit or a convector. It is only necessary to remember that convectors are also different type. Water radiator is best used as the main type of heating, and the gas can work when connected to a gas system or liquefied gas cylinders. You can also say that convector radiators can very well be suitable for small rooms, villas, loggias, enclosed terraces or verandas. If fast heating of the room is required, especially of any local zone, then the IR installation is better suited.

And the most convenient heaters in terms of mobility and operation are infrared installations and electric convectors. Each of them is good in its own way, and the choice here depends on the specific conditions of their use. There is also a symbiosis of these two devices -convective infrared heaterbut it is not cheap.