How to choose a quartz infrared heater

Today, you can find a huge number of heaters that can please any buyer. Most often we are dealing with classic instruments - fan heaters, oil coolers, convectors. However, innovative infrared quartz heaters can make them a full-fledged competition due to their safety and efficiency.

What is a device

The design of infrared quartz devices includes:

1. Quartz flask with a heating coil inside made of sand.
2. Reflector.
3. Thermostat, rarely electronic control module (not all models are equipped with a similar device).

The main part of the unit is quartz bulbfilled with vacuum. Inside it is a spiral of tungsten - a wear-resistant metal that can withstand high temperatures. Therefore, tungsten is used for the production of household appliances, in electric lamps, heaters, and in combination with other metals in the manufacture of engines for aircraft.

The coil under the action of current is heated and begins to emit warm infrared rays. In order for the heaters to work with maximum efficiency, they are equipped with a reflector for a more uniform distribution of heat. It is made of high quality metal, usually polished stainless steel. Reflectors have good heat resistance and are equipped with reflectivity. They are also needed to protect the case from overheating.

A reflector, or reflector, is installed behind the quartz bulb to increase the efficiency of the heating equipment. This is possible due to the fact that infrared rays are reflected from the lens and rush into the free space of the room.For complete safety, the heating element is covered with a grill or mesh, depending on the model.

Some types of quartz heaters are equipped with a thermostat. Such an element in the device allows to reduce the power consumption up to 30%.

Benefits

Of the significant advantages of devices can be noted:

1. Safety: heating elements are closed with a grid or grate; The equipment is equipped with an automatic shutdown function in case of its overturning.
2. Economical, built-in timer allows you to adjust the temperature.
3. Durability.
4. An alternative to other heat sources in the autumn-spring period, when it is cold enough and the central heating does not work.
5. Good quality materials.
6. High efficiency.
7. The heater does not burn oxygen due to the fact that the heating coil is in a quartz tube.
8. Universality, the device can heat the area not only of residential premises, but also of garages, cabins, warehouses, etc.
9. Compactness, the unit can easily fit even under the table.

Using an infrared quartz heater, you can heat a small room in a short period of time.

The device allows you to warm a certain area in the room, for example, a recreation area or a desktop. Of course, this will warm up the entire area of ​​the room in which the device operates, but not so intensely.

Due to the main feature of the unit - infrared rays, due to which it is not air that heats up, but objects within their reach, heat is distributed evenly (more about the scheme of action - principle of operation of the heater with infrared radiation). Therefore, when the equipment is working, there is absolutely no difference between how the room is heated from the bottom of the floor and from above, closer to the ceiling.

Negative points when using

Despite the significant advantages of IR heaters, it is impossible not to note their disadvantages:

1. A feature of infrared radiation is that its rays shine in a straight line. Therefore, only those things and objects that are within their reach are heated. Because of this, there is a contrast between the zones, where the heat is, and where it is not. For example, if you sit at a table and the heater is placed at chest level, it will not warm your legs.
2. It is required to follow the equipment very carefully if there are small children in the house, or to refuse at all in favor of other models. Some parts of the unit are heated to very high temperatures, and burns in case of carelessness cannot be avoided.
3. The device is more suitable for small spaces.
4. Fragility. In case of damage to the vacuum quartz bulb, in which the heating element is located, the probability of repairing it is very small, therefore, if such a situation arises, it will be easier to buy a new heater.
5. Unaesthetic appearance scares some buyers, although for heating to give it is quite a good option.

Species

Such devices, as mentioned earlier, are the simplest type of heating equipment with a luminous glass tube, inside which is a heating coil. Many models are equipped with two, three such elements for more efficient operation.

Quartz infrared heater is of several types:

• wall;
• horizontal;
• vertical;
• floor.

Prices for this type of heaters are fairly democratic, a simple model with a capacity of 900 W can be bought for 800 rubles.

How to choose

Before you start searching for the model you need in the shops of the city, decide which target you pursue what you want to get from the device. If you need to warm the room in the off-season, when it is cold outside, and there is no central heating, then the quartz infrared heater is fine. If you want the heater to work offline, then you should look at other models.

IR power starts from 800 W. It is enough to warm the room where there is not enough heat. There are models with higher power - 2-3 kW.

Choosing a heater, it is worth considering that 10 sq.m. floor space will require 1 kW of power. This is a standard formula that should not be neglected.

Monolithic models of quartz heaters

In addition to infrared quartz heaters, manufacturers also offer monolithic models. This type of heater is a rectangular plate made of molten quartz with additives, inside which is mounted a nickel-nickel spiral.The power of such models is standard - 0.5 kW, it is quite enough to heat a room of 8 m².

The advantages of such equipment are:

• durability;
• high efficiency;
• equipment does not burn air due to the fact that the spirals are hidden inside the structure;
• the appliance continues to work even after the electricity has been cut off in the house.

Conclusion

Infrared quartz heater, as experience shows, is really able to last longer than other heating devices. Thanks to him, you can decently save on electricity consumption. However, when buying it is worth considering that with such a device it is more efficient to heat small rooms or limited zones.

Quartz infrared heater is an excellent solution for heating a small-sized country house on the days when the owners visit it.