Thursday, January 7, 2010

Eden Pure Quartz electric heater vs Oil filled Electric radiators?

Can any one tell me what type would be the most efficient and why..Eden Pure Quartz electric heater vs Oil filled Electric radiators?
Electric resistance heat is 100% efficient, so the only difference is the units with fans will draw more power. 1 watt will give you 3.412 btu's of heat. The watts used by the fan is in addition to this. The infared heaters work better for heating surfaces instead of air and are used in warehouses and loading docks, where the rays will heat up the people under them and no attempt is made to heat the air as it is too expensive.. The same principal will work at home if you are in line of sight of the glowing elements you will feel the warmth of the rays. The same principal is why you feel hot in front of a fireplace or campfire. The heated air is rising and the heat you feel is from the IF rays. Oil filled heaters are the safest as they have no surfaces that get hot enough to start a fire, and no fan to waste energy.Eden Pure Quartz electric heater vs Oil filled Electric radiators?
Neither one is more efficient at creating heat from electricity than the other. Electric heat is electric heat, basically, and no technology can squeeze more than 1500 watts worth of heat out of 1500 watts of electricity. You could buy the cheapest 1500 watt heater at Walmart and get just as much heat as you'll get out of any of these other 1500 watt heaters.





The only differences are style. OK, Infrared heaters might make you FEEL warmer, if you're close enough to it (I question this effect from the EdenPure, though). But they don't warm the air up in the room any better. You're only going to save money with any of these if you're happy heating only a small area and staying close to there, and turn the heat down in the rest of your house. Electric heat like this is still one of the most expensive kinds to operate. Yes, they can be cheap to buy. Yes, you'll typically spend .15 - .25 in electricity an hour to run each one.
I just want to tell you that we have 3 Eden Pure heaters. Two in our house in town and one for our house in the mountains to use as a back up heater. They are very inexpensive to operate and they DO make you feel WARM! Paul Harvey endorses Eden Pure and states that you can try them for 60 days free of charge. Personally, we love them.

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