Infrared heating panel is no good

I realise this is an old post but want to include this in defence of infrared heating and to be fair to the selling company. Their website states that a 900w radiator is suitable for 36m3 (NOT 36m2). Given a standard ceiling height of 2.7m this equates to an area of approximately 13.3m2. The website is quite clear. In addition as infrared is radiant rather than convection it is recommended that they should be placed at picture height or on ceiling. All of this is explained in the website. Radiant heating does not heat air so there is no sense of walking into a room and feeling a blast of heat. Rather it provides a thermal comfort in that you are warmed directly but subtly. If you do not have sufficient wattage for your room it will not provide the thermal comfort necessary. It is essential to calculate and supply the correct wattage. You need an extra radiator and you also need a timer or thermostat to ensure these work efficiently and cheaply. Once the area is warmed and radiating it's own heat the radiators will then need to be on for a maximum of 8hours to give 24hour heat. Obviously you can regulate this to suit your own requirements saving even more. With finishes including mirror, glass, pictures or plain that can be painted there is no reason why a radiator at picture level should look terrible.
On a last point, £670 is far too much to pay for the rad (£699 today 2016). You can purchase radiators of equal quality for less than half the price you paid.

This is true if both heaters had the same power consumption but if that was the case then you have oversized your infrared heater by a mile. For example, I would never use a 2.5kw infrared heater to heat the same size room as a 2.5kw electric convector heater for fear of frying. :eek: I could heat a 500 + sq.ft room with that size infrared heater.

If infrared heaters are providing "some savings", then something is seriously wrong. If we're talking about electric convector heaters, there sThere should be a drop of anywhere from 40% to 70% in power consumption with infrared heating.

thenudeone wrote: »

An infrared heater has exactly the same efficiency as the cheapest electric convector heater, i.e. 100% of the electricty you pay for is turned into heat.
Most of the heat is given out as radiant heat rather than conductive heat, which could give some savings because you shoudl feel the benefit of the warmth on your skin without the heater having to heat up all the air inbetween you and the heater (like a "normal" heater). There have been many threads discussing the merist (or otherwise) of infra-red heating.

My guess is that the company will have been clever enough not to make any enforceable promises in writing, so you may have to put this down to experience.