Versus infrared heaters Most heaters work by heating the air directly.
The central air ovens, steam radiators and many portable heaters or blow hot air into the room or to warm the air around them and let the convection currents circulate air around.
Infrared heaters are different.
Instead of heating the air, they warm objects in the room directly.
The heating element Infrared Quartz Heaters are driven by an electric element - usually a tungsten wire - inside a tube made of clear quartz crystal.
A powerful electric current in the wire, heating it up.
The pitfalls of crystal quartz, the heat inside, change the element even hotter.
As the wire becomes hotter, it begins to emit a large amount of infrared light.
Infrared light Infrared light is light with too long a wavelength for people to see.
People and objects at room temperature, infrared light, infrared heating, but much more.
When the infrared light strikes an object, the object absorbs some of its energy.
Like visible light, infrared will pass right through the air, but the warmth of the people, chairs and most other things with which they come into contact.
The purpose of infrared heaters Because infrared heats objects directly from the heat, they are useful for drafts and poorly insulated areas.
Infrared heaters are often a mirror coating on the back that allows them to concentrate in a particular direction.
They can be used in environments where a normal heat would be useless.
For example, heaters infrared are sometimes used on outdoor patios to keep people warm in cold weather.