Infrared vs. Convection – Making the right choice when it comes to heating

Infrared Heaters and how they differe from convection heaters

Convection and radiant heaters are common options when choosing to heat open or closed spaces. They use similar components, but each has its own advantages and disadvantages.

Hurll Nu-way is your radiant heating specialist and can supply your business with the most cost-effective option for your business, without sacrificing quality or output. Ensuring your employees and customers never forgo their thermal comfort.

Convection Heaters- - What are they, and how do they work?

Convection heaters are indirect heaters designed to warm the air that circulates through a specific area. The air heats up and circulates, raising the overall temperature of the entire room.

The major difference between convection and infrared heaters is how the target area is heated. Convection heating is ideal for enclosed spaces, as it circulates air and can heat an entire room. But this reliance on circulation means it’s only effective in a closed area.

Therefore, the larger the area, the more difficult it is for a convection heater to achieve and maintain a temperature. However, in smaller spaces it can easily maintain its level of heat production and performs best when working over a large period of time.

Infrared heaters and how they differ from convection heaters

Radiant heaters offer more direct heating by using infrared rays to radiate heat into the air. Infrared heaters are more directional and provide more targeted heating, making them perfect for many different indoor and outdoor environments.

Radiant Heaters are also better when used intermittently. This is because the heat is direct and reaches a temperature quickly with minimal energy use. The heat loss is faster when turned off, allowing for quicker heat dissipation, making it ideal for use in areas that are not frequently in use or have more variable temperature needs.

Infrared heaters are also the preferred choice of those worried about allergens and contaminants, as they don’t circulate air and therefore don’t spread particles around enclosed areas, making them a much healthier form of heating for your business or workspace.

Tansun Radiant Heaters are designed with many benefits, including providing instant, comfortable, and gentle heat, ensuring safety and reliability as they contain no moving parts. Each heater has the ability to be fully thermostatically controllable, very lightweight, and silent, making it perfect for noise-sensitive environments.

Tansun’s products are made in Europe and designed using premium components. By investing heavily in R&D to bring superior quality products to the markets. Tansun also pioneered the concept of infrared electric heaters alongside Phillips technologies and has the largest range of commercial, industrial, and domestic infrared heaters in the world, providing maintenance-free, safe and healthy shortwave heaters for many different types of heating applications.

Further information on our extensive range of infrared heaters is available from Radiant Heaters on 1300 556 380, by emailing mail@hnw.com.au.