The cold period of year and frequent interruptions of community services in heating season force many people to look for alternative sources of heating of housing. There were as a result five effective non-standard heaters which successfully cope with the purpose.
Convector, infrared beams and climate control
The fifth place by right belongs to convector heaters which heating coil is the metal pipe with hot air. In their body openings through which cold air gets to the heater, heats up and issued from upper part of heaters are made. Usually convector heater is installed on wall or on floor.
The convector has the characteristics similar to characteristics of oil heaters, but at the same time it also maintains the set temperature.
Infrared heaters who heat the room at the expense of the lamp radiating infrared beams were at the fourth place. They allow to heat both separate zones, and big rooms and also can be used on the street. Shortcoming is the high price of the device. Rating rank third the conditioners cooling and heating air with identical efficiency. They quickly warm up air, maintain the programmed temperature in the automatic mode and do not demand additional household appliances. However conditioners are not recommended to be used at very low subzero temperatures.
Fans and radiators for heating of housing
The fan heater having mobility, simplicity of design and the low price is in the second place. In its body there is ceramic or metal heating coil behind which fan baffles are established. They create streams of hot air, dispersing them on the room and warming it. The main advantage of fan heater is the combination in it two functions – cool and heating. From shortcomings of fan heaters it is possible to mention their noisiness, combustion of oxygen by them and also fire danger at non-compliance with standards of safety. Besides, fan baffles are dangerous to small children.
Thermal fans reckon with ceramic element which possess high heat emission as the most effective.
Oil heaters win first place and are the metal hermetic body in which there is rock oil. It heats up and heats itself the radiator body therefore warm air from it rises up and warms the room. This type of heaters is silent, fireproof, does not burn oxygen and costs quite not much. Oil heaters are quite mobile at the expense of wheels, and degree of their efficiency depends on quantity of sections in the heater body.