The fan heater is the optimal device for rapid heating of the room. The principle of its operation is simple - the heating elements increase the temperature of the air, and the fan blades ensure its distribution throughout the room. The main advantage of such devices is a fast, almost instantaneous heating of the area. In order to achieve the same result from convectors or oil heaters , we have to wait about a quarter of an hour.
When choosing a fan heater, you should pay attention to a number of parameters, on the basis of which different types of devices are distinguished. So, on purpose, heat fans are:
- industrial;
- household.
By type of construction, the following are distinguished:
- portable;
- stationary, for example, wall or ceiling fan heaters.
Choosing a fan heater, you should focus on what type of room you plan to use with it to heat - wall models are more suitable for bedrooms and nurseries, for the rest of the rooms it is better to take portable and more mobile.
In this article, we offer you an overview of fan heaters for wall-mounted household, additional or alternative heating methods for living quarters.
The wall-mounted fan heater looks like an indoor unit of the air conditioner and works according to the principle of creating a heat curtain. They can be fixed in the place where the heat demand is especially high, namely at the level of the workplace or, for example, the bed. Such models have a number of significant advantages:
- Modern ergonomic design that fits well in almost any room;
- possibility to regulate the direction of the air flow;
- most modern models are equipped with timers, which allows you to spend electricity more intelligently;
- LED displays and control panels create additional comfort when operating fan heaters.
Types of wall fan heaters
When choosing a wall heat fan for a home, the main attention should be paid to the type of heating element:
- fan heaters spiral . As a heating element, as it is clear from the name, the nichrome wire, wound by a spiral on a rod, appears. The main advantage of such heaters in cheapness. The disadvantages are much larger: the heating temperature of the element is very high, so that the particles of house dust that are in the air, getting on it, are burned, which is accompanied by a corresponding odor. In addition, such fan heaters "burn oxygen", so they will not be able to constantly heat up;
- tenovy fan heaters . The heating element in such devices is designed in the form of a tube, inside of which is a graphite or wire heating element, and the free space is filled with a substance with good thermal conductivity. A large area of the heating element helps to reduce its operating temperature;
- wall-mounted ceramic fan heater - the most safe, efficient and expensive. The ceramic-ceramic heating element consists of a plurality of small honeycombs through which air passes. Due to the large area, the heating temperature is sufficiently low, which allows achieving the maximum
comfort at heating of a premise - without extraneous smells and other unpleasant phenomena. Of course, the cost of such heaters is much higher than that of the two types mentioned above, but experience has shown that they justify their high cost.
Some models are equipped with an optional air purification option. Wall fans with an air ionizer can prevent dust particles from entering the respiratory tract - they no longer fly in the air, but are attracted to the floor and walls by the action of negative ions.