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Looking for heater with decent fan James Egan 11-13-2007
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Posted by James Egan on November 13, 2007, 10:59 pm
I have a sun room with a perforated ceiling, and live in the northeastern
U.S. I've tried several heaters, and none of them work well to keep me
warm during the winter months. The heat just dissipates through the
perforated ceiling before it reaches me. I currently have a Holmes 1500
watt quartz heater. This is the best I've tried so far. It has a fan, and
blows the hot air a couple of feet or so. It's not a very powerful fan.
Can anyone recommend a heater I could place near me, that has a decent fan?
I'm thinking if the hot air blows over me before dissipating through the
ceiling, It will do a better job of keeping me warm.


-Thanks


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Posted by JoeSpareBedroom on November 13, 2007, 11:18 pm
>I have a sun room with a perforated ceiling, and live in the northeastern
> U.S. I've tried several heaters, and none of them work well to keep me
> warm during the winter months. The heat just dissipates through the
> perforated ceiling before it reaches me. I currently have a Holmes 1500
> watt quartz heater. This is the best I've tried so far. It has a fan, and
> blows the hot air a couple of feet or so. It's not a very powerful fan.
> Can anyone recommend a heater I could place near me, that has a decent
> fan?
> I'm thinking if the hot air blows over me before dissipating through the
> ceiling, It will do a better job of keeping me warm.
>
>
> -Thanks
>

What's a perforated ceiling?



Posted by James Egan on November 14, 2007, 8:54 pm
On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:18:36 +0000, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

> perforated


It has many small holes in it to allow heat to escape. That's why a
radiant heater does not work well, even if it's only 2 feet away from me.
The heat escapes through the ceiling before it warms you. That's why I'm
looking for a heater with a fan, to blow the hot air directly on me,
before it escapes through the ceiling.



Posted by JoeSpareBedroom on November 14, 2007, 8:57 pm

> On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:18:36 +0000, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>
>> perforated
>
>
> It has many small holes in it to allow heat to escape. That's why a
> radiant heater does not work well, even if it's only 2 feet away from me.
> The heat escapes through the ceiling before it warms you. That's why I'm
> looking for a heater with a fan, to blow the hot air directly on me,
> before it escapes through the ceiling.
>
>

How is the perforated ceiling installed? Dropped ceiling, with panels? If
yes, why not change the panels in the winter?



Posted by Cshenk on November 15, 2007, 9:38 pm

"James Egan" wrote

> It has many small holes in it to allow heat to escape. That's why a
> radiant heater does not work well, even if it's only 2 feet away from me.
> The heat escapes through the ceiling before it warms you. That's why I'm
> looking for a heater with a fan, to blow the hot air directly on me,
> before it escapes through the ceiling.

Um, James, thats not how true Radient heaters work. Could you have used
something labeled as such that wasnt really a radient heater? They work as
a line of sight heating unit. They also rotate on the pedistal so you do not
overheat the items in it's line of sight (LOS) to cause a firehazard.

Come to think of it, I believe I have seen oil filled electric things with
'radient heat' labeled on them. That is *not* what folks have been talking
about and would be useless in your case as they just radiate 'up'. Those
work by radiating heat to the air around them and require the room be
'sealed' to 'trap the heat in'.

The real thing has a dish shaped cone that sends heat out in a conical
spread.



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