tobjectpascal
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It's confusing the hell out of me..
I know the difference, shortwave gives off more heater, better for you, and less costly to run, easy.
Medium wave, cheaper to produce, you can buy them a lot cheaper, they are only something like 30% efficient compared to shortwave which is over 70% and they are more costly to run.
Halogen Heater = Medium or Shortwave or both?
Quartz Heater, is that too Medium or Shortwave?
IS an infrared heater any device that gives off Medium or Shortwave?
and once that's sorted out...
How do i know if the heateri 'm buying off the shelf is Medium or Shortwave, other than buying two heaters at the same wattage value, eg 1 halogen heater at 1000watts and sit next to it for 5 minutes and then sit next to a quartz or halogen heater that's supposedly supposed to be shortwave?
For example the shop i go to say they have a Infrared heater, but why would i want to spend 5x more on a heater to give me the same amount of heat my cheap $20 halogen heater gives, is there any way of figuring out if the heater you're buying is shortwave? short of taking it home and returning it if it does not perform as well as your existing electric heater?
Thanks
I know the difference, shortwave gives off more heater, better for you, and less costly to run, easy.
Medium wave, cheaper to produce, you can buy them a lot cheaper, they are only something like 30% efficient compared to shortwave which is over 70% and they are more costly to run.
Halogen Heater = Medium or Shortwave or both?
Quartz Heater, is that too Medium or Shortwave?
IS an infrared heater any device that gives off Medium or Shortwave?
and once that's sorted out...
How do i know if the heateri 'm buying off the shelf is Medium or Shortwave, other than buying two heaters at the same wattage value, eg 1 halogen heater at 1000watts and sit next to it for 5 minutes and then sit next to a quartz or halogen heater that's supposedly supposed to be shortwave?
For example the shop i go to say they have a Infrared heater, but why would i want to spend 5x more on a heater to give me the same amount of heat my cheap $20 halogen heater gives, is there any way of figuring out if the heater you're buying is shortwave? short of taking it home and returning it if it does not perform as well as your existing electric heater?
Thanks