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Ceramic space heaters
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large rooms
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Heat output of ceramic space heaters.
A ceramic heater is effectively a modern version of the old fan heater. The difference being that the ceramic heating element can heat the air faster than those old coils you used to be able to see. What this means for you is that the air coming out of the heater is warmer so they heat rooms more quickly.
Features built into ceramic space heaters.
The cheapest ceramic space heater gets hot when you turn it on and cools when you turn it off, nothing fancy, but they work and they're cheap. The more advanced models go up a little in price but offer all the features you would expect from a modern space heater. They oscillate, they have digital thermostats and timers. They have heat sensor and tipover safety switches. It's easy to see why the ceramic units have become so popular.
Large rooms.
While they are excellent for small rooms, a ceramic space heater will always try to heat the entire room, it's in its nature, it's the design. This means that placing it in a large room generally doesn't get you the results you are looking for. Even if you just want it to heat one corner (say the corner with your desk in it), you can position the heater any way you want but it will still be trying to heat the entire room. The restrictions of a 1500W heater mean that a 1,000 sq ft open plan room, for example, is so large that it will be barely altered, you might see a 1 to 1.5 degree rise after leaving the unit running on full for an hour but that would be it.
Blackouts.
Ceramic space heaters need electricity, if you don't have a generator or a large power inverter during a power blackout, you have no heater.
If ceramic space heaters are not for you, click on the buttons on the left for the pros and cons of other units, or to go back to our home page for an overview of space heaters in general.
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