Useful Information on Heaters
Gas wall heaters can be either vented or ventless. Vented heaters use the oxygen from the outside to carry on the combustion process; this oxygen is carried into the heater by a vent in the bottom of the heater. A vent at the top of the heater then carries out the harmful carbon monoxide created during the heating process to the outside via an exhaust pipe, to be dissipated harmlessly in the open air.
Unlike vented wall heaters, the ventless heater draw oxygen for combustion from the air in the room. Heated exhaust is then vented directly back into the room, by either convection or radiant heating. This process actually make the ventless wall heaters extremely fuel efficient as all the heat created are confined within the room.
Modern ventless wall heaters have the built-in safety feature of an oxygen depletion sensor that automatically shuts down the heater if it detects unsafe levels of oxygen in a room. However, a ventless gas wall heater is most appropriate for use in well-ventilated rooms. Gas wall heaters are able to give off a very even heat with no drafts and they can continue to work even if the power is out.
For safety reasons, all installation of gas wall heaters must be handled by professionals. Improper installation can result in dangerous gas leaks.
Being easy to install and being used wherever electrical power is available makes electric wall heaters popular.
An electric wall heater is able to save money and energy as it can be used to heat a single room at a time. These heaters occupy little space and are inexpensive cum easy to install than most heaters.
The main disabvantage of using this heater is the expense of running it. Electricity is more expensive than natural gas. If you’re thinking about using wall heaters in more than one room, you’d probably be better off simply turning up your central heating thermostat a couple of degrees. But if that’s not an option, a gas wall heater would certainly be a more economical choice.
If you need to heat bigger areas, baseboard heaters traditionally have 500 watts to 1500 watts of power can cover anywhere between 50 to 150 square feet. They often have a circuit breaker to prevent overheating. Maintenance is minimum as there are no moving parts inside the electric baseboard heater. Upkeep of the unit requires minor cleaning consisting of removing the dust and lint from the grill of the heater and keeping things away from the intake at the bottom of the unit.