Infrared heating

allanandjean replied on 18/07/2020 07:05

Posted on 18/07/2020 07:05

Hi, Being unable to go abroad as usual this year, like many, one thing that we missed was being able to sit out on warm evenings something that, even in our good spells of weather, is not so enticing in the UK.

It would be great to have a bit of heating to enable us to do so in comfort and have narrowed it down to the infrared type seen in many commercial premises to encourage the use of outside space-many of the hits we had made reference to Covid and the advantages of being outside-and after thinking it would likely be a wall mounted heater have come across some freestanding ones at Screwfix.

One advantage would be being able to use in the awning should we wish to and I wondered if anyone else has infrared heaters either at home or for use when camping and what the experience hs been?

Many thanks.   

Phishing replied on 18/07/2020 22:02

Posted on 18/07/2020 22:02

Not used on in this application but seems like a very good solution. Had a look at the screwfix ones and @ £12 not going to be a disaster if you dont like it. The first two reviews on the screwfix are for siimilar application and they bot highly recommend.

JohnM20 replied on 19/07/2020 08:17

Posted on 19/07/2020 08:17

I believe there are several sites that specifically don't allow heaters in awnings because of the extra electricity that they consume. It takes a lot more power to warm an awning than it does to warm the inside of an insulated caravan / motorhome. This ultimately puts the nightly fees up for all of us. Put an extra jumper on instead laughing.

JVB66 replied on 19/07/2020 08:31

Posted on 19/07/2020 08:31

  How about getting a gas heater to heat the sky instead of putting additional load and cost on the site EHU supply which ends up with all of us paying in higher pitch feessurprised

replied on 19/07/2020 08:59

Posted on 19/07/2020 08:17 by JohnM20

I believe there are several sites that specifically don't allow heaters in awnings because of the extra electricity that they consume. It takes a lot more power to warm an awning than it does to warm the inside of an insulated caravan / motorhome. This ultimately puts the nightly fees up for all of us. Put an extra jumper on instead laughing.

Posted on 19/07/2020 08:59

It takes a lot more power to warm an awning than it does to warm the inside of an insulated caravan / motorhome

The aim is to warm the person, not the air, using radiant heat. I suspect that some of the long bar ones over a narrow are are all right for the sink area in a bathroom but will not cover a large area. 

We had a larger free standing one - probably a bit large for touring. Originally bought half price from a local shop closing down and used mainly in the garage when I was working at a bench in there on lowest 650 watt setting. Also used on our patio when we had summer parities. We have a large patio area and an area of 30' x 10' is covered and stops the late evening chill descending on those under it. One of our friends had bad arthritis and it meant that she could sit out in comfort with the rest of us. 

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Cornersteady replied on 19/07/2020 09:05

Posted on 19/07/2020 09:05

We have one for use in our awning and it has three settings going up in 400W. It is very good and certainly more efficient and quieter than the previous fan heater which was 2KW.

Ours swivels rounds through an arc too which is very useful as these infra red heaters do not warm the air or the space in the awning but warms you so no wasted heat.

It is a fallacy about increasing fees btw, you pay for your EHU and you can do what you want with it (within reason - don't heat an empty awning) so just enjoy your trips to the full like being in a hotel or B&B.

Club sites allow you to use a heater in your awning providing you keep to the 16A limit. Like I said we enjoy sitting out in the awning and being warm. Your local caravan/ MH dealer will have some in stock and they probably will let you try one out.

JVB66 replied on 19/07/2020 09:11

Posted on 19/07/2020 09:05 by Cornersteady

We have one for use in our awning and it has three settings going up in 400W. It is very good and certainly more efficient and quieter than the previous fan heater which was 2KW.

Ours swivels rounds through an arc too which is very useful as these infra red heaters do not warm the air or the space in the awning but warms you so no wasted heat.

It is a fallacy about increasing fees btw, you pay for your EHU and you can do what you want with it (within reason - don't heat an empty awning) so just enjoy your trips to the full like being in a hotel or B&B.

Club sites allow you to use a heater in your awning providing you keep to the 16A limit. Like I said we enjoy sitting out in the awning and being warm. Your local caravan/ MH dealer will have some in stock and they probably will let you try one out.

Posted on 19/07/2020 09:11

Heat rises i think  ,that what we learnt at school or has that changedwink

replied on 19/07/2020 09:17

Posted on 19/07/2020 09:17

We have one for use in our awning and it has three settings going up in 400W. It is very good and certainly more efficient and quieter than the previous fan heater which was 2KW.

I hate to see heaters used in an awning over extended periods when nobody is in the awning. If you are using the awning then infrared certainly reduces consumption.

replied on 19/07/2020 09:19

Posted on 19/07/2020 09:11 by JVB66

Heat rises i think  ,that what we learnt at school or has that changedwink

Posted on 19/07/2020 09:19

Did you also learn about radiated heat? 

JVB66 replied on 19/07/2020 09:27

Posted on 19/07/2020 09:19 by

Did you also learn about radiated heat? 

Posted on 19/07/2020 09:27

We did ,and radiant heat is best when sitting close to the souce (as when huddled round the the coal fire at home ,when houses were not insulated ,as with an awning most of the heat went up  

Tinwheeler replied on 19/07/2020 09:32

Posted on 19/07/2020 09:11 by JVB66

Heat rises i think  ,that what we learnt at school or has that changedwink

Posted on 19/07/2020 09:32

As you are fond of saying, if you had read the post...😯😉

"...these infra red heaters do not warm the air or the space in the awning but warms you so no wasted heat."

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