Electric radiator for a mancave

[mattvanders]

Morning all, I’m after reconditions for an electric radiator for a mancave be run off of a plug socket. The building is fully insulated and the aid of it is to just keep a little bit of warm in it in the winter months for when I’m working in there (workshop, not computer working) and hopefully be turned up higher to try out some wet clothing if needed. Seen that you get some that work off WiFi as well to control the setting that would be an added bonus but not essential. Size of the cave is 4m by 5m. Not sure if it’s better to go for an oil filled unit over just electric as it should be on a very low setting most of the time to stop freezing temps.

[blueg33]

Infrared panel may suit?

We use these (well variations of these) in a house that has elec heating. Also have similar in the village hall.

https://www.klarstein.co.uk/Heaters/Infrared-Heate...

[Byker28i]

Yup, the panels are great. We had them in our cottage

There are suppliers who will print them with an image should you require
https://www.suryaheating.co.uk/

[blueg33]

Byker28i said:

Yup, the panels are great. We had them in our cottage

There are suppliers who will print them with an image should you require
https://www.suryaheating.co.uk/

Yes we have one that looks just like a picture. Obviously the wire is a give away.

[David_M]

blueg33 said:

Yes we have one that looks just like a picture. Obviously the wire is a give away.

Out of interest - does it work well there? Asking as I thought the generally agreed approach was to have heat low down and the air then rises?

[blueg33]

It works very well. It heats objects not air. Feels odd at first but it’s better than convection heater panels.

[David_M]

blueg33 said:

It works very well. It heats objects not air. Feels odd at first but it’s better than convection heater panels.

Thanks - food for thought as it gives a lot more options for placement!

[blueg33]

David_M said:

blueg33 said:

It works very well. It heats objects not air. Feels odd at first but it’s better than convection heater panels.

Thanks - food for thought as it gives a lot more options for placement!

They are effective when ceiling mounted

[595Heaven]

We’ve got an ADAX Neo wall heater in our garden room. WiFi connected and works with Alexa etc. and has manual buttons to override it if required.

Looks really good and works well

https://adax-solaire.co.uk/product/adax-neo-wifi-e...

[blueg33]

595Heaven said:

We’ve got an ADAX Neo wall heater in our garden room. WiFi connected and works with Alexa etc. and has manual buttons to override it if required.

Looks really good and works well

https://adax-solaire.co.uk/product/adax-neo-wifi-e...

We have one in one of the other rooms in the cottage. Prefer the infra red panels, but the convection type ceramic ones make the air feel hot although cost more to run., the infra red ones feel different and dont get dangerously hot.

[Beerfinch]

Following with interest as I've been thinking about an infra red panel for the garage/workshop.

In real life use what is the effective range, do you feel the cold as soon as you move off to one side or more than say a metre from the panel? I know it will depend on size/output etc. but just looking for a rough idea.

For example as I understand it, in the bedroom pic above wouldn't you need to be standing on the bed to feel the benefit? (obviously what people do in their own bedroom is entirely their own business )
Looks very nice with the picture printed on it by the way.

[geeks]

Yeah watching with interest as I will be moving my office this winter to a cabin and will be looking for something in there to keep me warm

[SHutchinson]

I'm interested in this thread also. We live in a reasonably modern house and all the rooms are fine but my daughters bedroom (North East corner of the house) can sometimes drop as much as 2 degrees cooler than the rest of upstairs during the night.

I've thought about an electric thermostatically controlled panel heater in there to top the room up in the depths of winter.

I've put the Hive thermostat in there but I think I'll need to add a Hive TRV on the rest of the rads upstairs as those rooms become too warm during the night while trying to get my daughters bedroom up to temp.

I know the proper answer is probably fixing the substandard insulation but I think a £100 panel heater working away is an easier solution.

Of course my wife thinks it'll burst into flames so anything with a kite mark (or whatever is used these days) would be best.

[dudleybloke]

Beerfinch said:

Following with interest as I've been thinking about an infra red panel for the garage/workshop.

In real life use what is the effective range, do you feel the cold as soon as you move off to one side or more than say a metre from the panel? I know it will depend on size/output etc. but just looking for a rough idea.

For example as I understand it, in the bedroom pic above wouldn't you need to be standing on the bed to feel the benefit? (obviously what people do in their own bedroom is entirely their own business )
Looks very nice with the picture printed on it by the way.

We have them by some machines at work and they are great when you're close but the heat drops off a lot once you move away from the sweet spot.

[blueg33]

Beerfinch said:

Following with interest as I've been thinking about an infra red panel for the garage/workshop.

In real life use what is the effective range, do you feel the cold as soon as you move off to one side or more than say a metre from the panel? I know it will depend on size/output etc. but just looking for a rough idea.

For example as I understand it, in the bedroom pic above wouldn't you need to be standing on the bed to feel the benefit? (obviously what people do in their own bedroom is entirely their own business )
Looks very nice with the picture printed on it by the way.

You feel the benefit in the whole room. I doubt it would work as well mounted low down. Ceiling mount is optimal.

[Beerfinch]

blueg33 said:

You feel the benefit in the whole room. I doubt it would work as well mounted low down. Ceiling mount is optimal.

Thanks, should be able to make a ceiling mount work.