Heating Equipment

To protect your home, office, warehouse, or job site during cold seasons, you can choose specific heating equipment that suits your needs, your preference, and your budget. On Engineer Warehouse, you’ll find different types of heating equipment, such as radiant heaters, convection heaters, forced fan heaters, and construction heaters.

An important thing to understand when buying a heater is how the different types of heaters work. To guide you, here is an overview of the abovementioned heating equipment:

Radiant Heaters

A radiant heater is ideal for small rooms or places you occupy for only a short period. Its most significant advantage is that it provides heating immediately. However, you will have to be in front of the heater to feel it as it only heats surfaces that are directly facing the device. The closer an object is to a radiant heater, the warmer the felt temperature will be.


Convection Heaters

As its name suggests, a convection heater makes use of air convection currents. These currents move through the device and its heating element, thereby heating the air and spreading it throughout a room. For this reason, convection heaters are ideal for large spaces.


Forced Fan Heaters

Need to heat up a room instantly? Use a forced fan heater. This type of heater has both heating and air blowing functions. As its heating element generates heat, its fan immediately blows this heat away from the device and across the surrounding air. Most forced fan heaters are portable, making them highly ideal for shops, garages, and small workspaces. The only downside that most users experience is the noise that this type of heater produces.


Construction Heaters

Construction heaters are perfect for construction job sites and other places where you need heavy-duty equipment. Some models run on electricity, but some units work with propane or natural gas. The advantage of electric models is that they are more convenient to use. However, if a place does not have a stable electric supply, then it would be wiser to bring along a non-electric model instead. Construction heaters are usually considerably more durable than other heater units.


Aside from understanding how the different types of heaters work, you should also check for some features that can give you a better user experience while minimizing energy consumption. One of these features is heating capacity. Every device is designed for a specific size of space, and the general rule is that each square foot of space takes about 10 watts of power. This may not apply to every heater model, but it is something you can refer to in assessing a specific heater.

If you still aren’t sure how to pick out a heater, don’t hesitate to tap our customer service.

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