What Exactly are Infrared Heaters?
Infrared heat is a non conduction based heating source, meaning that it does not rely on flowing through and heating the air in order to heat a room. Instead, thanks to its shorter wave length; infrared heat penetrates solid objects and persons in a room to heat them directly. This works similarly to the sun’s rays: providing a faster and more efficient way to heat any room when compared to more traditional heating systems.
Infrared technology has a variety of uses in modern society, including area heating and heat therapy. There are three primary types of infrared, defined by wavelength: near-, mid-, and far-infrared. The CZ Infrared Heaters use far-infrared, or thermal infrared wavelengths to produce heat. Far-Infrared also happens to be the wavelength range which provides the most therapeutic effects for the body.
Far-infrared has a similar resonance with water so the water molecules in the body and in the air absorb the far-infrared waves directly and transform the radiant energy into thermal energy or heat.
Comparatively, conventional heating systems work by first heating the air in a building. Once the air is warmed first, the people and objects inhabiting the room also become warmer. This type of heat is less convenient than infrared heat for two reasons. First, conventional heating methods waste energy by heating all the air in a room. By having to heat ceilings and uninhabited space, the heater runs longer and uses more power in the process. Secondly, they do not provide comfortable warmth until the air is heated. This means that if you turn on a conventional heater, you have to wait for the entire room to become warm before you can even feel the heating effects.
Infrared heat on the other hand, is a radiant heat which heats you and the objects in the room directly at the speed of light and is not dependent on heating the air first in order for you to feel warmth. You feel the warmth almost instantly once the heater is turned on. This principle makes infrared heaters far more efficient than conventional heaters.
To further understand the difference between convection heat and infrared (radiant) heat, consider if you are standing in a room in front of a window and the sun comes out from behind a cloud and shines into the window. Even though the air temperature in the room has not changed, you immediately feel the warmth of the sun as its radiant heat penetrates your body faster than what the ambient air is able to heat you.
In the case of the CZ Infrared heater, the far-infrared wavelength is such that it has no harmful affects on the body. In fact, far-infrared has many therapeutic effects on the body. In this regard, not all infrared heaters are created equal. Some may give off infrared waves but may be of a wavelength that can be harmful to the body, much like the Sun where some of its radiation is harmful. Only a certain wavelength range is therapeutic and this is exactly the same wavelength that is generated by the CZ Infrared heater.
Additionally CZ Infrared heaters heat evenly from floor to ceiling. We all take for granted that it will be warmer near the ceiling than it will be at the floor where we need it the most. Infrared heat uses the water molecules in the air and heats them up. Since water stays warmer longer than air this helps the room to stay warmer longer and the heat is not lost as quickly due to poor insulation in widows and doors.
Also, CZ Infrared heaters help to maintain a healthier air quality in the home. This is due to the fact that the moister stays in your home instead of being dried up which causes you to have dry skin, lips and nasal passages. One last benefit of infrared heat is that it does not burn away the oxygen in your home making you feel fatigued, lethargic and more susceptible to illness.
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