(To the HVAC experts and physicists out there, pardon my dumb question.) Searching all the great posts on heat types, I can't determine whether "infra-red" is a 100% equivalent of radiant.
I tried a (ceramic) radiant propane cabinet heater in my garage (very large, well ventilated, very high ceilings) to use while I'm at the work bench, and it didn' cut it. It's too low to the ground and hard to direct the radiation. So I picked up a tank-mounted set of round disk type things, as you see for duck blinds and such. But they're listed as infra-red, as opposed to radiant. Also, there's no ceramic, just some sort of mesh. Is this somehow different from the radiant heat of the ceramic? Just by appearances and feel it seems more like a cross of radiant and convection and perhaps less efficient in a huge area, if in fact its trying to heat the air by convection, which will never happen in that square footage. Your thoughts would be appreciated.
Moderator, I was torn on where to post this one. Please move it if you think it belongs elsewhere.
Thx,
I tried a (ceramic) radiant propane cabinet heater in my garage (very large, well ventilated, very high ceilings) to use while I'm at the work bench, and it didn' cut it. It's too low to the ground and hard to direct the radiation. So I picked up a tank-mounted set of round disk type things, as you see for duck blinds and such. But they're listed as infra-red, as opposed to radiant. Also, there's no ceramic, just some sort of mesh. Is this somehow different from the radiant heat of the ceramic? Just by appearances and feel it seems more like a cross of radiant and convection and perhaps less efficient in a huge area, if in fact its trying to heat the air by convection, which will never happen in that square footage. Your thoughts would be appreciated.
Moderator, I was torn on where to post this one. Please move it if you think it belongs elsewhere.
Thx,
