| An infrared heater heats us just like the sun. | | | | traditional heaters in how they heat a room. Most |
| They use invisible light rays called infrared rays. | | | | heaters heat the air in a room which then |
| Infrared rays heat by heating the objects | | | | circulates, sometimes by internal fan to keep the |
| themselves not the air around the objects. This is | | | | room comfortable. Infrared heaters send out rays |
| a more efficient way of heating a room. If you | | | | which penetrate your skin and heat you from the |
| want to save on your electric bill you can turn | | | | inside out. This is a more comfortable heat |
| your thermostat down and use a portable | | | | because the room does not get stuffy as the |
| infrared heater to heat you up. | | | | warm air is being moved around. |
| Infrared heaters work best when trying to heat | | | | Quartz infrared heaters use quartz tubes to emit |
| just one room of about 150 square feet. An ideal | | | | the rays. They can produce heat quickly and |
| situation is to turn your whole house thermostat | | | | precisely. Because you are not heating up the |
| down at night and heat your bedroom up to a | | | | whole room, infrared space heaters use less |
| comfortable level. If you have a timer on your | | | | energy to do the same job. They do not heat up |
| thermostat you can set it to warm up your | | | | just people, but objects also. So don't worry that |
| whole house just before you're getting out of | | | | your body will be warm but when you touch |
| bed. | | | | something it will be cold. |
| Infrared room heaters are different than | | | | |