| Portable convection heaters offer an effective | | | | convection heaters such as oil-filled space heaters |
| source of instant heat or are an excellent way to | | | | rely in the natural movement of air within a room. |
| heat up a small to medium sized room over an | | | | Small ceramic fan heat blowers are an example |
| extended period. One of the keys to using | | | | of a forced air convection heater. |
| portable heaters effectively is to not expect to | | | | For short- term heat like warming up a bathroom |
| heat your entire house, but rather just heat the | | | | for showering and dressing in the morning a |
| room or space within a room effectively. With a | | | | ceramic box fan heater is the best choice. The |
| basic understanding of the types of portable | | | | heating coils heat up instantly and with the fan |
| furnaces on the market it is easier to make | | | | you will have an immediate source of warm air. In |
| decision on the type of heater to purchase based | | | | my opinion, forced air convection heaters are less |
| on the intended application. | | | | than ideal for heating up a room throughout the |
| Almost all portable electric space heaters fall | | | | day. The fans tend to be noisy and they have a |
| within two primary categories. They either are | | | | tendency to dry out the air in the room. For clean |
| convection or radiant heaters. Convection heat | | | | quiet heat over several hours or all day a passive |
| transfer occurs when room air placed in contact | | | | heater, for example an oil filled heater, is your |
| with a heated surface. Forced convection heaters | | | | best bet. |
| use a fan to move the air while passive | | | | |