| Individuals who are currently utilising oil or natural gas | | | | plates which have a resistance wire attached to |
| as their first choice for heating purposes, may now | | | | certain areas which, when electric current is passed |
| deem the time right to think about a change and | | | | through them, heat up the ceramic plates. |
| start saving a bit more money on their bills. With the | | | | Comparing the energy efficiency between quartz and |
| economy the way it is, and the ever-increasing costs | | | | ceramic heaters, we find that quartz heaters utilise |
| of energy, there are other appliances you could use | | | | one hundred percent of the electricity it uses which it |
| for home heating that could possibly save you some | | | | converts to heat. Despite this though, quartz heaters |
| money on your monthly bills. I am, of course, talking | | | | lose much of their efficiency over ten or maybe |
| about space heaters. | | | | fifteen feet and because of this are probably best |
| There are two main choices (although there are | | | | suited to situations where you only require heat in |
| others, although not as popular) when it comes to | | | | one particular area. Ceramic heaters, on the other |
| buying a space heater - the quartz heater and the | | | | hand, utilise around eighty-five percent of the electric |
| ceramic heater. When it comes to energy efficiency, | | | | energy, but can heat up a whole room with no |
| each has its advantages as well as disadvantages. | | | | bother at all. |
| When looking at quartz heaters, we find that their | | | | When it comes to the safety aspect between the |
| efficiency stems from the fact that they utilise a | | | | two heaters, you will find that you have to be more |
| resistance coil that has been wound and which runs | | | | careful when using a quartz one. The reason for this |
| through a group of parallel tubes. Also, because each | | | | is that because the heat emitted from a quartz |
| and every part is enclosed in a case of aluminium | | | | heater is more concerted and directional, it could |
| steel which is highly reflective, heat is prevented | | | | become concentrated on one small area of an |
| from escaping toward the rear of the appliance. | | | | object, causing it to overheat and possibly lead to |
| When it comes to ceramic heaters, the general | | | | fire. This scenario plays out only if you place the |
| consensus is that these appliances are both robust | | | | quartz heater too close to a solid object. Ceramic |
| and efficient when it comes to operation. They | | | | heaters operate at lower temperatures and on the |
| comprise, among other things, of ceramic heating | | | | whole are more safety efficient because of this fact. |