On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 09:45:27 +0100, "Nick Wagg"
wrote:

"john Smith" wrote in message
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Hello,

this may or may not be the correct place to post this message, sorry if it
is not.

Has anyone had experience of heating up an outdoor area with a 1.3kw
infrra
red heater.

If by this you mean one of those things like a cross between a gas fire and
a standard lamp, my experience is that you end up with a hot head and
shoulders and cold feet and legs. A most unpleasant combination.

Absolutely!
I use IR heaters in my workshop, and in a ceiling mounted position
they work fine - but then I'm sitting down.
Move much more than a couple of yards away and they're practically
ineffectual. Stand too close to the heater and it can give you a dose
of 'sun burn'.

I sometimes see industrial IR heaters used on gigs during the summer (
to compensate for the unpredictability of the English summer, no doubt
) and these are huge vertically mounted things, about as tall as
person, and containing several elements. Probably about 5kw in total?
These seem to be efficient at a range of several yards.

Regards.


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Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations
www.shwoodwind.co.uk
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