Infrared Heating Explained

Infrared are electromagnetic waves given off as light by a heat source. The largest such source for the earth is the sun and these light waves come in a wide spectrum.

Our heating panels use the far infrared rays at the end of the spectrum that are also known as thermal rays. These rays are only 10 millionths of a metre wide and so are invisible to the human eye and are the same rays emitted by the sun that make us feel warm. They are not to be confused with UV rays which can tan or burn the skin. In fact far infrared thermal heat is the heat which our bodies find most beneficial and which we naturally emit all the time. The picture below shows a thermal image of a human body emitting this far infra red heat.

All solid objects such as our bodies and walls, floors and furniture absorb this direct heat and then slowly release it back into the air after it has warmed us. This type of heat greatly benefits our body's circulation and well being and is why people with arthritis for example feel better having a winter sun holiday to "get some sun into their bones" and some people even move to a warmer climate as it makes them healthier.

This natural process of absorption and release is ideal for heating our homes. The beneficial infra red rays can only be absorbed by solid objects and so they pass through the air without heating it to provide direct heat to both people and the walls and floors of our homes. This makes it incredibly efficient as we are heated directly and not secondly such as central heating or convection heat which first heats the air which in turn warms us.

As the walls, floors, ceilings and furniture absorb this heat they then slowly release it back into the room long after the heating source ie our panels have been switched off. An example are BBQ charcoal briquettes which continue to give off heat long after the initial ignition fire has died away.

In a home the heating panels firstly warm up the structures to a desired temperature and then only need to occasionally come on again to maintain a nice constant warmth. This efficiency leads to substantial energy and cost savings.

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