Does this unit only send heat forward only, How far away from the wall should these be???
594791
sends heat out from the front and also radiates from the top . can place the back close to.wall keep.away from curtains or drapes . do not place furniture close to front . rember to crack a window slightly when burning.for long periods
594792
the heat comes forward the top get hot to touch the flame is inside a glass tube they are made to sit along a wall I don't keep mine against a wall.
594793
This is a radiant heater. It heats stuff, not air. Best place for it is 2 to 3 feet away from you. There is a fire in it so some warm air does rise out the top. Not much, you can put your hand on it. Kitchen cold? Under the table. Watching TV cold? Put it right in front of you. Your 2 legged little critters will be in your lap. 4 legged critters will be under your feet. It warms the carpet nicely. One guy bought a used "little red wagon" and hauls his around with it. If you work at a big desk or table, shove it against the wall under it. It will keep you toastie.
594794
yes, I would keep it about a couple of inches away from wall. I keep it about a foot away myself.
594795
It goes mostly forward, there are reflectors that aim it that way. The safety instructions say three feet, but I couldn't detect any heat buildup in furniture or walls at half that distance. I'm talking about behind or to the side of it, of course.
585721
I believe that is normal because the back of mine is completely exposed also. You have to keep the back of it about 2 or 3 inches away from the wall, according to the instructions. It doesn't make the wall hot, or cause any problems, so it's just made that way.
1354194
Hopefully, you have air slots or vents in the hotter components. If you have air vented slots on the sides and bottom, mount the fan below, if you have vented slots on the top, mount the fan unit above to draw the heat away. If you have room in the rack to space the components from each other, that is best. It is a little noisy, but works well. If you can, put the fan closest to your most critical component that is effected by heat
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Lori,does the wall aim towards the large garage door or is it somewhere where there has a dead wall? The heat would be read as a signature that is not normally present in the space. If so then this should work... if at the big garage door then this might have issues until the heat signature moves fairly close to the unit itself....
1144861
Well, I live on the other end of the diagonal - in the Pacific Northwest. I have used these fans very successfully to move heat through walls to rooms adjacent a large slow combustion fireplace that comes equipped to circulate the air in the main room only. They work extremely well. The rooms next door are really snug and the air circulates back via connecting doors. One thing I did was to change the electric power cabling so it runs inside the wall cavities to standard wall switches with timers and all that fancy stuff. But the basic answer is - yes they are good news. - Colin
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The unit blows out approx. 1 foot, however it did heat entire home. We did have a incident with the unit just this week. We have had the unit for two winters, and just this week the blower went out, forcing the electricity to go out and flip a breaker. When this happen sparks we're spitting out, so potentially a dangerous situation.
218959
No but it does get slightly warm on the back so I used the wall spacers at the bottom to keep it from actually touching the wall. They are included with the heater.
1133793
Hmm. Aren't you supposed to put a fanless convection heater in front of the coldest area. A sliding door should be ideal. That's how the heat spreads around because of the differential in temps. That's the point of getting a fanless convection, I thought.
1540894
Not sure about your heating system, but mine has two wires only. I connected them to R and W with no issues.
1428037
Just tested it, and it works pretty far away. I placed the heater in the back of the kitchen and went all the way to the end of the living room, and it works. I'd say that was about 35+ ft..
1981048
It does get hot, but it is vented forward, not backwards. Best to wall mount to ceiling mount it away from you.
1485715
yes, there are holes to install against a wall. No it does not get too hot to burn the wall.
532020
the heat from the eco-heater comes through the circulated air, and if the wall-socket is too close, you may cause a fire. And I agree with Peter Millis' answer: if you use the wall socket, the cord will go right in front of the HOT heater...BTW: you can do what you want, but you will bear the consequences.
1106917
This unit does produce any heat. On the contrary I sometimes use it as a fam
1210472
There are fans in the back that pulls air in over the heat coils blowing air out the front. If you put against the wall it can't breathe and the fans will over heat.
896349
NO. this is one of the reason why purchased this product, its actually about 2' from the grill no heat distribution,
965394
I tested mine by putting it in my concrete block garage and then hooked the receiver up in my bedroom , in the house going through the detached block garage and through the wood frame house was a distance of about 80 feet. I'm buying a few more ... I need another to use at the back of my boat trailer , I get tired of backing into my tree! They get a little hot but Work Great !