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Originally Posted by brk-lnt
All plug-in heaters will produce the same amount of heat for a given amount of power consumption.
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If this is true, then wouldn't it also be true regardless of the number and size of the heating elements? In other words, a 1500 watt heater with one small element puts out as much heat as a 1500 watt heater with 4 large elements? That's hard to understand intuitively.
I noticed that the "perceived" heat from my previous larger infrared heater with two elements about 24" high was greater than the perceived heat from my current small Lasko ceramic heater.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000TKDQ5C...x=lasko+heater
I also think that a fan would use part of the 1500 watts to push the heat outward rather than to create heat. There would then be less heat, but the heat would reach a person sitting within a few feet better than with no fan.