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Originally Posted by brk-lnt
Many of these "reduced cost heating" scenarios all presume the person is basically sitting still in a single room. The IR heating might be able to direct the heat in a more concentrated area, but then if you move to another area, it's going to be colder.
A more practical scenario might be to have a general heat source that heats the entire to room to something like 60 degrees, and then a secondary heat source, like an IR unit, an electric blanket, etc. that heats the person to 70 (or whatever).
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Unless you move the IR.
But since for other reasons that an occupied home would need to maintain at least some basis of heat (plumbing et al), we should presume the heater would be used to increase the sensation of heat within a small area.
As long as that area did not affect the thermostat, the remainder of the house should hold that basic temperature - presumably.