Are you looking into electric heaters for your home? Have you come across electric baseboard heaters, but are not quite sure what they are? Here is a little information about electric baseboard heaters.
Electric baseboard heaters are wide, short electric heating elements installed near floor level, near the baseboard, which it’s why it’s called an electric baseboard heater. Electric baseboard heaters are normally hardwired into the home’s existing electrical wiring. There are some units that can be plugged into a standard electrical outlet.
Electric Baseboard heaters produce heat through convection or the hydronic process. Most baseboard heaters produce heat through convection. These heaters have metal fins that turn cold air near the floor into warm air that rises. Hydronic baseboard heaters have an electric heating element that warms an internal liquid reservoir surrounded by metal fins.
Hydronic baseboard heaters are more energy efficient, but convection baseboard heaters are cheaper and available in a wider range of sizes and power ranges. Convection electric baseboard heater plug-in units are also more commonly available.
This is just a little more information to familiarize yourself with electric baseboard heaters and to help you to know how an electric baseboard heater works.
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