Fortunately, the worst of the cold is out of the air. When I come to my office now,
it is already around 16 to 17° instead of that cold 11 to 12°.
I myself notice that I now rather
turn on the infrared panel instead of the air conditioning to heat. The advantage of no sound and the
pleasant warmth are actually the deciding factors for me. But am I doing it wisely in terms of consumption?
Now the weather is very stable and I'm going to test it out for two days in a row.
One day I start with the air conditioning and the next day the infrared panel.
Who consumes more power the infrared panel or the air conditioner?
Let's start with the air conditioner. The initial temperature of the room is about 16° C,
which we will heat to 20-21°.
When I use the air conditioner for 4 hours from 8 am, the consumption is 1,059 KW.
Well, neat I would say. But now the test with the infrared panel.
A 750 watt panel hangs above my workplace. You would say that it consumes 750 watts per hour.
That would mean 4 hours and 3 kWh of use. But it is of course connected to the thermostat.
The thermostat is on my work table. And it is set to 21°. When it is 21° around my desk
again, the panel simply switches off again. What has been the consumption in these four hours?
Well, this turns out not to have been 3 kWh but 0.468 kWh. That's a huge difference!
And in those 4 hours the panel was only really on for 41 minutes. Well that's pretty weird isn't it?
For me, this gives me a good feeling that I can just turn on the infrared panel
without feeling that I use much more power for this than, for example, with the air conditioning.
This has always held me back a bit because it is a 750 watt panel after all.
In the previous video I had also included the purchase price when comparing infrared and air conditioning.
and it seems when you compare this test and the purchase price that the penny falls in favor of infrared.
But of course you can't cool with infrared and in this example I use infrared as spot heating.
While an air conditioner heats the entire room.
Spot heating with infrared works very well when the temperature of the room where you are sitting
and the desired temperature are not too far apart. As is certainly the case in spring in autumn.
If the difference between room temperature and the desired temperature is greater than 4°,
it will feel much less pleasant. And a panel will also consume considerably more.
The conclusion for me is therefore that I can warm myself wonderfully in spring and autumn with my infrared panel,
without having to worry about power consumption.
By the way, next time I have a meeting with Jan.
And Jan has made his own special stove that you can sit around again.
Very special! so watch!
Do you want to know which infrared panels are suitable for spot heating?
Then take a look at our webshop. There you will find the panels that have been tested by us.
Until next time [Music]
1 апр 2023
