Electric heating/infrared heating, power consumption

Hello!

I’m new here, so I hope I’m posting in the right place :)

We are currently in the process of converting our basement (old house, until recently it was just lined with earth, no heating, no installations, etc.) – and it is now supposed to become a hobby room.
What we don’t need there is water, fortunately we already have light and electricity.
Now we are looking for a heater and since a renovation with a boiler etc. would cost a fortune, the easiest alternative was electric.

Now the question about that:
Normal electric heating is really expensive, but I have repeatedly read online that infrared, although also electric, is supposedly quite cheap. Has anyone already had such a heater in use?
What is the actual electricity consumption like?
Which dealers are recommendable? There is a lot of cheap stuff in hardware stores and then some with seemingly better quality…
Is infrared actually a concern?? I read conflicting things about it…

Thanks in advance!

Best regards,
Nargi

Hello,

...Regular electricity is really expensive, but I have now read several times on the internet, that infrared, on the other hand, is supposed to be quite inexpensive despite also being electric.

What is the physical explanation for this? :confused: Best regards

...Makes sense in theory, definitely...

Anyone who believes in such advertising nonsense is to blame themselves ;-) E-infrared is at best useful as a temporarily limited supplementary source, but not as the sole heat source, especially given the high space heating loads of an old building!

Regards

Depends! In a passive house, I would also consider it as the sole heat source, since the heat demand is too low for a system with high initial costs to be worthwhile. In an old building, definitely NOT! Here, the heat demand is too high, as are the maintenance costs. Just do the math! The lower room temperature with radiant heating is due to the operative room temperature! Humans perceive the average of surface temperature and room air temperature. How much you can lower and save with infrared heating compared to a regular radiator heating, you can calculate yourself. More than 1-2°C is not possible! So not really something to save!

Depends!

Correct, the specific framework conditions are decisive. The higher the actual demand, the higher the requirements for the efficiency of the system.

best regards

Exactly as €uro says! And conversely, the less heating demand I have (e.g. passive house), the less I have to focus on the efficiency of my system.