Experiences with infrared heaters

I feel the same way . Have you received any details about the system? Heating energy demand or similar?

What new insights do you expect? An electric direct heater simply needs about 4-5 times as much electricity as a heat pump. Whether the house is well insulated so that the consumption is manageable or acceptable must then be calculated and decided on a case-by-case basis.

Experience values, e.g. regarding previously estimated heating costs and actual heating costs. Or e.g. whether they can cover the heating electricity completely from their own power generation.

It is generally always interesting to read how the thread starter thinks about it a few years later when reading a discussion :)

Or e.g. whether they can cover the heating electricity completely from their own electricity generation.

Unlikely, if we are talking about a photovoltaic system the size of a single-family house. You would need a much larger barn and the corresponding storage. Such a thing becomes interesting rather when you mostly heat with wood anyway and only use the infrared as a supplement when you are not there and want to prevent the house from cooling down. Without rereading everything, I think that was also the case with pagoni.

I feel the same way . Did you receive any details about the system? Heating energy demand or similar?

Hi Unfortunately, I have not heard anything from pagoni yet. I received a calculation from Welltherm and also from Vestaxx (they have IR heating in the window, for example installed at Talishaus). Both come to about 6 kW installed heating capacity. However, I can subtract 1.1 kW from that because that is the heating in the bedroom. And in the last 5 years, we never had the heating on in the bedroom (and currently, it is not even an EH-40...). So 5 kW heating capacity. But only if they run at full power, which they will not. So I assume I will consume 3000 kWh heating electricity. Additionally, there will be photovoltaics on the roof. Regards

You cannot simply subtract a room when calculating the heating load. After all, it is within the thermal envelope and when the heating is turned off, it is then heated by the other rooms.