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Most people are comfortable in living areas at around 19c with infrared but it varies person to person. Take
time to experiment and get used to your system and the temperatures you are happy with. The lower you
set your thermostat, the less electricity you will use.
Only heat the rooms that you use. Spare rooms can be heated to much lower temperatures and boosted
when people will be occupying them.
Living areas such as living room and kitchen should be heated differently to bedrooms and bathrooms.
Living areas are suited to a more constant heating schedule. Bedrooms are usually better to be heated
quickly and let to cool down again during the day. Set your controllers to fit with your lifestyle and make the
most of the 7 day program function
–
you might have different heating requirements and times on weekdays
to weekends.
Getting the most from your Herschel heater
–
top tips
Don’t
over heat your room and take time to let the system work
Infrared is different to conventional heating. Because all of the energy from the heater is absorbed by the
room and the objects in it (we call it the
“thermal mass”),
it takes time for the thermal mass to warm up.
It’s
only once the room itself is warm that you will feel warm. The great thing is that this heat is retained longer
and only needs topping up to account for the heat loss escaping from the room. In the longer term you will
use less energy than convection heating. At the start of the heating season or when your room has cooled a
lot the heater may be running for longer periods and could take several days to warm up.
Don’t
make the
mistake of increasing the temperature on the controller more than you want it to be
–
it
won’t
heat the room
any quicker but will waste energy by overheating the room.
Go Carbon Zero
If
you’ve
not already done so, switch your energy supplier to a 100% renewable tariff.
It’s
probably the
easiest and quickest thing you can do to reduce your Co2 emissions.
Don’t
underspecify your heater requirements
Herschel is lower energy heating but
it’s
not magic and if you try to heat a room with an undersized heater
you’ll
just end up cold and wasting energy and money. Ensure you have the correct sized heater(s) for the
room and if in any doubt consult the website, your local dealer or contact us.
And lastly.. tell your friends
You’ll
soon be wondering what life was like in the bad old days before you got your Herschel heaters.
Don’t
keep it to yourself! Share your photos and spread the word on social media to help others to move off their
fossil fuel based and inefficient heating systems!
