Central heating. Now that is something you cannot live without if you live in a freeze fest of a country. Back in the day, the only form of central heating would be to collect timbre and set it afire. Have you ever wondered why Santa never got fried alive? Quite possibly for the well being of jolly old Santa Claus himself, a bunch of companies decided to experiment and design different types of central heaters. Now the common ones are water heaters, electric heaters and natural gas heaters.
Obviously, the focus of this article will be on natural gas wall heaters and why they’re so incredibly good. To do this I will of course have to demean it’s competitors.
The easiest one to throw out of the window is the electric heater. You see, while the mechanism of the heater is fancy (it has multiple heating elements to avoid overloading… a safety catch is installed in order to prevent overheating… blah blah blah), the sad truth is that it’s very inefficient. Ultimately, you end up consuming more electricity than you actually need. And all this does is burn a deeper hole in your pocket. Not exactly what you want in the current economy eh?
And then there’s the water heater. These are actually very commonly used. Water is heated in a pump. It’s then circulated around the house. And the heat is subsequently dissipated through the mounted radiotors.
Another nifty advantage of this particular heater is that the plumbing can be tapped into. Basically, you can actually have a plumber ensure that some of the water gets fed into your outlets. And because these heaters work so quickly, you can get your hot water really fast.
I’d have been a huge fan of these wall heaters if it wasn’t for one major issue. Reliability. There are just too many variables involved. And the mother of them all is pressure. The system is designed to respond to pressure changes. And there are various valves installed that serve different purposes. But it’s because of the complicated design of the heater itself that it requires regular maintenance.
The constant pressure changes have a tendency to take a toll on the heater.
Long story short: You end up forking up more than you should.
Now, the natural gas wall heaters… They are relatively more efficient than electric heaters. Fuel consumption is starkly lower. Furthermore, they pack a bigger and harder punch as well. For the same amount of fuel consumed, they by far outperform the electical ones in terms of heat dissipated.
On the issue of safety… Well there’s really no issue. Most of these heaters are designed in a manner such that they do not release potentially hazardous fumes at all. It’s simply the nature of the filtration vent.
One of the most prominent such heaters out there today is the Kozy World KWN321. It’s roughly 27 by 23 inches, and it can heat up to 1, 000 square feet on it’s own. Impressive huh? It’s ignition system is designed in a manner that results in pretty much instantaneous radiation of infrared heat. Furthermore, it’s also incorporated with a device that regulates the gas pressure within the system (this is of course, amongst a bunch of other built in safety mechanisms). Y’know, so that it doesn’t blow up. You also have full control over the thermal adjustments. And of course, installation is a breeze.
The other heater is the Mr. Heater VF 30K. The name does sound somewhat stupid, but it does the job. It’s a “blue flame burner”, so the odds of a sudden mass fire is really minute. Most of the other features are actually very similar to the Kozy World as well.
However, the one major difference that gives the Kozy World the upperhand is the fact that Mr Heater uses the phenomena of convection to dissipate heat. And as you’ve read, Kozy World radiates. Naturally, the latter is much faster.
It’s really not much of a secret. Natural gas wall heaters do a much better job than their counterparts. So if you’re looking for a good heater that’ll also save you some cash, you should seriously consider the Kozy World.