At some point in the next several months I need to look at heating for an "anti-vandal site office" used as store and occasional workshop, 3m x 10m floor, around 2.5m internal height. It needs some protection against frost and damp when not in use, as well as some comfort heating when used in winter. However, it has to be simple & robust controls, tolerant of frequent power outages.
A quick look at some of the fancy electric radiators shows too much complexity and even warnings such as Creda's CEPE Contour Panel Heater:
WARNING: This heater must not be connected to the electricity supply via an external switching device (such as a timer) or a circuit that is regularly switched on and off by the utility supplier. Failure to follow this warning could result in the heater’s thermal cut-off being inadvertently reset and could create a fire hazard.
That, along with the need to manually reset it if it thinks a window has been left open, are simply intolerable!
I had wondered about just having two sets of heaters, one on permanently as anti-frost (such as a Dimplex "Coldwatcher") and some really simple panel heaters. However, it would seem better if a couple of basic heaters could be centrally controlled for both jobs, so:
A quick look at some of the fancy electric radiators shows too much complexity and even warnings such as Creda's CEPE Contour Panel Heater:
WARNING: This heater must not be connected to the electricity supply via an external switching device (such as a timer) or a circuit that is regularly switched on and off by the utility supplier. Failure to follow this warning could result in the heater’s thermal cut-off being inadvertently reset and could create a fire hazard.
That, along with the need to manually reset it if it thinks a window has been left open, are simply intolerable!
I had wondered about just having two sets of heaters, one on permanently as anti-frost (such as a Dimplex "Coldwatcher") and some really simple panel heaters. However, it would seem better if a couple of basic heaters could be centrally controlled for both jobs, so:
- Frost/damp (humidity or condensation sensor?) always on
- Say, a limited time of 5 hours per request being on for normal heating so it is not inadvertently left on.
