On 28/11/2017 01:44, Iggy wrote:
replying to bin, Iggy wrote:

Rod Speed's got it.

and none of us want to catch it...

Actually, the problem with a Resistance Heater is that
it's much more wattage and has a, comparatively, miniscule hot spot with no
buffer or heat exchanger.

Not necessarily true. Storage heaters, immersion heaters etc all have
storage buffers.

Even at 1500-watts a Resistance Heater Is only
effective for close proximity and takes very long to heat up a space's
items
(heat soak), due to its lack of Volume Heat.

I get the impression you don't understand what a "resistance heater" is,
since none of that makes any sense.

For clarity, a resistance heater is basically *any* type of electric
heater (radiator, radiant element, fan heater, storage heater, inline
water heater, immersion heater etc).

The term really only differentiates from heat pump systems that use
electricity to move exiting heat from one place to another rather than
produce it in the first place.


If he does something like the video with glass instead of ceramic, he gets
both light and heat by creating a heat exchanger...where mostly just the
outside surface heat is blown off but not much of the heat source is
depleted,
creating a constant provision of steady heat. If he needs to adjust to
lower
and higher demands, he just removes or re-installs bulbs (or unscrews
partially, if he opts for that convenience).

Perhaps we can recommend a good physics book for you?

--
Cheers,

John.

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