Electric heaters that can be installed high

Stan in Oly, WA · Dec 3, 2019

I'm remodeling a small house that had electric baseboard heaters. In the past I've replaced baseboard heaters with wall mounted fan forced electric heaters which I feel distribute the heat better and take up a lot less wall space. It would be even better if I could use electric heaters which were designed to be installed high on a wall so that there would be no interference with the placement of beds and other furniture. Is anyone aware of such heaters? I won't be interested in going to a completely different type of heating.

Stan

showcrop · Dec 3, 2019

There are many many many to choose from. Google is your friend.

Geo-TH,In · Dec 3, 2019

Stan,
I'm a big fan in over insulating your house, good windows, insulated doors and electric baseboard heat. My total electric 2000 ft brick house 1000 ft basement, two car garage, well, workshop, many dusk to dawn lights. Last year $141/mo fixed electric bill. This year it will be a few dollars more. 2 car Garage heat 55, 3 bedrooms 60, main section of house 70 degrees. No heat in basement, it stays at 60. Coldest winter 55. Baseboard heaters should be installed under windows to prevent condensation.
Baseboard heaters will last forever, no filters, no fan motors, no maintance. Can't say that about the wall heaters you are asking about.
geo

Bob · Dec 3, 2019

GOOGLE "electric cove heater".

Jeremy in DE · Dec 3, 2019

(quoted from post at 04:05:37 12/03/19) It would be even better if I could use electric heaters which were designed to be installed high on a wall so that there would be no interference with the placement of beds and other furniture. [b:555aede701]Is anyone aware of such heaters?[/b:555aede701]

Stan

I second Bob who said to Google "electric cove heater". Comfort Cove is a brand I have used and installed. I purchased them online through QC Supply.

Not saying they are ideal for every situation, but I really like them because they are up on the wall near the ceiling so they don't get in the way of anything. And I like the radiant heat aspect. And they are utterly silent.

Let me note they give no light. When I mention "electric radiant" many people assume they glow or something. They don't.

They work very well for me.

(Super kid safe, as they are very high on the wall. They also don't get hot, just a bit warm.)

Only downside is the inches/watt ratio means they can get pretty long if you need a lot of wattage. On the other hand many rooms have lots of space up there on the wall near the ceiling so the length isn't much of a problem.

Russ from MN · Dec 3, 2019

I agree with baseboard being inexpensive and maintenance free, you have to be a little careful about electrical cord getting too close, I have found out. Geo, do you ever blow the dust out of them? I don't thing vacuuming would get it all out.

Dusty MI · Dec 3, 2019

Not quite the same but might work.
I've installed in 2 different motor homes whats called a toe "kick heater" under the kitchen sink.
They are a miniature 120 volt electric furnace.
Perhaps you could build in a piece of furniture, and put one under it.

Dusty

fergy 1 · Dec 3, 2019

worked for (marley engineered products) 22 years they produce a complete line of electric cove heaters. If you stay in a red roof inn you will see their coves installed.

Geo-TH,In · Dec 3, 2019

The dust that collects on them is during the summer. The first time you turn then on, self cleaning, poof, gone.
I wait until I'm going to be out of the house for a while before I turn them on the first time.
Some may argue baseboard heat is the most inefficient way to that.
If you have forced air electric, that more inefficient.
Add up all the expenses of forced air heat, cost, air filters, repairs, life expectancy of furnace or Heat pump. You may rethink baseboard heat. And ask yourself, when do most furnaces need repaired? Hollidays, weekends, coldest day of the winter. Or when you are on vacation and come home to a house with frozen pipes and water damage.

showcrop · Dec 3, 2019

(quoted from post at 15:43:57 12/03/19) The dust that collects on them is during the summer. The first time you turn then on, self cleaning, poof, gone.
I wait until I'm going to be out of the house for a while before I turn them on the first time.
Some may argue baseboard heat is the most inefficient way to that.
If you have forced air electric, that more inefficient.
Add up all the expenses of forced air heat, cost, air filters, repairs, life expectancy of furnace or Heat pump. You may rethink baseboard heat. And ask yourself, when do most furnaces need repaired? Hollidays, weekends, coldest day of the winter. Or when you are on vacation and come home to a house with frozen pipes and water damage.

Geo, I doubt very much that if you lived in NH that you would have electric heat.

DoubleO7 · Dec 3, 2019

Dead short heating is quite efficient.
It is just not as economical.

C.Amick · Dec 3, 2019

Look at Grainger's web site. I'm not saying buy from them, but you can see what is generally available.

jimg.allentown · Dec 3, 2019

Seems to me that you are trying to defy the laws of physics.

Fact: heated air RISES.

Like it or not, heated air tends to rise. So, if you mount heaters high, the area below them would not be well heated. The only alternative that I could think of would be a radiant heater that may be mounted high but would focus the heating on objects below. Like floors, rugs, furniture, and the like.

Bob · Dec 3, 2019

(quoted from post at 21:46:23 12/03/19) Seems to me that you are trying to defy the laws of physics.

Fact: heated air RISES.

Like it or not, heated air tends to rise. So, if you mount heaters high, the area below them would not be well heated. The only alternative that I could think of would be a radiant heater that may be mounted high but would focus the heating on objects below. Like floors, rugs, furniture, and the like.

"a radiant heater that may be mounted high but would focus the heating on objects below. Like floors, rugs, furniture, and the like"

Jim, SO sad that you won't put your "comfort zone" by the wayside for a minute and look at "electric cove heaters".

They do EXACTLY what you wrote.

jimg.allentown · Dec 4, 2019

And this has what to do with my "comfort zone?" You have lost me there.

DR. EVIL · Dec 4, 2019

We lived in a house that had partial electric baseboard heat. Rest of the house was LP gas forced air heat. Place had $200 a month electric bill. And about $40/month LP usage. There were some homes with $400/month elec bills on the budget plan, average monthly usage, and with no heat ducts you couldn't switch to gas forced air heat and central AC. Each room had it's own window ac unit mounted in the wall. We never did buy a house, rented for 2 years then MOVED.

showcrop · Dec 4, 2019

(quoted from post at 06:19:52 12/04/19) And this has what to do with my "comfort zone?" You have lost me there.

Jim, since you are teaching physics here, here are a couple more lessons you can add. Heat transfers by various means. Probably the best known is convection, which is why hot air rises. However we can't forget radiation, which is of course what Bob was referring to with the cove heaters, and what I assumed the OP was asking about. After all they have come up here many times usually as a means of heating a shop without heating so much air. Third of course is conduction which causes heat to travel just as well down or up, as is apparent when sweating a plumbing fitting into some copper pipe.

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