DESIGNER RADIATOR

Stylish Electric Radiators

Electric radiators have been around for a long time and, although the older models can be ugly or dated in appearance, there are many new electric designer radiators that are modern and stylish.

In fact, a great many of the designer radiators that utilise a full boiler powered central heating system now have an almost identically styled model that plugs into a mains socket.

Electric Radiator Designs

Modern designer electric radiators are now available in a vast range of styles and sizes.

These styles include column radiators of both a flat panel and tubular design, along with styles that are based on more traditional Victorian designs and contemporary looks.

Some of the more outlandish and futuristic radiators are only available as electrically powered heating units and use Hi-Tec flat panel heating technologies to radiate and convect their heat.

The difference between boiler and electric powered radiators

The reason that it is possible to produce an almost identical mains electric powered radiator to one that is heated from a boiler driven central heating system is simple.

Both types of radiator are usually filled with a conducting fluid which, in the case of a central heating system, is water. This water is heated and pumped through the radiators before being returned to the boiler where its heat energy is topped up. Following this, the water is circulated through the system on a repeating basis and the radiators retain their heat based upon thermostatic control.

With an electric radiator, the liquid used to fill the radiator is oil and there is no circulation beyond the radiator unit itself. Instead, a thermostatic electric heating unit heats the oil in the radiator and cuts out when a predetermined (thermostatically set) room temperature is reached.

This negates the requirement for the electric radiator to be connected to a central heating system and it requires nothing more than a wall mounting and a mains electricity socket into which it can be plugged or hard wired.

For information about mobile radiators (i.e. what they are and how they work), see this Portable Radiator page.