Electronic Inverter Heater- what is it?

Hi,

The site

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is advertising an "Electronic Invertor Heater" - with the following description:

# (H): 454 x (W): 400 x (D):310 mm # Portable - requires mains power # Powerful 800 - 3200 watt output # Very economical to run - costing less that electricity or LPG (bottled gas) # Ideal for medium sized rooms # Electronic thermostat and timer # Requires low sulphur, low odour tozane or paraffin (not supplied)

From this, I assume that it runs off paraffin but what is the "Electronic Inverter" bit? Just the ignition system? Do these heaters have some form of fuel atomiser (like an oil-fired central heating boiler)?

Just wondered if anyone had come across these - they are pretty pricey, at ~200 GBP for a room heater.

Reply to
Palindr☻me
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My guess is it's meant to say Electronic Ignition Heater.

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is B&Q's website (UK equiv. of Home Depot). Why not pop in to B&Q and see what they look like?

Reply to
Andrew Gabriel

looks like a solid fuel burner with an electric fan.

i have never heard of tozane. is it a british only word?

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TimPerry

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lol, I had never heard of it either and was hoping that it=20 was an American-only word....and someone there would explain...

--=20 Sue

Reply to
Palindr☻me

Will do - although the nearest one is quite some distance from where I live.

My main interest was how they work - do they have a high pressure fuel pump with an injector/atomiser head injecting fuel into a force-ventilated combustion chamber, venting the combustion products into the room? That all seemed pretty scary to me. It must have some pretty elaborate safety interlocks and sensors.

OTOH, it could be a catalyctic combustion head, with no flame...but wouldn't they have mentioned that in the description?

OTOH, it could be a continuous high frequency "arc" (hence the inverter bit?) into which the fuel is injected and oxidised. That would be a fun design..

I was just curious what technology they used and whether anyone else had come across room heaters like these.

Reply to
Palindr☻me

Not one that I've ever heard of before. Google turns up remarkably few hits -- actually, mostly just this and another similar heater!

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Andrew Gabriel

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