Choosing the right heater

Garden heater | patio heater in use SunSwitch infrared quartz halogen patio heaters provide warmth from the moment you switch them on. You don't waste energy or time waiting for them to warm up, so you only turn them on when you actually need to. Our heaters run off ordinary mains electricity and costs only a few pence an hour to run. Unlike gas patio heaters, there is no ongoing maintenance to worry about.

Heater choice
All of the patio heaters we sell for al fresco use are safe for year round use outdoors. Please note that not all garden heaters advertised on other websites for outdoor use are electrically safe outdoors! You could put yourself at risk if you do not use weathersafe heaters outdoors.

To help you choose the right patio heater we have included guideline figures for mounting heights, together with the size of the area they will heat.

Running costs
If you know the unit price of your electricity (shown on your electricity bill) it, e.g. 10 pence per kilowatt hour) it is very easy to calculate the hourly running costs. Simply add up the total kilowatts of all of the heaters to be installed, and then multiply this by the unit price. For example, at 10 pence per unit, a 2kW patio heater would cost just 20 pence an hour to run N.B. you can reduce this further by installing voltage regulators, such as the SunSwitch Comfort Controllers.

Are you by the sea?
If you are located on the coast, it is advisable to make sure that the outdoor heater you select will resist the corrosive effects of salt air. We are pleased to advise on this and can even adapt some patio heaters with stainless steel fittings to maximise their operating life. Please telephone for advice.

Whichever model you choose, though, there is no doubt that SunSwitch quartz halogen infrared heaters are a neat, unobtrusive solution to providing warmth outdoors.

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