a Rave about Radiant Heating!

 We heat our home with a radiant heat source. Just like the Sun, that
heats the Earth w/o heating the air in between. Radiant heat heats the
objects in your space and prevents you from losing your heat to them.
Very, in fact, the most efficient way to heat a space.
Look into it. Then you won't have to spend so much to be comfortable.
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Karma, What a concept!

  On 11/1/2011 1:33 PM, Mr. K wrote:

Umm, there is no air to speak of between the earth and the sun, space is
largely a vacuum.

 
Andy comments:
   That's why there is no energy loss in absorption between the Sun
and the Earth's atmosphere, which is air..... which is what Mr K
is talking about...

   Typically, the sun puts about 1000 watts per sq meter on the
earth's surface,  AFTER atmospheric absorption....
    That's what makes solar cells work, and attics hot....

 On 11/3/2011 7:18 AM, AndyS wrote:

Yes, that's point I was trying to make, there's no atmosphere in space,
but there is atmosphere in your house which would tend reduce the
efficiency of a radiant heat source.

 Forrest Hodge wrote:

In practice it doesnt. There is so little air between you and the radiant
source in your house that the air doesnt even get heated much that way.