Electric baseboard heat is convection heat. The heat rises to the ceiling and rolls over the ceiling then down the other side of the room in a circular movement. It is clean, dust free and quiet, very good for allergy sufferers. I really like the way our electric heaters work.
And since they are hydronic, they continue to radiate heat even after the the thermostat cycles off, from the heat that is retained in the copper tube that contains the heating element and ethylene glycol, which retains the heat.
Newer energy efficient baseboard heaters use a ceramic tube that holds the heating element, for radiant heat retention. The old fashioned electric baseboard heater just had heating elements. These are what we had in the home my family lived in during my teen years, and these heaters really suck up the electricity.
Even in the early 60’s we used to have $300 to $400 a mo.PG&E bills. But there were also 10 people living in the home for part of that time and we also had two electric pumps for the well, one to pump the water from the well into a holding tank and another to pump the water from the pressure tank, up the hill to the house.
Eddie
And since they are hydronic, they continue to radiate heat even after the the thermostat cycles off, from the heat that is retained in the copper tube that contains the heating element and ethylene glycol, which retains the heat.
Newer energy efficient baseboard heaters use a ceramic tube that holds the heating element, for radiant heat retention. The old fashioned electric baseboard heater just had heating elements. These are what we had in the home my family lived in during my teen years, and these heaters really suck up the electricity.
Even in the early 60’s we used to have $300 to $400 a mo.PG&E bills. But there were also 10 people living in the home for part of that time and we also had two electric pumps for the well, one to pump the water from the well into a holding tank and another to pump the water from the pressure tank, up the hill to the house.
Eddie