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Advantages and disadvantages of the Veterok heater

 

Advantages and disadvantages of the Veterok heaterSurely you know the Veterok heater. By the way, “Veterok” is not a name, but the principle of operation of this device. Like oil or spiral electric heaters (calorifiers), Veterok has a larger efficiency.

An indisputable plus, when using this device, is, of course, its speed. After turning on the heater, it instantly begins to warm the air.

Why is the "Breeze"? The principle of action speaks for itself. A heating element (spiral), a fan, a regulator of heating levels, and a power regulator are mounted in a plastic case with holes for air diffusion. As a rule, there are three levels of heating: cold air, warm and hot.

Another not unimportant plus of this electric heater is its size. The "breeze" is not very large, which allows you to place it anywhere, the main thing is that there would be no barriers and quickly flammable elements nearby. The spiral is still inside.

Warming up the air to a certain temperature, the "Breeze" is turned off. Then, having “decided” that it is time to warm the air, it turns on again. Some heaters of this type do not have the ability to turn off themselves, which is a very serious minus during their operation.

So, the main disadvantage of the Veterok heater is that it simply dries the air, and so much so that it starts to not even hurt, but to crack its head. And this is not pleasant.

When I worked part time at a gas station, such a device really got me, and not only helped me out on cold winter nights. He heated the komorka two by two meters so much that if I still managed to lie down, I woke up wet and with a headache, went outside to breathe and back.

In order to somehow moisten the air, I gathered water in a saucepan and set it next to me. If there was no container, then I poured water directly onto linoleum, from which there was no trace of it in the morning. But sleep was much easier.

Still, Veterok is a very convenient heater. In the end, to heat them, without harm to health, it is enough that there was access to fresh air. Then Veterok will cope with its heating task 100%.

Mikhail Barsukov

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    # 1 wrote: | [quote]

     
     

    Hello everyone, one important note: such heaters are very harmful, since they do not just dry the air, but burn oxygen out of it - you can’t wake up!

     
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    # 2 wrote: | [quote]

     
     

    "Burns" - means that oxygen reacts with the material of the thread. How much of this metal will burn out per night? In a year? During the service? How much "scorched" oxygen will account for half a gram of oxidized metal?

    The myth of burning oxygen by household heaters is the most stupid and illiterate of all urban, no, not even rural, cave myths.

     
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    # 3 wrote: MaksimovM | [quote]

     
     

    Vladimir, the so-called burning of oxygen usually means drying air - as discussed in the article. The higher the temperature of the heating element of the electric heater, the more this heater dries the air. The heating elements of the heater considered in this article are heated to a high temperature and, accordingly, greatly dry the air.

    As for the burning of oxygen by heaters, in this case you did not take into account that a large amount of air and, accordingly, dust particles that are present in it pass through a heating element heated to a high temperature. Dust, falling on the heating element of a working heater, burns out and, accordingly, a certain amount of oxygen is burned. Unlike other heaters, several times more air passes through the heating element of the fan heater, as it is forced by the fan. The same applies to dust, which passes much more through the heating element, since dust rises from all surfaces of the room with a stream of air, especially if the room is not regularly moistened regularly. Therefore, I believe that the phenomenon of burning out oxygen by household heaters still takes place. Therefore, for a comfortable stay in a heated room, it is necessary not only to moisten the air, but also to provide access to the room of fresh air.