Electric fireplaces are a type of fireplace that uses a source of energy to generate heat and provide the experience of a roaring fire in your home.
Electric fireplaces are different compared to other types of fireplaces because there’s no real fire.
In an electric fireplace the flame effects are generated artificially so that they resemble the look of flames. As there’s no real fire the heat also needs to be produced by another component located inside an electric fireplace.
In an electric fireplace the flames are typically created by a combination of rotating mirrors and lights, while a form of space heater such as a heating element with blower or infrared technology produces the heat.
The way in which the flames and heat are produced means that the areas on an electric fireplace that can get hot to touch will differ from other types of fireplaces.
For example, we use our multi fuel stove to burn our supply of wood to provide heat to our living room.
Our multi fuel stove works by:
- Starting a real fire inside the stove that gives off heat as the fire combusts the wood.
- The steel structure of the stove absorbs the heat and radiates it out into the room.
- The stove continues to release heat for a while even after the fire inside the stove has gone out.
Our multi fire stove will therefore be hot to the touch all over because by design it gives out the heat from the fire through the body of the stove. We need to use gloves to open the door to the stove because it’s too hot to touch without it when having a fire.
In comparison we also have an electric fireplace stove.
Our electric fireplace stove is designed to look like a real stove, with a metal body, legs, door and handles.
Although an electric fireplace stove can look very much like the real thing, the key difference is that there’s no real fire inside. Instead there’s a fan forced heater that uses a heating element to heat up the air as it’s blown over it.