Electric fireplaces and space heaters can also come with infrared heaters rather than fan forced heaters.

Infrared heaters use a quartz bulb to produce infrared light that provides the heat.

Infrared heaters have a number of added benefits over fan heaters, including:

  • Less noise (as the heat doesn’t need to be forced out)
  • Greater heating area
  • Instantaneous heat

An infrared heater in an electric fireplace will work in the same way as an infrared heater in a space heater.

An infrared heater in either a space heater or an electric fireplace will generate heat through infrared light. This infrared light is absorbed by your skin and your clothes, which makes you feel the warmth of an infrared heater.