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There are a range of products exclusively designed to operate your outdoor
electric patio heaters, these can be used not just to switch the heaters on
and off but also control the amount of heat that is generated at any one
time. This can lead to significant energy saving and of course energy cost
savings as well.
Electric patio heaters can be switched either manually or automatically by a
sensor, by a PIR (Passive Infrared) sensor. The PIR in reality is just a
simple motion detector, similar to the ones used in burglar alarms that will
sense the presence of you or a customer within its proximity and then
automatically turn the patio heater on for a pre-determined period of time.
The electric heater will then automatically switch off until next time it is
triggered. Some of these have the added feature of their own temperature
sensor which will prevent the heater operating when the ambient temperature is
sufficiently high.
Time Lag switches do much the same thing i.e. they will turn on your electric
patio heater for a pre-determined period of time, however, are operated by a
customer physically pressing a button.
Both these switches are available IP65 fully weatherproof.
Controllers are still switches, however, have the added benefit of allowing
you to vary the amount of heat that your outdoor patio heater emits, ideal for
when perhaps where a small amount of additional heat warmth is needed to
create the ideal environment. Variable controllers are available in 1, 2, 3
and 4 zone variants, allowing you to control each zone independently from the
others. This can be really useful when perhaps restaurant guests on one table
are feeling the chill more than the youngsters seated in an adjoining area.
Tansun offer a 3 zone controller that is operated by a remote control.
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