Infrared heating for smoking areas

Provide focused warmth in covered outdoor smoking areas without planning to heat the entire surrounding air volume.

Sheltered outdoor seating area

Plan your installation

Consider the open sides, weather exposure and distance from people and surrounding materials. Check each configuration’s ingress protection and installation instructions before specifying it.

Tell us the shelter size, mounting options and exposure to rain and wind.

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Planning examples

A sheltered outdoor break area

For a 6 × 3 m shelter, the example focuses on a 4 × 3 m occupied zone. Heating is directed at the place where people stand or sit.

Whole space6 × 3 m18 m²
Selected zone4 × 3 m12 m²
Assumed mounting height2.4 m

Assumptions for this example. A covered, partly open shelter with mounting at 2.4 m. Exposure to wind and rain and clearances from people and materials need to be checked.

Illustrative layouts, not completed installation references. Choose a configuration to explore a starting point for your project.

2 × BH-1500Total connected load: 3 kW
6 m 3 m 1 2
Selected zone; not a radiation footprint · 12 m²Proposed heater positions
Heaters in this example
2 × BH-1500
Total connected load
3 kW
Catalogue area per heater
8–16 m²
Rated supply
235 V AC
Catalogue mounting range
1.3–2.5 m

How the quantity is estimated

12 m² ÷ 8 m² = 1.5 → 2 × BH-1500

Selected zone divided by the lower end of the catalogue area range, rounded up to a whole heater.

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2 × RCH-2000/6Total connected load: 4 kW
6 m 3 m 1 2
Selected zone; not a radiation footprint · 12 m²Proposed heater positions
Heaters in this example
2 × RCH-2000/6
Total connected load
4 kW
Catalogue area per heater
10–20 m²
Rated supply
235 V AC
Catalogue mounting range
1.5–3 m

How the quantity is estimated

12 m² ÷ 10 m² = 1.2 → 2 × RCH-2000/6

Selected zone divided by the lower end of the catalogue area range, rounded up to a whole heater.

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A starting point for your project. Catalogue area is a reference value. Air temperature, wind, insulation and mounting affect the required output. This is a starting point for an enquiry, not a heat-loss calculation or a guarantee of comfort.

Positions are illustrative. Quantity, aiming, spacing and installation clearances must be confirmed for the actual site. Connected load is the sum of rated powers, not daily energy consumption.

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