I was curious what the more affluent “scientific members” of this site felt about radiation heating solutions compared to convectional? Yes, I’m aware that the sun is radiation and is DC (thus the cause of external skin cancer). Then we have instances of AC radiation like microwaves that penetrate beneath the exterior and cause molecular friction to induce heat and can agitate mutated cells in people susceptible to certain forms of internal cancer.
Do you feel it’s best for the family to use pure convectional heating that depletes the oxygen around you but warms the air, reflective *radiant* convectional heating to burn the oxygen and focus the radiation, or the popular radiant heating with uranium quartz and a reflector that warms whatever is within it’s path from the inside out?
Besides folks with a pace-maker that should avoid radiant heat, I hear that even man-made radiant heat in general is terrible for the human heart and can cause heat stroke for the human brain that’s meant to operate at only a few degrees Fahrenheit less than the ideal 98.6. Heck, It’s generally advised to avoid infrared saunas on a regular basis (and what’s more regular than the heater in your own home?)
Since Microwave ovens only still exist due to greedy lobbyists (In 1979 they were banned in the Soviet Union for obvious reasons), is it wise to put our bodies under the same stress for the economic reasons of our heating bill as well?
All heat is a form of radiation, but do we want it to warm us naturally from the outside in, or cook us from the inside out? I’m reluctant and confused about my next heating purchase.
While convection heating is safe overall, is it that much worse to radiate a convectional source? I see plenty of radiant reflectors using metal coils or ceramic PTC sources, they surely can’t be as bad for you as Quartz reflectors, right?
I’m stumped, and look forward to all educated responses.
