How Do NEOS Electric Radiators Warm the Room?

Ever wondered why some radiators leave you with cold feet and a hot head, while others heat your entire room evenly? The secret lies in how they warm the space. Let’s look at how NEOS electric radiators create comfortable, even warmth throughout your home.

The Cold Air Problem

Cold air naturally sinks to floor level. This is why your feet are often cold even when the top half of your room feels warm. Many heating systems fail to address this fundamental problem, they heat the upper part of the room while the floor stays chilly.

The NEOS electric radiator solves this by drawing cold air in from floor level and converting it into warm air that circulates throughout the entire room.

The NEOS Heating Process

Here’s exactly how a NEOS electric radiator warms your room:

Step 1: Cold Air Intake The radiator draws cold air in from the floor—the coldest part of your room. This is where most heating systems fail, but it’s where the NEOS starts.

Step 2: Rapid Conversion Cold air passes through double or triple convection flutes inside the radiator. These flutes increase the surface area in contact with the heating elements and soapstone core, rapidly converting cold air into warm air.

Why double or triple flutes? More flutes mean more warm air flow and faster heat-up times. Other manufacturers use single convection flutes, which are slower and less efficient.

Step 3: Warm Air Release The heated air is released from the top of the radiator. Because warm air naturally rises, it circulates throughout your room, creating even temperature distribution from floor to ceiling.

Step 4: Continuous Circulation As the warm air circulates and eventually cools, it sinks back to floor level, where the NEOS draws it in again. This creates a continuous circulation pattern that maintains consistent warmth.

Smart Temperature Sensing

Here’s a crucial difference: the NEOS has a sensor (thermistor) at the bottom of the radiator that measures room temperature at floor level, the coldest part of the room.

Other manufacturers use complicated, expensive wall-mounted thermostats that measure temperature at wall height. The problem? These thermostats turn the radiator off after only the top half of the room has been heated, leaving your feet cold.

The NEOS ensures your entire room, including floor level, reaches the desired temperature before switching off.

Even Heat Distribution

The combination of floor-level cold air intake, rapid convection conversion, and floor-level temperature sensing means:

• No more cold feet

• No overheated ceilings

• Even warmth throughout the entire room

• Comfortable temperatures from floor to ceiling

Why Convection Beats Radiant

Radiant heaters (like oil-filled radiators) primarily heat objects and people directly in front of them. This creates hot spots near the heater and cold spots elsewhere.

The NEOS electric radiator’s convection-based approach (80% convection, 20% radiant) actively circulates air, ensuring every corner of your room reaches a comfortable temperature.

Quick Heat-Up Time

Thanks to the aluminium casing and double/triple convection flutes, the NEOS starts convecting heat into your room within 6 minutes. You don’t have to wait hours for warmth, you feel the difference almost immediately.

The Bottom Line

NEOS electric radiators warm your room by drawing cold air from floor level, rapidly converting it to warm air through double or triple convection flutes, and releasing it to create even circulation. Floor-level temperature sensing ensures consistent warmth throughout your entire space, no more cold feet.

Since 2014, thousands of customers across the UK have chosen Trust Electric Heating for heating solutions that actually warm the whole room, not just the ceiling.

Experience Even Heating

Want to feel the difference floor-level sensing makes? 

Call 0800 5999 109 or email [email protected] for a free consultation and demonstration.

Scott Conor

Chief Technical Officer

In 2012, Scott founded Trust and invented the NEOS electric radiator after finding a gap for a more innovative and cost-effective electric radiator within the industry. He’s the driving force behind Trust’s research and development, using market-leading strategies to keep customers warm for less.

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