Our designer space heater is perfect for spacious areas with high ceilings. Ideal for homeowners looking to be the talking point of their friends or for heating public spaces where eye-catching design is also important. The Pulsar's striking appearance combines with unbeatable heat efficiency, achievable from the perfect radiant properties of its distinctive design.
The Pulsar is the right solution for you if you have a spacious, high ceiling area and are looking to achieve a low energy, comfortable heating solution. Enjoy the full benefits that Herschel far infrared technology has to offer; an easy to install, energy efficient, highly controllable, silent operation and no maintenance solution that is changing the way we heat ourselves.
The Pulsar comes complete with a 5 year warranty.
You will need to purchase your controls separately. There are different options with different capabilities which you can select from below:
What is Infrared? Human & Animal sense of comfort has evolved from Radiant heat from the sun. Our skin has evolved to reflect and prompt us to avoid the sun's hottest waves in the hundreds to thousands of degrees Centigrade – called Middle and Near (or Medium and Shortwave) infrared.
But the waves we find most comfortable are those that are absorbed by our environment and radiated back in the tens of Degrees Centigrade – called Far (or Longwave) infrared. Making our environment a thermal store during the day and continuing to release that heat long after the sun has set. It is no surprise then, that it is Far Infrared that our skin, plus common materials in our environment absorb and emit the most efficiently.
It is radiant heat that is biologically the most significant (60%) to our body’s sense of comfort. Convection (movement of hot or cold air) factors only 15% in our feeling of comfort, with evaporation and conduction of heat from our bodies to our clothing or other objects accounting for the remaining 25%.
Radiant heat is most keenly sensed from the top of our bodies downwards (no surprise in evolutionary terms) and is also most readily lost from the top of our bodies.
We were built primarily to absorb or emit radiant heat. With Far, infrared is the biologically most significant wavelength as it is the most efficiently absorbed by the water in our skin.
The electromagnetic spectrum Infrared is a wave band in the electromagnetic spectrum, coming just after the colour “Red”, which is how it gets its name. It is energy, it doesn’t become “heat” until it comes into contact with an object and the energy transfers into it.
Like ripples in a pond, the waves emanating from a source (the heater) until the touch an object, at which point the energy either:
This makes Infrared a very different form of Heat Transfer than warming the air, which has poor absorption qualities – mostly dependent on levels of moisture, which causes a different issue; “transmits” only poorly unless mechanically forced (e.g. by a fan) and also transfers retained heat poorly back into an environment.
Infrared is not ultraviolet and doesn’t possess any of the properties of Ultraviolet.
The radiant temperature of our environment always dominates our sense of comfort, not air temperature. In winter our environment is “cold walls” and in summer our environment is “hot walls”. Our bodies primarily react to this – emitting our own body heat out to the cold walls in winter, and absorbing heat energy from them in summer.
If we choose to regulate our comfort by warming or cooling air, then that air temperature must be sufficient to transfer its heat to us and it must be in motion. If you stop either of those (i.e. turn off the heater), then you’re back to feeling the effect of the radiating environment on you. So any heater that heats air has to be “on” to be effective and you’re only massaging a symptom of a problem. If you have a heater on the other hand that heats the environment, then you’ve dealt with the basic problem, put energy into the environment which then radiates back for a period even when the heater is off.
Think of it this way: if air temperature defines our level of comfort, then why is an air temperature of 21 comfortable in winter, but an air temperature of 17 comfortable in summer? (And what happens if you turn off that warm or cold air…?)
This is the basis for the effectiveness of Infrared Heaters over heaters that simply warm air.
Infrared AdvantagesInfrared heating has the following advantages over convection:
= higher efficiency
Split heat pumps (or reversible air-conditioners) have become very popular globally recently, on the main selling point that their energy conversion ratio is 1:3 or better even in very cold or very hot climates, offering one solution that meets both your winter and summer comfort needs with high energy-efficiency.
However, there are financial and quality-of-life reasons homeowners should consider using Herschel Infrared for their heating solution (and a lower-cost cooling system such as Evaporative Coolers for their summer needs).
Financial considerations: When the total costs of owning a heat pump (as a heater) versus Herschel Infrared are compared over the lifetime of either solution, Herschel Infrared works out cheaper year on year. Why is this?
We haven’t factored in the lifetime costs for Evaporative cooling as the alternative to heat pumps in the summer if you were using Infrared for your heating in the winter. The purchase and installation costs for Eco Cooling plus Infrared are still cheaper than the cost to buy and install heat pumps, but the heat pump will win on operating costs. You would be advised to take out a maintenance contract for your Evaporative Cooling which will level the playing field there with heat pumps, but life expectancy is longer because you are running the heat-pump year-round and the Eco Cooling just in summer.
Quality of life differences: There are significant quality of life differences between split heat pumps and Infrared heating:
1: Infrared Heating is 100% natural for our bodies and our well-being. The human body is designed to accept and emit infrared waves. Far Infrared heating works on the basis of gentle, long-wave Infrared which penetrates the air and heats solids. If you like the warmth of the sun then you will love the feeling you get from your new infrared heating system.
2: Infrared heating does not heat the air but the fabric of the building. It is different to more traditional heating systems that just heat the air. The fabric of the building can retain heat for longer, creating better thermal comfort, so your property will not only be warmer and cosier, there will be less dust, and for asthma and allergy sufferers, fewer pollutants to breathe in.
3: Less dampness and mould because Infrared heating warms walls and keeps them dry. This will mean there is no dampness or mould to ruin your decorations and all of the room will reach the same temperature.
4: Greatly reduced energy use. Experience shows that a sufficiently insulated building fitted with infrared systems and controls can expect significant reductions in energy usage. Almost 100% of the electrical energy used by Infrared heaters is converted into heat. Our Infrared systems offer owners an unprecedented level of control over their property’s temperature and energy use and offer higher thermal comfort levels. Compared with other gas oil or electric solutions, Infrared heating saves between 30 – 60% of the annual energy usage.
5: Herschel Far Infrared heaters require no maintenance or servicing. Our heaters use solid state elements unlike water-based heating or fan-assisted systems, which often require servicing, inspection and repair costs. Herschel Infrared heaters and control products are certified to national safety standards.
6: Infrared heating is completely free of all carbon emissions and, when used with electricity produced either by wind or solar generated electrical energy, is one of the only heating systems that can truly claim to be 100% carbon free
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Hanging System: This unit is for ceiling mounting only and must be installed beyond the reach of people due to the high surface temperature.
Heated Zone: 15m2 (1800W) and 20m2 (2400W)
The heater will directly warm people and objects within the Heated Zone (note: air movement may reduce area coverage). Within enclosed areas, the thermal mass of the building will also be heated. This will increase the ambient temperature and dependent upon the property age/type and insulation, may increase the effective heated area by up to 100%. For larger commercial projects or where different mounting heights are required, we would always recommend Herschel carry out a survey or detailed desktop assessment.
Herschel is a global market leader in infrared heating and is the largest and longest established manufacturer and supplier of premium quality infrared heaters in New Zealand.
We offer the widest range of energy efficient slimline infrared heating panels for homes, stylish outdoor heaters and high performance commercial heaters.
Warmer, longer, for less; The future of heating – TODAY
HERSCHEL’S LEGACY
We are building on Herschel’s legacy and are pioneering the use of Far Infrared to heat people and buildings in more efficient, effective, stylish and comfortable ways than many traditional forms of heating.
We call it “Comfort Heating”
Our range of Far Infrared heaters is the most comprehensive in the world. We have high quality heaters to suit almost any application and, combined with our control systems, are at the forefront of the revolution in heating.