For other uses, see Heater (disambiguation).
A heater is any object that emits heat or causes another body to achieve a higher temperature. In a household or domestic setting, heaters are commonly used to generate heating (i.e. warmth). Heaters exists for all states of matter, including solids, liquids and gases.
The opposite of a heater (for warmth) is an air cooler (for cold) used to keep the user cooler than the temperature originally surrounding them.
Types of heaters
- Air preheater
- Air heater
- Block heater
- Cathode heater
- Central heater
- Dielectric heater
- District heater
- Electric heater
Convector heater - Fan heater
- Flameless ration heater
- Gas heater
- Gasoline heater
- Geothermal heater
- Heating pad
- Heat pump
- Hydronic heater
- Induction heater
- Infrared heater
- Kerosene heater
- Oil heater
- Radioisotope heater unit
- Salamander heater
- Solar furnace
- Solar heater
- Space heater
- Storage heater
- Underfloor heating
- Water heater (see also Aquarium heater)
- Wood heater
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