Gas fireplaces use between 7 000 and 16 000 btus are between 70 and 90 efficient at converting energy to heat and cost around 60 a year to run.
Electric fireplace efficiency comparison.
Electric fireplaces are about 99 efficient beating out all other fireplaces efficiency ratings.
With its sleek and modern design and featuring a large flame and log insert the 50 inch touchstone electric fireplace will stand out as a beautiful centerpiece in your home and it will be the envy of all your friends.
The newer flameless fireplaces are heating elements that look like real wood burning fireplaces however electric fireplaces work very differently you don t need any gas or chopped wood to heat up a room with the flameless fireplaces and although it can be called a flameless fireplace you can set it to simply display the flame and realistic sounds too.
The electric heat component converts electricity directly to heat at an efficiency rate of about 99 it would take a physicist to explain the missing 1.
A 20 000 btu gas fireplace will cost more than any electric fireplace to run for one hour but the gas one will heat up a 900 sq ft space in an hour while the electric one may not heat more than 200 sq ft.
Electric fireplaces also heat a room quickly making them ideal.
Electric fireplaces have an output that is based on the electric current.
Electric fireplaces convert electricity directly into heat giving electric fireplaces a 99 efficiency rate.
And since these fireplaces don t use chimneys or vents all the heat stays in the home instead of being lost outside through the venting.