RoDnSuE
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OK...I'm probably missing something fundamental here, but could someone explain to me why an IR heater such as....
Link-Quartz Infrared Heaters
is not dangerous, when an IR beam from a laser is?
I know the IR from the laser is collimated and fucused but why is a space heater, designed to output way more IR power than most cheap lasers, considered safe.
I have tried numerous searches on here as well as google but it's just not clicking with my meager understanding.
My wife uses a consumer grade version of these quartz IR heaters all the time in the winter, and it just came to mind today that they are an IR source.
Is thermal IR radiation different than the simi-visable IR radiation from a laser source?
Thanks,
Rod
Link-Quartz Infrared Heaters
is not dangerous, when an IR beam from a laser is?
I know the IR from the laser is collimated and fucused but why is a space heater, designed to output way more IR power than most cheap lasers, considered safe.
I have tried numerous searches on here as well as google but it's just not clicking with my meager understanding.
My wife uses a consumer grade version of these quartz IR heaters all the time in the winter, and it just came to mind today that they are an IR source.
Is thermal IR radiation different than the simi-visable IR radiation from a laser source?
Thanks,
Rod