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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 28 Jan 1981, p. 5

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Quartz may be wave of future At least one company has over- come the problems asyrciated with the vertical tubes and is selling its product locally in hardware and appliance stores, But Econoheat is different, It sells horizontal heating units through a province-wide network of sales representatives. The quartz tube in Payton’s hori- zontal Solar Quartz Heater is able to reach a temperature of about 1800" F, but the surrounding air temperature will remain constant at whatever the buiiding's furnace thermostat is set at. Payton said. "The tubes would have to be re- placed quite often because they'd get super hot and then droop." said Payton, an area representative for Econoheat Canada Ltd., of Oran- geville. Ont. "The quartz heater (which uses a combined heating coil and quartz tube) generates a beam of infra- red light about 30 feet by 50 feet to heat objects and not the surround- ing air, P* Payton said. "It‘s a money-saving device because you can turn your thermostat down and only heat the rooms you want heat- The concept of usmg a quartz tube to generate heat by Infrared light waves was first discovered 1n the 1900s but never came Into gen- eral home usage until recently due to the problem of cooling the heater's casing to a safe level, Gregory Payton, a resident of Karen Walk m Waterloo, says ver- tical solar quartz heaters were first introduced in the middle 1970s but were initially found lacking be- cause of the difficulty in cooling the casing, As well, he said the life expectancy of the vertical tubes was relatively short. Margo has trauned under anon Foley 1Chort'ographer for Tolrer Cranston. Dorothy Hamel and the Donny & Mane Chrrstmes Spams!) Recerved her dance masters of Amerrca Cemhcate Owned and operated 4 studros throughout 7 years of teachrng Teacher of 200 students rn 4th etudro. Margo's former students of 1978 at 1979 won over 175 ttrat place awards By Stewart Suthorhnd Canada as rich m the mineral quartz and technology is turning to It more and more these days to en- hance the Image of teievtsion screens, Increase the accuracy of timepieces and now to he'at homes and industries Quartz is a transparent crystal that can be used to manufacture quartz glass which, when combined with an electrical current, is noted for its ability to transmit infra-red light to create heat After seven years of research. he said his company has managed to - SPECIAL ADULT CLASSES - MEN'S JAZZ CLASS - llRl2lEmSIrviiiElll hCljTllr'Illlrr] MARGO HARTLEY "BOJANGUG" NOW ACCEPTING STUDENTS AGES 4 up to ADULT DANCE STUDIO The Solar Quartz Heaters have been approved by Ontario Hydro and Payton says approval should come from the Canadian Standards Association (CSA, by summer, He also expects the provincial govent- ment to drop its seven per cent sales tax on the units as part of its ongoing program to promote en- ergy efficient devices, "Quartz heaters may well be the heat source of the future because people are looking for energy and money saving devices they can in- stall in their homes and busines- ses," Payton said. "With the pre- sent situation in the Middle East and the way the Alberta govern- ment is talking these days, we just don't know what oil will cost farther down the line. Hydro is re- latively cheap and that's what powers these units" “We're just getting underway and we've found that selling from the home is proving to be success- ful, but farther down the line you 'll be seeing our heaters in store," Payton said, The commercial units, which must be wired by the purchaser. sell for between $65 and $119 while the complete home unit costs about $160, he said, "The heaters are now being used m homes. factories, hockey rinks, barns and service stations," Pay- ton said. “Our larger horizontal heaters can be hung from a ceiling in large buildings. such as fats tories, while the smaller units can be placed on the floor in homes. rv Payton claims there IS no need to pre-heat a room before using the quartz heater or to sit near It to get warm He also said the heaters are turning up m just about every building where heating IS required "The an convection system ena- bles the owner to use the heater with complete safety; "Lots of people have tried in the past to create a horizontal heater with a cool easing. but they always had to use a fan? he sad "That just defeated the purpose of the unit because " was usmg more en- ergy than it conserved overcome the heating problem with the unit's casing "We developed and patented an air Circulation system that acce- Ierates the movement of air over, through and around the heater without usnng fans," Payton said With a high R value, fire protective & fungi and insect resistant, CMHC's full approval and underwriters listed, cellulose fibre insulation provides a long lasting safe way to insulate any wall cavity with an 1 V2" or more space. 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