BLC Pew heaters, Convection heaters by BN Thermic

BLC

Pew Heaters

• A practical and economic method of heating a church

Typical Applications

• Churches
• Corridors
• Waiting rooms

Heating in Churches

Heating a conventional church presents many problems to overcome.

• The large volume means that maintaining a comfortable air temperature is extremely expensive.
• To warm up the air from ‘cold’ prior to each service would take a very long time, consume a great deal of energy and is not generally regarded as a practical solution.
• In many churches it is not permissible to fit heaters to walls or suspend them from the roof.
• Any source of heat needs to be silent and as unobtrusive as possible.

Where fixed pews are in place, the BLC range provides the best method of heating in a church. The heaters should be fixed to the back-board of the pew below the seat.

• BLC convection heaters provide direct heat to the people sitting in the pews. As no attempt is made to build up a body of warm air within the church, the heaters can be switched on minutes before a service starts and switched off immediately it finishes.
• BLC convection heaters are extremely unobtrusive. Painted dark brown and installed under a traditional pew they are barely noticeable.
• Natural convection heaters such as the BLC are silent and with no moving parts require little maintenance.
• As the BLC is a direct source heat, only occupied pews need to be heated.

Features

• Robust steel construction with central baffle plate to promote convection currents
• Long life metal sheathed finned heating element
• Dark brown finish
• Auto-reset over-temperature protection
• Electrical connections can be made at either end of the heater
• Optional safety guards with dark brown finish
• Optional floor mounting brackets with dark brown finish

Controlling BLC Heaters in a Church

Controlling BLC heaters in a church is generally as simple as switching on the required heaters immediately before a service and switching them off once the pews have been vacated. This can be achieved manually or by means of a programmable timer if preferred.

It is not usually necessary to use thermostatic control in a church application as there is no attempt being made to build up and maintain a body of warm air.

Selection

BLC heaters are designed to be fitted onto the backboard between the seat supports of a church pew. For best results the heaters should cover as much of the length of the pew as possible. Where a backboard is not available BLC-FB floor brackets will be required.

Use the following table to determine the recommended heaters:

Specification

Product information downloads

• Download a PDF specification for easy printing
• Download a PDF of our instruction sheet