When I were a lad and central heating was a rarity, it was common to see infra-red (radiant) heaters in bathrooms - usually just below the ceiling and often connected using a plug & socket or FCU (and occasionally into the lighting circuit). I wonder if the mirror type could be effective as a room heater though - to remain safe as a mirror (without wire guards etc) it couldn't have a high surface temperature, and so the amount of heat it could provide would be very limited unless it was very large. Demist seems more likely, but then it's not really running on an infra-red principle. Some more data about the actual appliance in this case might be helpful.

   - Andy.

Hmm the sort I have seen on bathroom cabinets etc manage about 10 degrees rise above ambient on the glass surface, sort of blood warm to the touch, not at all hot.  And actually at least on the cheaper kind you can really see the stripes in the steam matching where the heating element is round the back. I installed a bathroom cabinet with these in a flat we rent out- it also has the most useless LED lights in the manner of a theatre dressing room mirror, which we ended up augmenting with a real light fitting above.

Unless a room is very well insulated or has a lot of glass area relative to its volume, I'd not expect room heating this way to be very successful.

It might be good to know a bit more info  from the original poster, but I think we have scared him off.
Mike

Still here and very much reading everyones ideas thoughts. This is the product i am talking about. Thanks for al the input

Still here and very much reading everyones ideas thoughts. This is the product i am talking about. Thanks for al the input

aha - then the instructions you have with it are these  or similar I  assume.

I note it tells you to get an electrician to install it if you are putting it into bathroom - this is a bit of a cop out. It should say to meet BS7671 remove the plug and to hard wire to a suitably fused circuit.

It is rather bigger than the sort  I have seen, but same idea.

Mike.

Not entirely clear on the model number!

Still, they are described as "bathroom" mirrors. Problem is that they will not have much impact in a bathroom of about 3 m square (with the bath in one corner, and the socket in the opposite one).

In a smaller bathroom you could plug it into a socket on the landing outside, and cut a bit off the door to let it pass between door and frame into the bathroom. Please do not ! I'm not serious.
The folk who lived in my house before I bought  it did a lot of that kind of idiotic thing, and even now 20 years on, I'm still undoing things that I find and these sometimes surprise me.

M.