ELECTRIC TOWEL-WARMING RADIATORS

Overview of the main product plus and advantages

Premise
The Radialight products use the unique technical advantages of a heating technology
called DHS , acronym for Diffused Heating System.
This technology , developed and patented in Italy along the last 9 years has created a
special way to generate heating using large heating surfaces working at low ( but efficient)
temperatures with a very low energy consumption.
It is in fact known that to make home environments comfortable the ideal temperature of
heating surfaces ( think about steel or aluminium radiators) is to be between 60 and 80C.
Normally electric heating elements work at temperatures of hundreds of degrees, using
many hundreds if not thousands of watts and they need therefore to be electrically
insulated inside more or less complicate metal and / or plastic housings , the extremely hot
temperature they generate is then to be forced by convection in the ambient or displaced
within tubes using oil or thermal conducting fluids.
Radialight heating elements completely overturn this concept.
The element works at a temperature between 70C and 75C ( at air- ambient
temperature of around 20C) and is perfectly electrically and water insulated : the element
IS the product.
In this way , being the heating element directly in contact with the ambient, there is a direct
and immediate conversion of electricity in thermal energy, given to the air.
Electricity consumption is low; efficiency is extremely high.
Not only. Another big advantage of the Radialight technology is that heating is almost
100% generated by radiation.
Radiation, compared to convection , has 3 advantages.

It is a heating much better perceived by human body, even if the ambient

temperature is not particularly high.
Comfort is created at human body level, without lost of efficiecy to heat the high
levels of the bathroom
It doesnt dry the air.

So its a much healthier and comfortable system.

Product Facts and figures

Efficiency and energy saving

The heating surface of the product works at temperatures between 70 and 75C
( surface temperature measured at 20C ambient temperature. Please note that every degree more or
less of ambient temperature gives approximately one degree more or less in surface temperature)

This result is obtained with a very low energy consumption : some hundreds of
watts
270 W on Acanto and Helisea 70 models , with an heating surface of 45 * 60
cm.
400 W on the Acanto and Helisea 70 models, with an heating surface of 45 *
90 cm.

The speed to get in temperature is very high : it takes around 5 6 minutes against
the usual 35 40 minutes of traditional electric towel warming radiators. It is a quick
heating product.
The time it takes to make towels warm and comfortable or wet towels completely
dry is therefore much shorter than in traditional products.

Note : measures and comparisons refer to our standard Helisea 110 product, 450W rated

A towel, wet with 300 gr. of water loses 80% of this humidity within 3 hours.

The heating performance is excellent because the radiation effect is high ,

consistent and immediately transferred to the ambient

Design and color

The design of the product is stylish.

Immediately it is perceived as something new by the end user but also as
something to furnish the bathroom environment.
The decoration of the heating element has been studied with a very peculiar dotted
effect which gives a kind of 3D effect and perfectly fits with the 2 available color
choices : white with light beige inserts and aluminium with dark brown ( Pantone warm
gray 11 C) inserts.

Ideal to warm towels

The towel racks are placed very distant one from the other. The surface of the towel is
therefore totally exposed to radiation and there is no overlapping effect between one
towel and another.
Also, all the heating surface has the same temperature while generally in other
products the lower part of the product is always much colder than the top part.
This means that all the hanged towels and bath robes get warm in a comfortable
and consistent way.

Multi functional use

The product can be used as a heating source for your bathroom.

Correct sizing of the necessary power can be done considering in most cases between
50 and 70 W/m2, depending on the insulation of the bathroom and the external project
temperatures.
In average, the smaller product ( Acanto 70 or Helisea 70) is suggested for bathrooms
between 4 and 6 m2 while the bigger one ( Acanto 110 or Helisea 110) is suggested for
bathrooms between 6 and 8 m2.
However , the product can also be used as an additional and very effective heating
source in addition to a central or fixed heating system ( floor heating, central water
supplied heating ) which is not sufficient to produce the required comfort level in the
bathroom.
It is perfect to warm towels and bath robes.

It can also be used to dry light clothing during the mid and cold humid seasons.

Easy and cheap to install

The product is very light. Its weight is of about 5 Kg. while traditional electric towel
warmers have a weight between 15 and 25 Kg.
It is fully electrical and requires no plumbing connection and , most of all, it has a
built in supply cable fitted with a plug.
Everything to wall mount it is included in the packaging.
Therefore : it is easy to carry, easy to install and dis-install and, most of all, it can
be fitted in an already existing bathroom without expensive installation costs.
Dimensions, particularly of the smaller Acanto Helisea 70 models, allow installation
also in quite small bathrooms and narrow spaces.
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Electronic controls for top comfort

The controls include .

o An on off switch to permanently connect or disconnect the mains supply;
o Electronic ambient thermostat for a very accurate control of the ambient
temperature. The maximum temperature differential is around + - 0,5C;
o Additional timer to use the product only for the time we want it to work : we
can chose between 15 or 30 or 60 or 120 minutes.
o Once the timer has finished, control returns to the thermostat. If the thermostat
is in minimum ( frost free) position , the product switches off.

Safety : a top priority

Double electrical insulation ( requires no earthing)

Splash water proved IP X4
The product is therefore ideal to be installed into bathrooms and humid areas.
It has been submitted to safety and Electro Compatibility tests according to the latest
EN 60 335 -1 , EN 60335 2-30 and EN 60335 2-43 Standards.
IMQ and NF Safety certificates and test reports have been issued and available.

For the US the product will be ETL approved according to UL 499 standard.

The double side effect

Due to the fact that the element irradiates on both sides the Radialight technology
offers a unique feature : the double side effect.
In the Helisea models the product can be adjusted with a rotation and the towel racks
placed on both the sides of the product can be used to warm double the quantity of
towels and / or light clothing than all the other traditional towel warmers.

This gives 3 main advantages :

A
the number of towels which can be warmed at the same time is double and
therefore the ratio between used power, space and number of towels we can warm
is not comparable with traditional towel warming radiators.
B
when opened and positioned in 90C orientation ( if your bathroom allows doing so)
the product can warm both the areas of the bathroom, the one on the left and the
one on the right.
C
Towels can be kept warm on one side of the product leaving the other side free to
irradiate heat in the bathroom.

A so light product, would it be strong enough ?

Though light, the structure of the product is extremely solid and resistant.
When hanged on the wall, even applying a weith of 30 Kg. In the most un favourable way,
the product and its wall fixation doesnt bend or break.

The heating element surface is strong as well.

If hit with a strike of 5 Kg. Falling from a height of 1,5 mt., no damage has been caused .

Copyright by Ermete Giudici S.p.A.

June 2007 Milan Italy
The use of the Radialight brand name, the DHS technology, the design and the technical features of the product are
protected by an international recognised patent.

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