Electric fireplaces don’t have real fires and so both the flames and the heat are generated artificially to imitate the look and feel of a real fire in your home.

The components that generate the flames on an electric fireplace don’t produce any heat and so electric fireplaces need have additional heating components in order to produce the heat needed to complete the fireplace experience.

The main ways in which you’ll find an electric fireplace generating it through:

• Fan forced heaters
• Infrared heaters

We’ve explained these main types of electric fireplace heaters below, including whether they come with blowers and whether an additional blower is required to help spread the heat.