I have a job to price up installing a wall mounted heater in a commercial dishwashing room. The dishwasher in the room will produce a fair amount of steam when opened and may cause condensation to form on the walls, this has caused the client to feel that a special kind of heater will be required. Given that IP ratings relate to water dripping or being sprayed onto an object and not small amounts steam in a room do you think that a standard wall fan heater would suffice, like a dimplex AC3N ( IP rating of IP20 )

Thanks for any help

Martin

well if the heater is working, then the steam will not be an issue anyway. To be honest unless the steam was very frequent, then i wouldnt worry. Obviously im not on site, and as such, i cant see everything you can.

Ive not seen many commercial kitchens that want to add heaters,they want to get rid of the heat.
Well at least our 3 kitchens do, always good explaining wjy air conditioning and open windoes dont work, same discussion every summer

Not sure if relevant but enviromental Health dont allow fan assisted heating (AC3N) in kitchens due to spread of germs.
Sounds mad to me with steam, open windows and doors etc, but been pulled in the passed.
What about a radiant heater at high level, they dont look good but if its for employees, why not?

The room is ony used for dishwashing, its seperate form the actual cooking area so hopefully thats not an issue

Generally ventilation is required in these areas to get rid of the heat & steam but you could try tubular heaters if you just want to add a few degrees?? these can also be linked together to add more wattage