Electric fireplaces work by using a light source such as a bulb or LEDs and a rotating set of mirrors to imitate the look of flames on a front panel. For more information we’ve explained how electric fireplaces work in another article.

As electric fireplaces don’t have real flames, the flame effects can be started at the switch of a button.

For example, for our electric fireplace we simply need to press a switch and the fireplace will turn on, start generating flames and start producing heat immediately.