Electric fireplace logs, also known as electric fireplace log sets, are a type of electric fireplace that are designed to represent the logs and embers associated with a real wood burning fire.

While many other types of electric fireplace consist of a whole unit with the fire effects in the middle, such as electric fireplace inserts and wall mounted electric fireplaces, electric fireplace logs don’t contain a larger outer frame and so are typically much smaller in size.

This allows more flexibility when it comes to placing electric fireplace logs inside an existing fireplace, for example, as a set of electric fireplace logs won’t be as constricted by the size of the opening as much other types of electric fireplace such as inserts.

We have an electric fireplace log set that often sits within our existing wood burning fireplace in the months of the year that we’re not using it for a real wood burning fire.

We’ve put this complete guide to electric fireplace logs together to explain what they are, what they do, how they work, what they look like, and more.

This article covers electric fireplace logs from a user’s perspective.