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.

Our electric fireplace logs sat in our existing living room fireplace

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

You’ll typically find more models of electric fireplace logs that aren’t able to give off heat compared to other types of electric fireplace.

Their typically smaller size means that there isn’t always space for a heater in many models.

If an electric fireplace log set can produce heat however then it will have a form of heater and you’ll be able to see the maximum heat output offered by that heater on the product box or webpage.

The heat will commonly be produced by one of two types of heater:

• Fan forced heater
• Infrared heater

Fan forced heaters use a blower and heating element to force cooler air through the element and provide warm air to the room.

The use of a fan means that these types are noisier, but typically help to reduce the cost of the fireplace and are therefore typically found in cheaper models.

Infrared heaters don’t have any moving parts and so are much quieter and you’ll instead feel the heat radiating onto you.

Our own electric fireplace log set does produce heat and uses an infrared heater to do so.