ELECTRIC HEATER COMPRISING FOUR INDEPENDENT HEATING REGIONS

Electric PTC heater for a vehicle, comprising a support part (101) and control circuitry (102), and a first and a second radiating layer (110, 120) that overlap one another, each radiating layer (110, 120) comprising a plurality of heating rods (115, 115'; 125, 125') extending from the support part (101) and connected in parallel with the control circuitry (102). Each radiating layer (110, 120) comprises a first layer sector (A1, C1; A2, C2) and a second layer sector (B1, Dl; B2, D2) that can be controlled independently of one another. The radiating layers (110, 120) can be controlled independently of one another. In the first radiating layer (110), the second section (115b, 115b') of the heating rods (115, 115') is capable of generating greater thermal power than the first section (115a, 115a') of the heating rods (115, 115') and, in the second radiating layer (120), the first section (125a, 125a') of the heating rods (125, 125') is capable of generating greater thermal power than the second section (125b, 125b') of the heating rods (125, 125').