Many private home owners are trying to reduce installation and maintenance costs and simplify the heating system by using electric boiler for heating.
Types of boilers for home heating
There are two types of electric boilers: flow and storage.
The first one supplies hot water to the system within a few seconds after switching on. However, such a device puts a heavy load on the electrical system. Therefore, it is possible to use a flow-through boiler for heating a house only with powerful and well-assembled electrical wiring.
Accumulative boilers are containers in which water is heated and stored until it is used. They are used, as a rule, as electric boilers for heating.
How to choose a boiler
An electric boiler for heating is selected according to power. If the power of the device is 6 - 10 kilowatts, then it is designed specifically for use as a heating device. Attention should also be paid to the volume of the tank. The larger it is, the less often the heater will have to work. Domestic boilers are rarely more than 100 liters. Industrial models have capacities of 300 liters or more.
- For electric boilers for heating, the pipe supplying cold water is located at the bottom, and the outlet of warm water is at the top;
- For boilers for heating a house, inlets with a diameter of 2 inches or more, for household boilers, it is 1/2 or 3/4 inches;
- The power of a boiler for heating a house is calculated based on 1 kilowatt per ten square meters of the house.
Calculation of a heating scheme with a boiler
The ramification of the boiler heating system significantly affects the quality of heating. The more radiators and branches, the lower the speed of water movement in the system and the cooler the room.
If, when calculating the boiler heating scheme, the "lower limits" for the area of the room were taken into account, the performance of the system will gradually decrease. That is, it will be necessary to change the ten for a more powerful one or increase the number of heating devices in the house.
The quality of boiler heating is highly dependent on the cleanliness of the pipes and the heating element. Therefore, you will have to call service services from time to time or clean the system yourself.
System features
The constant and uniform movement of the coolant is ensured by the circulation pump provided by the boiler heating circuit.
Since the electric ten is switched on without interruption, and the water in the system is constantly changing, a large amount of scale accumulates on it. Therefore, you should prepare for its frequent replacement in an electric boiler for heating.
