Review of electric heating boilers for country houses
Despite the fact that during the heating season, most summer residents conserve their country houses, some of them remain awake or even move during the cold season to a permanent summer cottage, enjoying the beauty of the snow-covered nature.
The banal phrase about the recent prevalence of electric boilers in country houses is already pretty boring, but still it has its own rational grain. Today it is the most efficient heating system for dwellings that are visited irregularly by their owners. And since a modern house, designed and built according to the latest standards and standards of construction and repair technologies, cannot imagine its normal existence without a heating source, the problem of choosing a boiler is very relevant.
Electric heating boilers for summer cottages are the most versatile, since there are practically no problems with electrification in modern society, unlike gasification, and solid fuel is not always available, and even if the owner is absent for a long time, you can forget about using it if you do not have a regular stoker.
- Induction boilers - electromagnetic induction is the main engine for the operation of these boilers, and the absence of a heating element is the key to an increased service life of these models;
- Heating boilers - the principle of their operation is to heat tubular heating elements inside a container filled with a coolant. This principle is also used in conventional household electric kettles;
- Electrode boilers are to some extent similar in principle to heating boilers, but in this case, the device uses an electrode that is a direct transmitter of electricity to water, i.e. it does not heat up itself.
These are not the only criteria by which electric heating boilers are distinguished. In addition, there are differences in the method and place of installation - floor or wall, in the number of voltage phases used - single-phase or three-phase, and differing in basic features or features of common heating systems - single-circuit and double-circuit, where there is both a supply circuit and a return circuit or the so-called "return".
Electric boiler manufacturer selection
Purchasing such a thing as an electric heating boiler requires special attention like any other expensive purchase. The choice of a manufacturer should be approached very carefully, to study user reviews of a particular model on the Internet, on construction forums and simply on the market. It is necessary to familiarize yourself with and compare the warranty policy of a particular brand, find out the territorial proximity to service centers in your city that will install or will serve the boiler of your choice. And, of course, the installation features. If you are not an expert in this area and for you there is no difference in the concepts of a collector and a convector, do not rely on your own strength, but in advance take an interest and study the local market for the services of installation, repair and maintenance of electrical appliances of this segment.
To date, the following are the most popular brands of electric boilers:
- KOSPEL is a Polish trade mark, whose products have long been known on the market of thermoelectric devices, electric boilers of this manufacturing plant are considered the most modern in Europe for the use of revolutionary technologies;
- Protherm - Slovakia is the birthplace of goods under this name, and boilers are easy to operate and maintain, which makes them one of the leaders in sales;
- BOSCH is a German brand whose product quality speaks for itself;
- DAKON - Country of origin - Czech Republic. The products of the plant are made in the best traditions of Czechoslovak instruments and equipment, the quality of which was legendary.
Of course, there is no specific answer to the question of which brand to buy a boiler. Also, everything cannot depend on the taste of the buyer, since the boiler is not a tie that we choose by its appearance. Much depends on the allocated budget for the equipment of the heating system of a country house or summer cottage, local conditions, where it will directly function and the variety of functions and areas of application.
In no case should you rely on the opinion of one of your acquaintances or specialists in this field, since this very specialist can be a sales representative of a particular brand with the only task of quickly selling you expensive equipment. Monitoring and scrutinizing information are your main partners in making choices. To the question of how to choose an electric boiler for heating a summer cottage, the answer should be found, first of all, by the buyer himself, only relying on third-party advice.
Pros and cons of electric heating boilers
The pros and cons of electric heating boilers, of course, are not always clear when compared with competitors, but most of them can be identified by making simple conclusions and studying the analysis of the sales market for such boilers.
So, the advantages of electric heating boilers include:
- Energy efficiency and high efficiency - the efficiency of electric boilers is incredibly high and in most cases is about 99%;
- Ease of management and operation;
- Environmental friendliness. When using electric boilers, only power generating organizations can be blamed for environmental pollution, but not the user of the boiler, because there are no emissions into the atmosphere;
- The presence of a water heating function, when using which the boiler becomes an instantaneous electric heater.
There are also disadvantages of electric heating boilers, and these are:
- high cost of electricity compared to gas or solid fuel;
- costly arrangement of appropriate electrical wiring that can withstand the required current power;
- dependence on electricity. In the event of regular power outages or dilapidated equipment on distribution lines, the use of electric boilers may not be entirely justified.