If there is no hot water in the house, it is always uncomfortable! Because of this, even in a large and solid house or apartment, you can’t live with comfort! This is especially true for the summer period, when warm water is needed no less cold!
The simplest option of owning warm water is the purchase and connection of a water heater operating from electricity. Such an operation usually does not cause difficulties, but before direct connection we would like to give you some tips. Separately, we offer to familiarize yourself with the design of the water heater.
All electric water heaters are divided into two types – flowing and cumulative. The design of the running heaters includes a heat exchanger, which passes cold water through itself and heats it during the time that the water must go through it. As you can see, the method of heating water in a fuel heater is reflected directly in the name of this type.
Accumulative electric water heaters work somewhat different. They have a large accumulative container that is well -insulated – the water in it practically does not cool. Here constant water heating is carried out to a temperature set by the user. The heating itself comes from operation of the elements – a heating element, which in most cases has a power from 1 kW to 5 kW
The most convenient are flowing water heaters. As they say – turned on the water, and hot was immediately. Automatic heating system works like a clock.
As for the consumption of electricity, the flowing view has a little more. However, the averaged values of both species are almost the same, since the flowing water heater heats only the part of the water that you use – it works much less than the accumulative tank.
Nevertheless, flowing types of water heaters have a significant drawback – a large power consumption, which in turn affects the features of its connection of the mains. When installing it, it is necessary to take care that your electrical panel should be installed with an individual protection. Otherwise, you simply risk losing electricity. So that there are no such situations, we recommend using a copper wire with a section of 4 millimeters. And if the power of the water heater is more than 8 kW, we advise you to use a wire with a section of 6 millimeters when connecting it when it is connected.
In the case of storage water heaters, you will have enough wires with a cross section of 2. 5 millimeters. This is due to the fact that they consume only 1 to 3 kW.