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Hot Water with Your Own Hands: Choosing a Boiler

A properly chosen boiler is the key to comfort

In modern cities, the condition of water supply systems is deteriorating more and more every year. Most of these pipes were laid 20-30 years ago, in Soviet times, and have only been repaired since then. No money is allocated for laying new pipes, and what is allocated is quickly stolen.

As a result, very unpleasant things happen: lack of hot or even cold water for months, problems with heating in winter. It even leads to entire city-scale disasters – not long ago there were precedents in Alchevsk, when the entire city was left without heating in winter.

You can protect yourself from such disasters only on your own. The easiest way to do this is with a boiler – a relatively inexpensive device for heating water. You can buy any boilers in the EM online store. To do this, follow the link https://elektromotor.com.ua/g20173812-bojlery.

Externally, a boiler is a large tank that stores a sufficient supply of water, and the water in this tank is heated using electricity. The principle of operation is extremely simple, and by using these devices you can always have hot water in the house. Its amount is enough to take a shower several times a day, wash dishes, or do some laundry.

Since an electric boiler is a fairly powerful device, it is not recommended to plug it into a regular household network. This can cause network overload, overheating, and even ignition of the electrical wiring. It is best to run power to it from a separate phase or a separate power source. You should also take care of safety measures – the boiler must be reliably grounded, and it may also need a frequency converter on the power source. Also, the device itself should, if possible, be equipped with fuses.

On the panel from which the water heating device is powered, circuit breakers should be installed. This will also ensure the safe operation of such devices. And do not forget about the proper condition of the safety valves on the tank, which prevent it from deforming due to the expansion of water when heated. The valves must always be in good working order.

Other options for heating water – using gas (the so-called flow-through device – a water heater) or immersion heaters – are far less convenient, and generally do not provide a stable flow of hot water over a period of time. But if you need a little hot water and not too often, you can use them as well. When using a gas water heater, you must follow safety rules when working with gas.

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