Storage electric water heaters

If you do not want to put up with the lack of hot water during its shutdown, you can solve this problem by accumulating electric water heaters or boilers.

Storage water heater unit

Externally, the design of the storage water heater looks like a volumetric tank. It is able to keep the water hot even when the power is off. Inside the tank there is a heating element - ten. The water heating is switched on or off by means of automation.

Recommendations for choosing a storage water heater

Before deciding to purchase a specific boiler model, it is worth:

1. Decide on the volume that you need. It is believed that on average, the consumption of water consumed by one person is 50 liters. But it should be borne in mind that boilers can be quite large, and placing a 200-liter heater in the apartment will be problematic. Such designs are installed in private homes , where it is possible to allocate a separate room for them. For apartments, as a rule, they get boilers up to 80-100 liters.
2. Select the shape for the boiler, which can be round or rectangular. The flat storage water heater is more compact, and it is more convenient to place it indoors, but its price is more expensive by 15-20%.
3. Select the type of the TV . Heating elements are divided into "wet" and "dry". "Dry" teng is not submerged in water and will serve you for a longer time, but it will cost much more.

Advantages and disadvantages of a storage water heater

The main advantage of boilers in comparison with flow-through water heaters is that they consume much less power. The power of the device for running water should be at least 4-6 kW, while for the storage heater it is enough to have 1.5-2 kW.

Since wiring in apartments, as a rule, is too weak for flow heaters, for them it is necessary to allocate a separate cable and install the machine on the electrical panel. When using a boiler, there is no such problem, since it can easily be plugged into a standard outlet.

The drawback of the storage heater is that it can produce hot water, limited by the volume of the tank. By using the heated water that is contained in the boiler, it will take a certain amount of time to get a new portion.

With the purchase of a storage water heater, you will get extra comfort and the opportunity to use hot water even during its shutdown.