Backup electrode boiler for central heating in an apartment

The backup electrode boiler can be connected to a central heating system or serve independent heating and hot water circuits. The availability of low-power models on sale in a monoblock form factor with software control allows you to install such a device on each individual circuit. The only thing that needs to be agreed upon is how many kilowatts your apartment can consume.

 

Today we will consider the question of how to connect a backup electrode boiler with central heating in an apartment. This is necessary in order to provide heating in cases where central heating networks do not supply heat or supply it insufficiently. An alternative goal is to make an independent backup water heating circuit (radiators and underfloor heating) for the same purpose. We also propose to logically combine independent heating systems using the PLUM weather controller. And now in more detail.

What to do if the apartment is not warm enough in winter?

Of course, experts advise insulating the walls and installing energy-saving windows. But what to do if not enough heat is supplied to the apartment under the conditions of payment at the maximum tariff? Of course, the way out of this situation would be to install a heat meter by a licensed organization, which will be included in the State Register of Measuring Equipment (have the corresponding Gosstandart number of Ukraine).

Then there are several ways and two of them relate to backup water heating, these are:

• connecting an electric boiler to the central heating system in an apartment as a backup heating source requires an individual project;
• deployment of an independent heating circuit from a backup boiler, most often a heated floor circuit.

The options differ in the need for design and the absence of an individual project.

 

 

 

Backup electrode boiler in an apartment with central heating

We have already discussed the technical side of this topic and provided a hydraulic wiring diagram. The practical side is the complexity of making an individual project, but the approach itself is correct and effective. It’s cheaper to heat an apartment this way than with electric radiators. In addition, it is possible to implement low-temperature heating using underfloor heating, which will turn on when the temperature drops in the spring-summer-autumn period and there is no heat in the central heating circuit and as backup heating in winter. It is convenient and comfortable, and if controlled by the PLUM weather regulator, it is also profitable and economical.

 

The proposed solution can be quite economical, but rather cumbersome and not always effective. It is advisable to implement the DHW and underfloor heating circuit on an electronic monoblock boiler with a control system (for example, GAZDA), which allows you to set the required temperature in the circuit without additional equipment.

Automation PLUM

The PLUM weather controller for central heating systems allows you to:

• control the heating system via a web and mobile application, including turning the system on/off, temperature correction, changing heating scenarios;
• regulate indoor temperatures according to complex user scenarios and outdoor weather conditions;
• control the temperature of the DHW circuit in the absence of hot water in the central system without purchasing and installing a boiler (if there is an indirect heating tank);
• manage the heating system as a whole, regulating indoor climate indicators.

In addition, Polish automation PLUM is a whole series of devices: wired and wireless sensors, thermostats, touch panels, WI-FI repeater, Internet module, heating actuators. They are controlled by a branded weather controller. The offer is available in two color options: black and white. Available for heated floors xFloor installation system.