Advise re Electric Boiler Systems.

Petstalk

Looking for advise re wet electric boiler systems.
At present have a very old LPG conventional back boiler system.
I want to replace this with an electric boiler system
I am wanting as versitile electric boiler system as possible,
Be able to add a multi fuel fire to heat the water system in the futur Be able add macro regeneration in the futur.
Do you still add inhibiter's to the system?

What do i need to add to system to get a a good power shower?

It is possible to have this system both combi and conventional systems?

Any advice best electric boiler systems would be so very much apreciated.

Petstalk

Would appreciate any information from anyone who has fitted a electric water heating system.

Petstalk

What is the most economical/efficient electric boiler heating system.

Petstalk

Really appreciate help/advise x

Petstalk

can anyone help plz?

Biggles

My mother had an electric CH boiler system. They are all incredibly expensive to run, don't touch one with a bargepole if you have any other fuel source available whatsoever.

baldelectrician

Shottish Hydro (SSE) do a tariff called Economy 10, that gives 10 hours of cheap power a day

I would suggest you go down a new condensing lpg combi, but as long as you keep it as a system (not combi) boiler you could have other sources of heat

You could add a log burner, but you need someone who is skilled enough to do so as a log burner could make the water in the system too hot without additional controls to take the excess heat away (this would make the overlimit thermostat operate on the LPG boiler)

I might suggest just a log fire, with a back boiler and an additional coil to use heat from the lpg to heat the cylinder. It is best to keep the systems independent

ed110220

Why exactly do you you want an electric boiler?

It's a pretty unusual thing, because it's a much more expensive way of heating water than just about any other fuel... if it wasn't everyone would do it as it is more convenient than most other ways of heating (no gas pipes, fuel tanks etc).

For comparison my electricity costs about 11p/kWh while my gas costs 3.5p/kWh so you'll be paying roughly three times as much. If you don't have mains gas, I'm sure LPG or oil will be cheaper.

Jonesya

If you're going for electric heating, you really want to look at heat pump systems, either air source or ground source heat pumps.

The upfront capital costs of heat pumps are higher but energy usage is considerably lower - normal electric boiler/heaters produces 1 kwh of heat for 1 kwh of electricity, heat pumps because they use the electricity to pump heat, like a fridge, have typical coefficient of performance of 3 or more, giving 3 kwh of heat for every 1kwh of electricity.

pbryd

I've been looking at air source heat pumps too. They seem to pull the heat from the outside air and pass it onto your heating.



Great for underfloor heating and low temp radiators, although it does say you can have them fitted to your standard radiators too.

Source: Domestic Heat Pumps