How to make electric heating in the country?

Advantages of the

system The main advantages of electric heating in a dacha are:

1. Cost-effectiveness. Strangely enough, but for the infrequent inclusion of heaters, the monthly bill "for light" will be several times less than in other cases of heating the rooms.
2. Ease of installation. Usually electric heaters are either installed on the floor, or suspended on a wall. You can connect them to the network simply through a plug with a socket. If the equipment is powerful, a separate group of wires from the junction box is output. In any case, this is easier than installing radiators and connecting a water heating boiler with your own hands.
3. Ease of operation. Electric heaters are easily programmed with thermostats and control units. You can install the program for a month for almost every specific day. In addition, the electronics will control the temperature regime, effectively using its power.
4. Reliability. Another plus of electric heating in the country is high durability. The equipment will not fail because of scale, there will be no water leaks and other problems.
5. Mobility. Convectors, IR panels, oil heaters and fan heaters can always be moved from place to place without significant demolition work.

And this is not all the merits of the system. As you see, making electric heating in the country house with your own hands will be quite the right solution in some cases. About when exactly this option of heating is more profitable to apply and we will talk further!

Suitable equipment for specific conditions

First of all, it must be said that for each specific case it is necessary to select the system of electric heating of the villa correctly. It all depends on how often you visit a holiday house and for what purposes it is built. Let's consider each of the existing situations in more detail.

Rare visit of

If you visit a summer residence very rarely, especially in winter, then of course there is no sense in installing a capital heating system at the dacha with your own hands. It is recommended to use the connection of electric convectors, fan heaters or oil coolers. Convectors can be mounted on a wall, in the floor or installed on rollers. Each of the design types has its advantages and disadvantages. We recommend immediately to get acquainted with the tips for choosing an electric convector to buy the most suitable model for heating the villa.

As for fan heaters and oil heaters, they allow to warm up the premises in the shortest possible time, which is exactly what you need with a rare visit to the dacha.

Rest on weekends

If the cottage is represented by a heated building, it already makes sense to make better electrical heating of the villa. It is best in this case to recommend a warm floor, which allows you to warm up the room for a short period of time and keep a certain temperature in the house as much as you need.

Just one warm floor may not be enough, if you decided to make electric heating in the country of 100 square meters and more. In this case, it is recommended to supplement the system by connecting infrared heaters having high efficiency and relatively low power consumption. The combination of a warm floor and infrared panels, as shown in the structural scheme above, will quickly and inexpensively warm the holiday cottage for a rest on the weekend in winter.

Frequent visit to

Well, the last option, which is least likely - a country house in which the hosts spend much of their time. Under such conditions, it is necessary to take care of the quality heating, and if there is no gas in the cottage - it is necessary to make electric heating by oneself.

Here it is no longer rational to use equipment with high energy consumption - fan heaters and oil heaters. A more competent solution is to connect an electric boiler that works together with water radiators. In addition, it is recommended to connect an electric floor heating in the rooms and, if necessary, install the IR ceiling panels controlled by temperature controllers. Such a heating system does not require the installation of a chimney, obtaining various permits and calling the master for installation works, which makes it better in the absence of gas in the plot.

What can be "pitfalls"?

Well, as you know, there is no ideal option for all conditions, and a problem to be encountered with self-connection of electric heating in the country is frequent light outages on the site. Indeed, in many villages problems with electricity arise and still, and in our case, if there is no light, then there is no heat.

Therefore, of course, first of all consider this point, if you want to make the electrical heating of the villa with your own hands. In any case, even from this situation, you can go out without problems, buying an additional gasoline or diesel generator( shown in the photo below), but this requires extra money that not everyone can allocate!

That's all the information about this issue! We hope that now you know how to properly install the installation of electrical heating and what nuances exist in relation to the cottage house!

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