Heaters for water for cottages - these days is not so much a rarity

As soon as the dacha season comes, many urban residents tend to move closer to nature - to the country. Silence, fresh air, vegetables grown by their own hands and ripped straight from the garden ... The inevitable price for all these pleasures is the lack of familiar comfort. If earlier it was believed that hot water supply in the country is an element of luxury, now this is no surprise. So, how to get rid of the inconvenience and what are the heaters for water for the dacha?

The simplest ways to create comfort

The easiest way to organize hot water supply in the country is to build a summer shower. In the central strip of Russia for every 1 m ² for an hour gets about 750-1000 W of solar energy, and therefore the main task is to use it correctly. It should be noted that the usual coloring of the tank in black - the tool is not effective enough, because after the process of energy absorption, according to the laws of physics, its radiation occurs. Therefore, it is best to place the barrel in a kind of box, and the side facing the sun should be transparent (made of glass or polyethylene film). The shady side should be covered with a heat insulator (foamed polyurethane foam, glass wool, etc.).

The simplest water heaters for cottages can be made in the form of a solar collector. For this, two nozzles are mounted to the tank (one as high as possible and the other one as low as possible). A manifold is attached to the manifolds (the simplest is a black hose spun into a spiral). Due to natural circulation, heating will occur much faster. Accordingly, the larger the collector size, the greater the heat transfer.

It is also possible to build water heaters for cottages using energy released by the decomposition of small debris, grass, straw, sawdust, and the like. These are so-called catalytic heaters. In addition, such an aggregate produces the most valuable organic fertilizer - compost.

Another way - heater on wood. It is performed in the form of an ordinary Russian samovar. For its work quite literally a couple of logs - and you can take a hot shower or wash dishes.

Electric water heaters

Of course, the most convenient and cheapest way to get hot water is a gas column. Unfortunately, gas at the dacha is still very rare, but electricity has become quite common, and therefore it is not their sin to take advantage of it for their own good.

Electric water heaters for cottages are divided into two types - flow and storage. Advantage of flow heaters is their compactness, however high power remains a serious obstacle for their use in country conditions, since it requires a separate wiring and an additional machine on the meter. Heaters, working on a cumulative type, for cottages are more acceptable. Relatively low power does not give such a heavy load on the electrical network, and a tank with a volume of 50-100 liters is enough to make staying at the dacha quite comfortable. The disadvantage of such a device is that it needs a constant head of water, which is not always the case.

In this case, you can use a water heater - a sort of washstand from a children's fairy tale about Moidodyr, equipped with a TEN. Presence of the thermostat allows to maintain the set temperature. A disadvantage of a bulk heater is the low capacity of the tank. Of course, you can not take a shower, but please wash yourself or wash the dishes.

As a conclusion

When choosing the type of water heater it is important which source of energy will be used and where the water comes from. Heaters, the price of which is within reasonable limits, has long been an indispensable attribute of the modern summer resident, and not an exotic curiosity.