Rules and Guidelines
Want to participate in the discussions? Please read our Community Rules and Guidelines. Need some help? Visit Support and Answers.

  • State Not Answered
  • Locked Locked
  • Replies 29 replies
  • Subscribers 32 subscribers
  • Views 8040 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Options
You may also be interested in
This discussion has been locked.
You can no longer post new replies to this discussion. If you have a question you can start a new discussion

12kW Electric Boiler.

Zoomup

Helllllooooo,

I have been asked to install  new consumer unit for a couple as they are having a company supply and install a new 12kW Heatrae Sadia electric “boiler”. Has anyone any comments about such a beast. Any experiences of these please? Rather than supply it from a new consumer unit by a B50 M.C.B. I have considered supplying it from a dedicated switch fuse with a suitable H.R.C. cartridge fuse.

 

Thoughts anyone?

 

The makes are based in Norwich. Well I have only just learned that. I have no connection with Heatrae Sadia.

 

Z.

 

 

Parents
  • 0

    Andrew Ince: 
    Dave, I do agree that wet central heating from a direct electrically powered boiler is not a good idea and that petrochemicals will indeed be required for many years to come. There is however a considerable amount of research in to synthesis of fuels directly from CO₂.

    Two issues: (1) the capture of energy (from the sun) be it fossil fuels, wood, electricity, and so on; and (2) how to transport it. There will always be transmission losses, but it seems doubtful that using electricity to reverse the burning of carbon will be as efficient as simply sending it down a wire.

    By contrast, use a sugary plant which consumes CO2, add an enzyme (in yeast) and bingo! you have a liquid fuel.

Reply
  • 0

    Andrew Ince: 
    Dave, I do agree that wet central heating from a direct electrically powered boiler is not a good idea and that petrochemicals will indeed be required for many years to come. There is however a considerable amount of research in to synthesis of fuels directly from CO₂.

    Two issues: (1) the capture of energy (from the sun) be it fossil fuels, wood, electricity, and so on; and (2) how to transport it. There will always be transmission losses, but it seems doubtful that using electricity to reverse the burning of carbon will be as efficient as simply sending it down a wire.

    By contrast, use a sugary plant which consumes CO2, add an enzyme (in yeast) and bingo! you have a liquid fuel.

Children
No Data

Community Rules & Guidelines