How to make electric heating in the country?
System benefits
The main advantages of electric heating in the country are:
- Profitability. Oddly enough, but for the infrequent inclusion of heaters, the monthly bill "for light" will be several times less than with other options for heating rooms.
- Ease of installation. Typically, electric heaters are either mounted 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, it is easier than installing radiators and connecting a water heater with your own hands.
- Simplicity of operation. Electric heaters are easily programmed by temperature controllers and control units. You can set the program for a month for almost every specific day. In addition, the electronics will control the temperature regime, effectively using its power.
- Reliability. Another plus of electric heating in the country is its high durability. The equipment will not fail due to scale, there will be no water leaks and other problems.
- Mobility. Convectors, IR panels, oil heaters and fan heaters can always be moved from place to place without significant dismantling.
And this is not all the advantages of the system. As you can see, making electric heating in the country with your own hands will be the right decision in some cases. About when exactly this heating option is more profitable to use, we will talk further!
Suitable equipment for specific conditions
First of all, it must be said that for each specific case, you need to choose the right electric heating system for the cottage. It all depends on how often you visit the country house and for what purpose it is built in your place. We consider each of the existing situations in more detail.
Rare visit
If you visit the summer cottage very rarely, especially in winter, then of course there is no point in installing the capital heating system in the cottage with your own hands. It is recommended to use the connection of electric convectors, fan heaters or oil radiators. Convectors can be mounted on the wall, in the floor or mounted on casters. Each type of design has its own advantages and disadvantages. We recommend that you immediately read the tips for choosing an electric convectorto buy the most suitable model for heating a summer house.
As for fan heaters and oil heaters, they allow you to warm up the room in the shortest possible time, which is just what you need with a rare visit to the country.
Weekend break
If the cottage is represented by an insulated capital building, it already makes sense here to make better electric heating of the cottage itself. Best in this case recommendedwarm floor, which allows you to warm the room for a short period of time and keep a certain temperature in the house for as long as necessary.
A warm floor alone may not be enough if you decide to make electric heating in a country house with an area of 100 sq m or more. In this case, it is recommended to supplement the system connecting infrared heatershaving high efficiency and relatively low power consumption. The combination of underfloor heating and infrared panels, as shown in the structural diagram above, will quickly and inexpensively warm up a country house for a weekend weekend in winter.
Frequent visit
Well, the last option, which is least likely to occur, is a country house in which the owners spend a significant part of their time. Under such conditions, it is necessary to take care of high-quality heating, and if there is no gas in the country, it is imperative to make electric heating yourself.
It is no longer rational to use equipment with high energy consumption - fan heaters and oil heaters. A more competent solution would be electric boiler connectionworking together with water radiators. 
In addition, it is recommended that you connect an electric underfloor heating in the rooms and, if necessary, install ceiling IR panels controlled by temperature controllers. Such a cottage heating system does not require the installation of a chimney, obtaining various permits and calling a wizard for installation work, which makes it better in the absence of gas on the site.
Immediately we recommend watching a video with an overview of the modern electric heating system, which in a short period of time has gained many positive reviews on the Internet:
What can be "pitfalls"?
Well, as you understand, there is no ideal option for all conditions, and a snag that you may encounter when you independently connect electric heating in the country is frequent blackouts in the area. Indeed, in many villages, problems with electricity still arise, and in our case, if there is no light, then there is no heat.
Therefore, of course, first of all, consider this moment, if you want to make electric heating of the cottage with your own hands. In any case, one can even get out of this situation without problems by purchasing an additional gasoline or diesel generator (shown in the photo below), but this requires additional money that not everyone can allocate!
That's all the information about this issue! We hope that now you know how to properly install electric heating and what nuances exist in relation to a country house!
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