How to choose a heater? Tips for choosing a heater. Types of temperature regulators for heaters regulators that are operated in industrial premises are two species

Oil radiators are in great demand, so you can meet them in almost every home. And it is not surprising, because the oil heater is compact and very convenient to use.

However, despite all its advantages, one explicit deficiency in the functioning of an oil radiator is: high energy consumption. In order for electrical energy to be less consumed, the thermostat is intended. It monitors the operation of the heater, turning off heated to the desired temperature and including when it is cooled.

KST401 16A / 250V Oil Radiator Thermostat / 250V / 70 ° C

The thermostat is designed to automatically adjust the temperature. The heater without a thermostat is inconvenient to use, because On and turning off the device, depending on the room temperature, you will have to manually implement. If you want the room to warm during your absence, then it will not be possible to do this manual way. Moreover, heaters that are not equipped with thermostators are fireless, if they do not turn them off for a long time.

thermostat

There are 3 types of thermostators for oil radiators:

mechanical;
electromechanical;
electronic.

The main difference lies in the device for the oil radiator. In other words, the method with which the thermal sensor fixes the temperature and opens the chain, each view is different.

Consider the characteristics of each type.

Electronic thermostat Based on the three main components:

temperature sensor;
microprocessor that processes and transmits information;
termasale.

Electronic regulators are distinguished by the high accuracy of determining the temperature in the room, as well as they are easy to control.

Electromechanical thermostators divided into several groups:

The first group includes contacts and a dual metal plate. When the device is heated, the plate is strung out and opens the contact group. As a result - electricity ceases to be supplied to the heating plate. When the radiator cools, the plate returns to the starting point and begins to function in the same mode.
The second group is appliances equipped with relays. The relay is represented by a cylindrical pipe in which the substance is responsive to heating. The pipe is placed in water tank. When the temperature of the oil heater rises, the substance is expanding. When the temperature reaches the desired level, the extended substance has an effect on the electrical circuit by means of the drive. As a result, it is closed or opening the contacts and eliminates the overheating of the device.

Mechanical thermostat Look like ordinary shut -ling fittings. The device is designed from a cylinder with a rod in which a sensitive substance is located. When heated, the substance expands, the rod overlaps the coolant flow in the system.

By choosing the thermostat, give preference to proven brands that have positive user feedback.

In your residential room or office there is not enough warmth and you decide to purchase a heater, but do not know which one to choose? This article will help you decide on the selection of the heater. Here you will find information about what heaters are, their main principle of work, their pros and cons, as well as some recommendations.

The most important characteristic of any thermal heater is power.

It depends on the area to which the heater is calculated. For not heated premises with good thermal insulation, about 1 kW is needed at 25-27 m 3 (for model apartments - 1 kW to 10m 3 with a standard ceiling height of 2.50 m).

For residential premises, having central heating, a sufficient electrical heater with a capacity of 1.0-1.5 kW per room with an area of \u200b\u200b20-25 m 3.

Square of heating, sq.m.	The power of the device, W
5 - 6	500
7 - 9	750
10 - 12	1000
12 - 14	1250
15 - 17	1500
18 - 19	1750
20 - 23	2000
24 - 27	2500

Most modern air heaters have built-in thermostats that allow you to automatically maintain the specified temperature. As a rule, thermostats do not have a degree scale, they work according to the principle more - less. An important characteristic of heaters is their type.

OIL RADIATOR

One of the most popular household heaters. They have a capacity from 1.0 to 2.5 kW and are used in apartments, offices, in dachas.

Principle of operation:

Inside the sealed metal case filled with mineral oil, there is an electric spiral. Heating, it transmits its warmth oil, and it in turn is a metal body, and then air. Its outer surface consists of several sections (ribs) - the more their number, the extensive heat transfer, with equal capacities. The heater supports the set temperature in the room and in the case of overheating automatically turns off. As soon as the temperature begins to fall - turns on.

Advantages:

the low temperature of the housing heating (about 60 ° C), due to which it does not "burn" the oxygen fireproof, Beshume due to the thermostat and timer, some models do not require a disconnection of high mobility (the presence of wheels makes it easy to move them from the room to the room)

Disadvantages:

relatively long warning of the room (however, they retain heat), the temperature of the radiator surface (does not allow you to freely touch it), relatively large dimensions

Electric convector

On operational characteristics, it looks like an oil radiator.

Used in apartments, offices, dachas, in houses, and can also be used as the main heating system. Suitable for any premises. All models of Noirot conversion models have the II class of electrical protection, do not require a special connection to the power grid and do not need to be grounded, which allows you to leave them on 24 hours a day, moisture is not afraid (the ability to install in the bathrooms and from / s). With accurate observance of the rules of operation, any possibility of ignition is excluded.

Principle of operation:

The heating of the room using the convector occurs due to the passage of air through the heating elements. The circulation occurs due to the different density of cold and warm air: cold air, heating, rises up, and the next game is lowered in its place. After that the process is repeated. The heating element has a large area and low heating temperature. Therefore, the lower the convector, the more efficient its work. There are outdoor and wall convectors. Convenient to use convectors if there is a timer, the function "ON delay"

Advantages:

The low heating temperature of the housing (about 60 ° C), due to which the oxygen does not "burn" due to the thermostat do not require a disconnection of high mobility (the presence of wheels makes it easy to move them from the room in the room) fireproof. Beshum. The possibility of fastening on any wall. High efficiency 99%. Quick heating of the room. Protected from overheating. The possibility of programming, convectors can be combined into an electrical heating system. Small dimensions. Smooth, flat housing.

Disadvantages: No.

What is the difference between the electronic thermostat from mechanical

The advantages of the electronic thermostat are obvious.

First, he is the most accurate today. The specified temperature is supported with an accuracy of 0.1 degrees. Heaters with a mechanical thermostat maintain a temperature with an accuracy of 1 to 3 degrees. Moreover, over time, the accuracy of the mechanical thermostat is reduced. The accuracy of the thermostat is dependent on the temperature of the temperature in the room and the human well-being, because our body catches the temperature changes even in 1 degrees.

Secondly, the electronic thermostat is absolutely silent.

Thirdly, the electronic thermostat serves much longer. So if you want the greatest comfort when using the heater, choose a model with an electronic thermostat.

And fourth in an electronic thermostat advantage in more accurate temperature maintenance. And its reliability is higher if the differences in the network are not more permissible by the passport. The differences in the network are often in Ukraine, and in the West they do not know anything about them.

They will also respond to some questions about convectors, frequently asked by our customers:

Question: Is there a difference in the effectiveness of high and low convectors?

Answer: Practically no. Thermal efficiency determines the power of the device.

Question: How safe are the convectors? Can I be left unattended?

Answer: Absolutely safe and are intended for autonomous work. Each device has an overheating sensor that will turn off the device in case of a fire-hazardous situation.

Question: I want to buy a device with a power of 1 kW. What temperature will it warm me the room?

Answer: The goal is incorrectly formulated. The convector will warm the room to the temperature that you need if it is correctly selected. Accordingly, you need to choose power, based on what you want to get. 1 kW is enough for the heating of a room of 10-12 sq.m. In this case, you can set any temperature in the range of 5 - 30s. The room is more - it means the power of the instruments should be greater.

Question: I have 50 sq.m. Highlighted 3 kW. How can I warm it up?

Answer: Taking into account the fact that there are still electrical appliances (kettle, TV, electric stove, etc. at any dacha, TV, electric stove, etc.) - the answer is not consolation: "You will be cool." By 50 sq.m. You need 4.5-5 kW of heating power. Otherwise it will not work. Consider additional heating sources.

Question: What are the convectors for 1000 UAH. They differ from the convectors for 3000 UAH.

As in any household appliances: the main difference is the efficiency (for example, the Noirot Connector efficiency is 99%), differences in the country of production (and this is the reliability, the quality of the assembly and the components themselves), on the period of warranty, additional features (programming, communicativeness). In addition, the price of 3000 UAH. For the convector, not the limit. There are models of Campa heaters with an exclusive design, worth $ 1000 -3000.

Question: How to support in the house just a plus temperature with minimal electricity consumption?

Answer: In almost every electroconctor, there is an "anti-plating" mode. When it is turned on, the device will maintain a temperature of 5-7 s, which is sufficient to prevent the freezing of the house.

Question: Help me choose a heater for the bathroom.

The bathroom is the most "intimate" place in the house where a person commits sanitary and hygienic procedures, taking the invigorating, contrast shower in the morning and warm, soothing bath in the evening. Staying one on one with you, we put in order not only your body, but also our thoughts, tune in to the business field or, on the contrary, shaking the burden of accumulated problems. An important point in human perception is not only the design of the room, but also the microclimate in it. Therefore, the bathroom should be warm and comfortable, but the ordinary heater indoors cannot be installed with such high humidity. Noirot electrical heaters are the optimal solution of this problem - highly efficient, compact and safe heating devices. With them, the design of the bathroom will become even more attractive, and a soft and gentle warmth will create a feeling of complete harmony.

All Noirot heaters have the second class of electrical protection, do not require a special connection to the electrical outlet and do not need to be grounded, which allows you to leave it on 24 hours a day. With accurate observance of the rules of operation, any possibility of ignition is excluded.

All Noirot models are performed in splashing performance (IP 24) and can be used even in wet rooms.

The Noirot electronic automation withstands the voltage drops from 150 V to 242 V, which is most relevant with frequent "racing" voltage. In case of possible power supply interruptions in heaters, the autorenta function is provided, restoring the operation of the device in the same mode.

Electrical heaters (convectors) are used as the main and additional heating of country houses, urban apartments, glazed balconies, winter gardens, etc., as well as in pavilions, shopping tents and other places where electric heating is the only possible.

Question: Why don't you have oil heaters? This is also a convector!

Answer: once popular in the CIS, Ukraine oil heaters have another principle of operation and are not convectors. They have a number of significant flaws that electroconvectors are not. As we try to offer our customers only the best, we had to abandon the oil heaters. We advise you to consider this type of instrument only in the case of an extremely limited budget.

Heater

The easiest and affordable heating device. Used to quickly warm up small rooms. Have a power of 2.0-2.5 kW. Compared to the oil radiator and convector, there are small dimensions. The tracks are located on the floor, on the table, and can also be attached to the wall.

Principle of operation:

In the fan heater, the air heats up from the hot spiral and the fan is supplied to the heating zone. The temperature of the open electrical helix is \u200b\u200babout 80 ° C, and the air at the outlet of the fan heater is always up to 20 ° C. To improve the uniform of the heating of the room, the fan turns into the housing. The body of the fan heater is usually plastic.

Advantages:

Very quickly heats the air and distributed over the volume of the room. Turn off in case of falling. Protected from overheating. Thanks to the thermostat, adjust the set temperature and do not require shutdown. Compact and aesthetic.

Disadvantages:

The resulting noise during work at elevated circulation. Air pollution due to oxygen burning and dust particles. Crashing dust, burning on a split spiral can make an unpleasant smell

INFRARED HEATER

Infrared heaters are the most advanced and cost-effective heaters. The quartz emitter is more suitable for temporary heating in case you do not need to dampen the room entirely.

Principle of operation:

Infrared heater Unlike traditional heaters, heats no air, but nearby objects. It radiates thermal energy (like the Sun), which is absorbed by surrounding surfaces (floor, walls, furniture, etc.) and people. Infrared heaters allow you to create zones with local heating and save electricity. Heat items and do not heat the air. Infrared heaters are designed for suspended ceilings, heating residential and non-residential premises, as well as people in open areas. They are used for heating bathrooms and shower rooms, terraces, balconies, cafes and restaurants.

Advantages: Electricity saving, Beshum, when installing above the workplace, infrared radiation heating provides comfortable conditions for a working person without heating the entire premises.

Avoid entering the jet of water to the overall helix (fan heaters);
Avoid clogging the apparatus of dust;
The lower the convector, the more efficient its work;
Do not cover the working device;
Do not use laundry drying devices
Do not use the device in wet rooms (shower, bathroom, pool);
the device must be only vertical (oil radiator);
Do not place an oil radiator near the low-melting products and is not closer to 50 cm from the furniture.

Air-air thermal pumps or air conditioners inverter

Heating with the help of inverter air conditioners

The heating systems based on the use of the heat pump differ in environmental purity, as they work without burning fuel and do not produce harmful emissions into the atmosphere. In addition, they are characterized by an efficiency: when applying to a heat pump, for example, 1 kW of electricity, depending on the mode of operation and operating conditions, it gives up to 3-5 kW of thermal energy. Among the advantages of the heat pump indicate a reduction in capital costs due to the absence of gas communications, an increase in dwelling safety due to the absence of explosive gas, the ability to simultaneously obtain from one installation of heating, hot water supply and air conditioning. Systems that carry heat in the opposite direction are often called thermal pumps.

Advantages:

Modern air conditioners are capable not only effectively cope with their historically the main task - cooling the air in the rooms, but also warm to warm. If over the past ten years on the Internet, hundreds of articles on the topic "Do not include air conditioning in winter" are written, today the situation changes. Manufacturers such as Mitsubishi Electric and Daikin (Japan) taught their air conditioners to warmly warm even with external temperatures up to - 25 ° C.

What does this give to the buyer? We are like professional sellers of air conditioners finally hear such questions in a conversation with buyers:

"We need to warm up in winter, I want to put the air conditioner, what will you advise?" Let's figure it out in this matter.

Principle of operation of the heat pump:

The air conditioner works on the principle of the heat pump, which is radically different from the principle of operation of any electrical heater. The heat pump is capable of "pumping" heat outside inside. This means that even with minus outdoor temperatures it is possible to take heat from atmospheric air. How it works? Let's imagine such an effect: shed a little cologne or alcohol on the hand. What do we feel? Hand will immediately become cold. What happened? Alcohol evaporates very quickly, taking warmth. But there is a reverse process. If you make the liquid condense, it will bring warm with your parties. In nature, this process is almost not found in an obvious at least some noticeable without instruments. But experts recreated this process in the air conditioner. Freon under great pressure was forced to condense in the heat exchanger of the indoor unit, which is why it is warm (up to 60-80 degrees). Then the liquid freon is sent to the outer block, where it should turn into gas in a strongly fallen pressure again, that is, evaporate. Make Freon boiled in the outer block, collecting heat from atmospheric air is quite difficult, but for modern scientists it turned out to be only a problem.

Why do you need air conditioning in winter and how to use it? What can the potential buyer of the "heating" split system can calculate today? It is not necessary to design an independent system of heating a country house based on air conditioners. Still, it is economically quite controversial and temperatures in winter can fall below minus twenty. But in the urban apartment is a completely different matter.

Inverter conditioners capable of warm today at very low temperatures. Now about the practical side of the case. Electricity consumption. Inverter air conditioners capable of warm today at very low temperatures have a very high EER coefficient showing the ratio of the selected heat to the electricity spent. Almost this is a more familiar efficiency (efficiency). So this indicator today exceeds 4. This means that spending just two hundred fifty watts, we get more kilowatt heat! This is more than four times more economical than any electrical heater! It's profitable? Yes!

Disadvantages: Only one is the high cost of equipment compared to other heating devices.

What to choose? Let's bring a brief summary

Oil radiators are ideal for heating apartments. Silentness, efficiency and security are very important here. One heater is sufficient for heating a hall or bedroom. Oil radiators are equipped with wheels, and they can be easily transferred from the room to the room. For the summer, the oil radiator can be simply taken out in the barn or put in the storage room.

Convectors low temperature of the housing heating (about 60 ° C), due to which it does not "burn" oxygen due to the thermostat do not require a disconnection of high mobility (the presence of wheels makes it easy to move them from the room in the room) fireproof. Beshum. The possibility of fastening on any wall. High efficiency 99%. Quick heating of the room. Protected from overheating. The possibility of programming, convectors can be combined into an electrical heating system. Small dimensions. Smooth, flat block. Disadvantages There are no high price.

The fan heaters provide the highest heating rate of the room, but create an increased noise at high speed, and the model with an open spiral has a different drawback: they burn oxygen and contaminate air combustion products.

Infrared quartz emitters are used to heat certain sections of the room. It may well heat the workplace.

Thermal air-air pumps or air conditioners inverter provide a high heating rate of the room. Suitable for heating any premises. High efficiency when applying to a heat pump, for example, 1 kW of electricity, depending on the mode of operation and operating conditions, it gives up to 3-5 kW of thermal energy. To date, the thermal pump is the most economical type of heating of your room. He has only one disadvantage of the high cost of equipment compared to other heating devices.

Devices such as thermostators for heaters are used to control and change the current indoor air temperature. Thanks to a special scale or display, you can create the most comfortable environment, while not to spend electricity in vain. By the way, such devices can control the temperature of not only oil or infrared heaters, but also monitor the heating of the warm floors.

Characteristic

Temperature regulators for heaters are useful devices, thanks to which you can completely eliminate the overheating of the room and the heating system as a whole. To use such a regulator is quite simple. You only need to put the desired temperature on the scale, which you want to get, and the device itself will take care of the further heating of the room. In addition, the thermostat for is able to maintain exactly the temperature you put on the device on one or another time interval. Throughout this period, the system will automatically maintain stable air heating and turn off only by its expiration.

Connection

Often in each room is installed on one such regulator. Connecting the thermostat to an infrared heater, which warms two rooms at the same time, causes complexity in the system management. Therefore, experts recommend connecting this device only to one heating device. Thus, thermostators for heaters are capable of as accurately controlling the temperature in the room at the level of the required value.

Why can not be connected to a regulator to multiple heaters?

There are several reasons here. First, different premises have a different area that no longer allows you to tune in to the heater to normal temperature. Secondly, the exposure to the optimal degree cannot be made due to differences in the heat transfer of rooms. That is why for each room you need to connect your own, separate thermostat.

How do they work?

If you think that after setting values \u200b\u200bfor heaters, you work smoothly, you are deeply mistaken. The essence of their work is as follows. When the temperature in the system reaches the level of the specified, the device is turned off, and when the heating level drops by 2-3 degrees Celsius, this device turns on and operates until the heater is started again to the specified mode again. This is happening until the timer works, which you installed. In general, the mechanism can work from a few minutes to several hours, maintaining the optimal air temperature.

Price

The cost of such devices is an average of 800 to one thousand rubles. The price may depend on the type of design, the manufacturer, as well as the presence or absence of a liquid crystal display in the regulator showing the current temperature.

The electrical convector is one of the most popular heaters used for heating household, industrial and office premises. Despite the fairly wide popularity of the heater of this type, few people have an idea of \u200b\u200bhow it works, and for which they serve those or other elements of the convector.

Consider the principle of operation of the convection heater. The principle of operation of the electric convector is based on the natural circulation (convection) of the air. Convector, as a rule, has a rectangular shape, an electrical heating element is located inside it.

On the surface of the convector there are holes intended for air circulation. The convector is designed in such a way that the air coming from the lower and lateral holes is heated after passing through the heating element and then leaves through the holes located on the front panel of the convector.

For example, heats the room due to thermal radiation, which comes from heated radiators. In the convector of another principle - the heating of the room is carried out due to the directional flow of heated air. Due to this, convector heats the room much faster and, not less important - evenly throughout the area.

The heating element of the modern convector is low-temperature, it is made of a special alloy, so that it is heated significantly faster than the usual heating elements of tubular type. As a rule, after 30-60 s after inclusion in the network, the convector is already starting to give heat into the room.

The CPD of the heater of this type reaches 90% due to the fact that almost all the energy goes to heating the room, unlike other types of heaters, for example, oil, which begins to give heat to the room not immediately, but only after its thermal conducting medium warms up Oil, and then its metal case (radiator).

There is an opinion that heaters, including electrical convectors, burn oxygen. But is it really? As mentioned above, low-temperature heating elements are installed in the electrical convector, the maximum temperature of their heating, as a rule, does not exceed 600 60 o C.

At such a temperature, oxygen is not burned, which is a significant advantage of the convector, compared with other types of electrical heaters, the heating elements of which are heated to several hundred degrees. In addition, the low operating temperature of the convector allows it to be installed almost everywhere, including near fire hazardous surfaces, for example, on a wooden wall.

And how can the convector effectively warm the room if the working temperature of its heating elements is significantly lower than in the heaters of another type?

The heating element of the convector has a significantly larger size, compared with heating elements that have a higher operating temperature. Due to this, the convector highlights a sufficient amount of heat and, despite the low operating temperature of its heating elements, is able to heat a significant area. Depending on the power, one convector can heat the room with an area of \u200b\u200bup to 30 square meters. m.

Most convectors establish a thermostat that is designed to adjust the temperature of the heating element and, accordingly, the air temperature, which departs from the convector. On cheaper models, mechanical thermostats are installed, with which the temperature adjustment is rude.

Dear models are supplied, which allow you to adjust the temperature with high accuracy to the tenth of the degree. For household use, accurate temperature adjustment is not so important. If the room is cold and it is necessary to heat it faster - the thermostat is exposed to the maximum temperature. When the optimal and comfortable temperature is reached, the thermostat can be set to a smaller temperature value.

The accuracy of temperature adjustment is relevant if necessary to maintain the temperature in those rooms where it is necessary to observe a strict temperature regime. Thanks to the electronic thermostat, it is possible to automatically adjust the temperature in the room.

In addition to the thermostat, the electrical convector provides a switch to supply voltage to the heating element. In convectors with a capacity of 1500-2500 W, there may be 2-3 heating elements and, accordingly, switch to several positions. For example, when installing in the first position, one heating element turns on, in the second position - two heating elements, and in the third position, the convector operates at full power - that is, all three heating elements are turned on.

On some types of electrical convectors, independent switches are installed for each of the heating elements. This option for inclusion of heating elements is most appropriate, since in case of a brave of one heating element, you can turn on the other one in good condition, while when the Tan is bravely in the convector with a stepwise switch, the likelihood is high in any of the switch positions Convector will not work.

The presence of thermostat and switches of heating elements allows you to adjust air heating temperature in fairly wide ranges.

Electrical convectors can be mounted directly on the wall or installed on the floor. In the case of the installation of a heater of this type on the floor, there is a danger of its overturning, which may cause fire. Therefore, in almost all convectors, a special protective device is provided, which automatically turns off the power of the heating elements in the case of random or spontaneous tipping of the convector.

The principle of this protective device is the following. When the convector is in a vertical position, contacts are closed, and the heating elements of the convector are powered. In the case of tipping the convector, that is, with a deviation from the vertical position to a specified angle value, the contacts of the protective device are opened and the heating elements of the convector are divided.

It should be noted that the convector operates in normal mode only if the air circulation occurs. Therefore, in order to avoid the exit of the convect, to cover it is prohibited.

Nowadays, an increasing amount of consumers are inclined to think that the only opportunity to improve the quality of housing heating with minimal expenditures is an electric thermostat. For most people, the topic is very relevant the topic of costs of heating apartments to a minimum, but this can be done either by road heating, which is not always possible and too expensive, or using special control devices.

Since the central heating system is imperfect, and rely only on it - this risk is frozen, it uses in great demand as an additional heat source electrical heater with a thermostat.

Principle of operation and function of the household thermostat

Even in houses with autonomous heating, there is a "stock" of some electrical heater, which is, to talk about apartments, depending on the "whims" of the city heating network. It can be an oil radiator, infrared lamp, electrocamine or their analogues. Their presence is quite justified, since during the periods of off-season, when suddenly colded, and the heating has not yet included, they are the only way to warm up.

The easiest way to create a comfortable atmosphere with similar devices and save on electricity is a thermostat into a socket for household heaters.

Purpose of any temperature controller is tracking the level of air heating in the room and maintain it in the specified range. Since it automatically turns off and turns on the heating device, it is additionally saving or electricity or fuel. The same actions perform an electric temperature regulator for calorifers.

The greatest advantage of such devices is that they do not need to be installed in the heater, but it is enough to insert into the outlet and configure the desired temperature parameters. In appearance, it is similar to the adapter, since on the one hand he has a fork, and the other is a socket in which the heater is connected to the electric. With the thermostat of such a plan, even a person will easily cope with a person who first took a similar device in hand. As a rule, from the front side it has a display on which the temperature settings are set.

The principle of operation of the device is very simple:

It is inserted with a plug into the outlet.
Calorifer is connected to it.

Choosing, for example, the thermostat for the oil heater, should examine the technical parameters of both devices so that their power indicators either coincide or the canifer is less.

Install the desired heating temperature and enjoy warm.

During operation, the temperature regulator for the electrical heater collects data on the level of air heating in the room. As soon as he reached the specified parameters, the relay works in the device, which overlaps the supply of electricity to the heater. When the air cooled to the lower values \u200b\u200bof the specified range, the reverse process occurs and the relay is turned off, the starting current of the caloric.

A similar device is used not only for wall or floor electrical heaters, but also for connecting other household appliances to them: table lamps, irons, electric kettles, air conditioners and a lot of others. Depending on the purpose, the desired type of thermostat is selected.

Types of thermostats for electrical heaters

Today, the market presents a huge number of thermostat models for all types of heaters, ranging from ordinary oil fireplaces or wall calorificates and ending with a "warm floor" system and heating boilers.

They differ in both color, shape and size and technical parameters and can be simple electromechanical thermostators or digital devices with programming functions, remote control and built-in Wi-Fi. As a rule, the cost of such devices is higher than the larger the settings and functions.

By the attachment method, they are divided into wall-mounted devices that are installed inpatient and connected to the power grid, and portable, such as thermostat, in the outlet. The latter can be installed in any room where it is.

By type of settings, thermostats are divided into:

Mechanical when all parameters are entered manually. Usually, they are limited to a small temperature range and do not have the settings in accordance with the day. In addition, they are mounted in the wall and connected to the power cable. The main advantage of such a device is low cost.
Electronic temperature controls have a remote control function and settings. They have a fairly large monitor, which can be both touch and equipped with buttons. The microprocessor processes all indicators of the change in air temperature and compares them with the specified parameters, and in the case of their inconsistency, includes a canorior or disconnects it from the power supply.
The thermostat control through the GSM program allows the owner to track the efficiency of the electrical heater or change the settings through the smartphone, being far from home. A SIM card is inserted into a similar device, associated with a mobile phone owner.
Programmers with built-in Wi-Fi are some of the most expensive models of thermostat. For electrical heaters, it is advisable to set them in the event that they are the main source of home or apartment heating. As a rule, their program allows not only to set temperature parameters, but also to tie them to the time of day and days of the week, configuring a week ahead. You can control such a device from a smartphone, a tablet or computer at any distance, if only there was access to the Internet.

If a wall heater with a thermostat is used as an additional heat source of heat, then it is usually either an electromechanical or electronic. It makes no sense to install expensive equipment for an ordinary canopy.

How to choose a filling thermostat

It is necessary to approach the choice of control device, because if you do not consider the technical parameters of the instruments, you can at best get a burned calorifer, and in the worst - fire in the apartment.

Regardless of whether the electric overhead thermostat is needed for heating or portable, it should be determined that it will be fixed. Currently, there are devices that track air temperature in the room and those that control the heating of the heater itself. As a rule, the first create the necessary microclimate, while the latter follows that the device does not exceed the maximum specified parameter, regardless of how much in the room is comfortable and warm.

Be sure to learn the thermostat power and relate it to the technical parameters of the heater. Ideally, if the capacity of the carrier is 30% lower than that of the temperature controller.

It is also necessary to establish what the temperature range of the device should be. For household heaters, as a rule, there is enough runs from + 5 ° C to + 35 ° C.

Not all socket thermostators are suitable for rooms with high humidity, so you need to check the degree of protection of the device.

The price of such devices directly depends on their "filling", therefore it is not necessary to focus on this parameter when choosing a thermostat for electrical heater. It is important what functions he must have people to feel comfortable while at home.

The thermostat into the outlet is a great opportunity to save money when paying for electricity bills when domestic heaters need to be connected. Also, they extend the "life" by the caloricist, including and disconnecting it if necessary, while observing the set temperature of the room heating.