25' of copper baseboard off of 30 gal elect. WH. Will it work?

Weezbo

an electric water heater can be jollied up to work well on radiant heat. ithas to have new elements and the heat doesntcommunicate with Hot water production for the domestic..interested? if so, look back in posts of the last year Hot rod has some clean installs and you can see a jpeg of one of my "Tools" that i use to drop in about 47K btu's at low water temps....it happens to work very well on small slabs and gyp crete radiant it takes awhile to boost Slab on Grades however once "loaded"it works fine. and should you need to have an inexpensive alternative for auxillary heat thats got to be a fairly reasonable approach. Baseboard and?convectors though i'd think would be a slightly inefficent means of dipersal of btu's for comfort.

Bob_53

Basement Heat

I have a G.E. oil fired one pipe divertor tee system. I want to connect some copper baseboard in the basement. The system is very old & to zone it off from the 1st floor is going to take quite a bit of retro fitting. I can tie the baseboard into the system in a manner that it will all work at the same time. But my concern is that the basement will always be cooler than the 1st floor & the entire system will have to run just to keep the basement warm.My question is If I use a small ecectric water heater as the heat source & crank it up to max, wil it do the trick?. The room is about 12'x18' & I can get about 25 lineal ft of copper baseboard installed. Thanks in advance to all reply's to this post. BOB.

Bob_53

Basement Heat

I have a G.E. oil fired one pipe divertor tee system. I want to connect some copper baseboard in the basement. The system is very old & to zone it off from the 1st floor is going to take quite a bit of retro fitting. I can tie the baseboard into the system in a manner that it will all work at the same time. But my concern is that the basement will always be cooler than the 1st floor & the entire system will have to run just to keep the basement warm.My question is If I use a small electric water heater as the heat source & crank it up to max, wil it do the trick?. The room is about 12'x18' & I can get about 25 lineal ft of copper baseboard installed. Thanks in advance to all reply's to this post. BOB.

joel_19

No

an electric hot water heater is not a boiler or an approved heat source at least not in Mass , just hire a pro from this site to do it right . just pipe it in as a seperate zone . really shouldn't be on with the upstairs .

kevin coppinger_4

if you are going....

to use an electric water heater why not save a lot of headaches (and Money) and throw in some electric baseboard...kpc

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Dan_15

I don't think you need 25 feet of baseboard in that 1 room. depending on heat loss, 14 feet would be average.
Mike