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Electric Baseboard Heating

Robert O'Connor_3
Robert O'Connor_3 Member Posts: 272
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If you are using an Electric Boiler, is there any energy saving benefit to replacing some old liquid filled electric baseboard heaters with hydronic heaters?

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  • Mike T., Swampeast MO
    Mike T., Swampeast MO Member Posts: 6,928


    Electric consumption would likely rise. You have the heat loss through the boiler and the distribution piping and a circulator to run.

    Since every electric b/b system I've seen has a t-stat in each space (sometimes more than one) it would take more than a "simple" hydronic b/b system to achieve the same level of control. You would likely wind up with less temperature fluctuation in each space but I doubt there would be much/any in the way reduced electric consumption.
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