Anyone have experience with Electro Industries or other small electric boilers?

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2x_Tom
2x_Tom Posts: 45
edited September 13 in Radiant Heating

I need a very small electric boiler. Small enough I could use an 1400watt water heater if it was rated for heating. I haven't used their products before. Are they any good? Thinking of using this guy.
https://www.supplyhouse.com/Electro-Industries-EMB-R1-01-120-1-Electro-Mini-Boiler-R1-Staging-1-kW-1-Phase-Electric-Boiler-120V

Backstory:

I have a small (30sqft) bathroom I need about 800btus to heat. The apartment is heated with mini splits and there's currently no gas or boiler. They put tube in the floor, finished the bath then decided to switch from baseboard to heat pumps not thinking about about where to get hot water for the radiant. They're dead set on radiant and don't want to tear out the tile to go electric.

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  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Posts: 21,169

    Electro is ok AFAIK.

  • plumbworker
    plumbworker Posts: 34

    Heat source dependant.. Maybe you could get away with something like a Taco X Block off the existing water heater for such a small load like that?

  • hot_rod
    hot_rod Posts: 28,524

    I've use small water heaters for those jobs. Low pressure, low temperature. I add a 30 psi relief valve, leave the T&P also

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  • GroundUp
    GroundUp Posts: 2,571

    Electro makes the best electric boiler available, in my opinion. The 1kw is pretty expensive for what it is, but I have several hundred Electro boilers in service without any complaints. The water heater thing is also an option, I've done small jobs like this both ways

    Grallert

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