Hi, I'm buying a dual fuel towel rail. The 600w element is the same price as the 1000w element. Both will fit inside the height of the towel rail. Both are thermostatic too. The old element is a 600w but can you oversize? I'm tempted to buy the 1000w.
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Can you oversize an electric element for a towel rail?
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You can, but why?
A towel rail is for warming towels, it will not heat the room and a larger element inside won't change that.
A towel rail is for warming towels, it will not heat the room and a larger element inside won't change that.
It will heat it FASTER, but not hotter
I plan on doing the same with one of my rads. Reason being I have solar PV and export my electric. I cannot use solar PV -> immersion heaters (as my cylinder doesn't have an accessible immersion) so I plan on using the exported electric to power 3 x rad elements instead, to dry the towels in summer
I do not use thermostatically controlled elements, but instead leave the CH I/O's open so expansion can travel out into the pipework
I'm no expert though!!
I plan on doing the same with one of my rads. Reason being I have solar PV and export my electric. I cannot use solar PV -> immersion heaters (as my cylinder doesn't have an accessible immersion) so I plan on using the exported electric to power 3 x rad elements instead, to dry the towels in summer
I do not use thermostatically controlled elements, but instead leave the CH I/O's open so expansion can travel out into the pipework
I'm no expert though!!
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