Thursday, March 09, 2006
Chauffe eau electrique
As part of the on-going hot water saga from last week we decided to add additional capacity to boost the current gas heated supply and act as a backup in the event of failure. The new electric hot water tank has been put in the laundry room and is plumbed into the existing hot and cold water feeds. The idea is to serve the two gites furthest from the existing tank to provide hot water faster and prevent any suppy problems.
The water is heated up overnight (takes about 6 hours) whilst on cheap rate electricity. The tank is 250 litres in capacity and as you can imagine, very, very heavy once full of water. It is resting on a stand and bolted into the water with 4 large bolts.
The water installation was fairly simple as the existing pipes run through the laundry room. The electric was a little trickier as I had to drill some holes through very thick (70cm) stone walls to get back to the fuse box. A bonus was that while working in the loftspace I came across my childhood Scalextric set. Yipeee
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Chauffe eau electrique
