electric furnace for hydronic radiator heating

amakarevic

i have radiator piping in place in my basement apartment but decided not to use gas in that apartment because i don't want to share it with the main unit and it's too complicated to get another gas meter. so i was thinking to still use the radiators but to somehow heat the water with an electric furnace/boiler.

i was wondering if there is such a product. i tried Google but didn't find anything.

or can i improvise my own by adding some kind of a pump to a regular electric water heater? and a thermostat

thanks

beenthere

Hope your electric rate is only $0.02 a KWH or less. Or it a very small basement apartment that won't take much to heat.Most electric water heaters are not approved for space heating.

amakarevic

OK, thanks. you think it'd be more efficient to use baseboard heaters? it is a typical small 1 BR apt., living room, kitchen, bath, little hallway, bedroom. i haven't hung DW yet so i could still run wire

beenthere

6 one way half a dozen the other. With the exception that electric baseboard with a thermostat for each room can be cheaper then just an electric boiler, since the room temp control will allow for some rooms to be kept cooler when not in use.

amakarevic

so if i use two big BB heaters and one little one for the bathroom, and wire them all on the same circuit, a 30A circuit 120/240V should suffice?

http://www.globalindustrial.com/imag.../ZBL-BLFOO.pdf

beenthere

30 amp 240 volt.

amakarevic

hey, can you please check out this new thread i just created?

thanks

need brand recommendation for baseboard heaters