New Central Heating System - Does it have to be Gas?

John

A piece of kit called WhisperGEN has been installed by Powergen for  year or so now . Not seen any conclusive info about it though . I wonder if General Skanky may know anymore about it . It generates leccy whilst heating your water/home .

John

dekoded

Found this company who make electric boilers, they advertise in the PHPI (professional heating & plumbing installer)

http://www.electric-heatingcompany.co.uk/

I would have thought they would be expensive to run though?

I heard someone saying that it would be cheaper to produce your own electricity using a generator! although I would have thought these would be too noisy and dirty for most people, I suppose if a diesel generator could run on some kind of bio-fuel (or chip oil) then it might be cheaper/ greener? but still noisy!

dekoded

Latest PHPI magazine came out a few days ago and reminded me of another company who make Air/Ground source heat pumps.

These heating systems only need an electricity supply, so in answer to the OP,

NO, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE GAS !!!

for more info go here:
http://www.viessmann.co.uk/products/renewableenergy/heatpumps/

They have an easy to follow .pdf document explaining how their systems work which is really useful

Andy.T

Great, thanks again Johnnie.

rbartlett

Some of the major air conditioning manufacturers are looking at this now.

http://www.daikin.co.uk/airconditioning-products/altherma/default.jsp

Cheers

Richard

dekoded

Oh by the way I started another thread which may be of interest:

http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=434291

Sam holwill

I have created a new type of heating without using gas. It's an eco friendly design with easy to use controls. New radiator design with no copper pipes or valves ) I have just sent off for patenting and waiting my next step process. All I need now is to know how many people I can get to convert from wet heating systems to my new system.

danmc_82

Is it something like this......



                                                                       

Nerox

That looks nice & warm .. if only there was a way to have one of those safely indoors, maybe in a metal box with a glass front so you can watch it .... hmmm .........

danmc_82

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