On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 20:12:02 +0000, Ed Sirett
wrote:

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 11:34:24 +0000, Andy Hall wrote:

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 10:42:55 -0000, "Vass"
wrote:

Can I use the HW in my bathroom radiator rather than the CH ?
I'd like warm towels all year round
of is the only option to fit an electric rad ?


Well you *could*. The problem would be that the radiator would
corrode rather quickly.

If you put it through one of those ladder type towel warmers they are made
of copper or brass I think.

This idea is not new. Some of the 1930s mansion flats with central
heating (in the very original and precise use of the term), put the DHW
through the towel warmer. I discovered this when trying to change a washer
on a basin tap. Only some of the flow to the bath & basin went through the
towel warmer.

The OP will also introduce a substantial delay to HW arriving at the taps.


Hmmm.... I can't imagine that this would be very good though. THe
volume of water in the rail is not going to be large, and if it's just
a basinful of water, the towels are not going to get very warm during
ablutions. Running a bath would mean heat being supplied for a bit
longer.


I suppose another variant would be to put the towel warmer across the
cylinder coil. At least that would heat the towel rail while the
cylinder is recovering from delivering the bath water.


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..andy