I have a rad in bathroom, 700mm wide, 600 high, 50mm deep. It has 26
water channels running vertically approx 15mm wide and 10mm deep,
spaced at 10mm, It has 40mm fins on the back, and the whole thing is in
a kind of open metal box with slots on the top.
Any idea what BTU this would be ?
I'm looking at replacements like towel radiators etc, but dont want
less heating capacity than I have.
Thanks,
Simon.

sm_jamieson wrote:
I have a rad in bathroom, 700mm wide, 600 high, 50mm deep. It has 26
water channels running vertically approx 15mm wide and 10mm deep,
spaced at 10mm, It has 40mm fins on the back, and the whole thing is in
a kind of open metal box with slots on the top.
Any idea what BTU this would be ?
I'm looking at replacements like towel radiators etc, but dont want
less heating capacity than I have.
Thanks,
Simon.

About 2300 BTU if it's a single panel.

On 5 Jan 2007 01:13:40 -0800, "sm_jamieson"
wrote:

|I have a rad in bathroom, 700mm wide, 600 high, 50mm deep. It has 26
|water channels running vertically approx 15mm wide and 10mm deep,
|spaced at 10mm, It has 40mm fins on the back, and the whole thing is in
|a kind of open metal box with slots on the top.
|Any idea what BTU this would be ?
|I'm looking at replacements like towel radiators etc, but dont want
|less heating capacity than I have.

Go to the Stelrad web site http://www.stelrad.com/ or any other
manufacturer of radiators. Find something similar and use the BTW/watts
figure of that.
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avocado wrote:

sm_jamieson wrote:
I have a rad in bathroom, 700mm wide, 600 high, 50mm deep. It has 26
water channels running vertically approx 15mm wide and 10mm deep,
spaced at 10mm, It has 40mm fins on the back, and the whole thing is in
a kind of open metal box with slots on the top.
Any idea what BTU this would be ?
I'm looking at replacements like towel radiators etc, but dont want
less heating capacity than I have.
Thanks,
Simon.

About 2300 BTU if it's a single panel.
Yep, single panel with fins.
Cheers,
Simon.

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
sm_jamieson wrote:

I have a rad in bathroom, 700mm wide, 600 high, 50mm deep. It has 26
water channels running vertically approx 15mm wide and 10mm deep,
spaced at 10mm, It has 40mm fins on the back, and the whole thing is
in a kind of open metal box with slots on the top.
Any idea what BTU this would be ?
I'm looking at replacements like towel radiators etc, but dont want
less heating capacity than I have.
Thanks,
Simon.

As others have said, find a similarly sized single finned radiator in a
maker's catalogue, and note the heating capacity.

But be aware that a towel radiator of the same physical size will provide
but a fraction of this rad's heating output - about 1/3 if you're lucky - so
you'll need a *massive* towel rad to get the current output level.

When comparing radiator specs in catalogues, make sure that they all use the
same delta-T - 'cos they might not - and adjust the figures as necessary.
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On 5 Jan 2007 01:13:40 -0800 someone who may be "sm_jamieson"
wrote this:-

I have a rad in bathroom, [sniip]
I'm looking at replacements like towel radiators etc

Why?

Why not simply add a towel rail to dry towels and leave the radiator
to warm the room? The towel rail may add a little heat, but not much
unless it is a model with built in radiator.


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