What are heated towel rails

Most of us, when they hear the word “towel warmer,” represent the coil we are used to living in city apartments. However, today, domestic and foreign manufacturers presented a wide range of shapes, sizes, designs and colors of batteries for the bathroom.

The bathroom may not have any equipment, but not a heating device. A modern heated towel rail is designed to perform several tasks:

maintaining the necessary temperature in the room, protecting it from waterlogging, and as a result, the appearance of fungi and mold;
drying towels, bathrobes and other things;
bathroom decoration.

Types of heated towel rails

There are three types of heated towel rails on the market that have both advantages and disadvantages:

water;
electric;
combined.

Already from the name the principle of their work becomes clear:

Electric appliances are independent of central heating, they only need a power outlet, and you can use them as needed. But the downside is the extra electricity charge.

Water heated towel rails are heated by passing hot water through their pipes. However, water quality is an important factor influencing the choice of a radiator, since it destructively affects the internal walls of the device. Therefore, if you decide to purchase an imported heated towel rail, you need to make sure that it is suitable for work in our conditions. Towel dryers made of non-ferrous metals are destroyed most quickly by the aggressiveness of water.

Mixed system in the heating season it works on water, and the rest of the time on electricity. The design of today's heated towel rails is striking in its diversity. They can be in the form of words or individual letters, currency signs, geometric figures with intertwined pipes or rotating around an axis.

There are several materials for making heated towel rails:

steel - reliable and durable. Goods from this material are somewhat heavy, but affordable.
copper - it does not give in to corrosion, has a high degree of thermal conductivity, the heated towel rail from it quickly heats up, has a small weight and is easy to assemble.
brass - it is steady against corrosion, for extension of service life it is covered with chrome.

When buying a heated towel rail, it is necessary to check the availability of a technical passport, installation instructions, operating instructions, a hygiene certificate and a warranty card.

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