Anyone have experience with electric steam boiler for heating (tank, smell, cleaner)
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Anyone have experience with steam boilers powered only by electric?
Is the installation easier and cleaner than oil/gas burning boilers? Because there is no fire, will the sections be lighter, and therefore easier to transport? Oil/Gas burning sections are very heavy.
Is it more efficient? With oil/gas burners, a lot of the heat goes out into the boiler room. With electric, like with induction cookers, will most heat go into the water?
There is no exhaust either so dont need the chimney. You can remove the oil tank if you have one, and give yourself extra storage.
In another life... commercial grade 48KW level (~300K btu in gas)
No.
No. Even with low electric rates it will still cost more to operate than gas.
If available... Natural Gas will ALWAYS be the best option.
Gas is a pain in the rear in NYC. Many from LL to restaurants are turning to electric ranges. It is said, the electric induction/radiant cooktops can boil water a lot faster than gas. That was my line of thinking. If it can boil a tea kettle faster, then why not a boiler?
I don't understand that ... what is the basis for the assertion?
You either have gas plumbed in or you don't.
For example, some tenants calls in they smell gas, FDNY shows up, then ConEd shows up, they find a small leak, they shut everything down, and you have to install all new gas lines. And they take forever to approve for the gas to be turned back on. Once it took several months. Many of the tenants opted to just be switched to electrical.
Another example. ConEd doing some on the street. They were jackhammering hard. Some reason they came into my building, shut down our gas, said there is leak. Had to do the gas lines all over again. Many just opted to go electric instead of waiting.
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