friend of stouby Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 I am in the UK for a couple of weeks and want to pre-plan some plumbing work. We will be installing a chauffe eau with a heating coil for boiler heating of the water on top of the usual immersion heater so in effect an indirect? hot water cylinder in English. I can't work out if all the various types of chauffe eau are all just termed 'chauffe eau' or are there different names?Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Hi, You want your boiler in France to be able to heat your Chauffe eau, as well as having it able to heat itself by electric as well? What I believe the chauffe eau that you need is called is "chauffe eau avec serpent", in which has an indirect coil inside so that a boiler can heat the water also. The differences with ordinary chauffe eau's are thermoplonger, where the electric heating element is in direct contact with the water or Steatite where it is not. I always buy the steatite version. Hope this is of use James. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friend of stouby Posted March 17, 2008 Author Share Posted March 17, 2008 Just what was needed James, thanks very much.Jamie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XLeblanc Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 The actual name is "Chauffe Eau Mixte" available form Castorama to order, six hundred odd euros when I bought mine a couple of years ago. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 http://www.ideesmaison.com/Production-d-eau-chaude.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyn_Paul Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 If you live in a hard water area then the steatite (indirect element) version is a more expensive but more-or-less essential idea as the calcaire which will build up on the element of a thermoplonge will kill it eventually. However if you don't live in a hard water area, then it's an unnecessary additional cost.p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friend of stouby Posted March 25, 2008 Author Share Posted March 25, 2008 Thanks everyone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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