Each tank has an electric heating element and a circulating pump that moves the hot water from the tank to the
baseboard radiators. There is a timer on the electric meter that turns the power off to the heating elements from 6 a.m to 6 p.m.
The product is claimed to be capable of producing 150-degree F water output and to make upgrading to a WaterFurnace geothermal system easy, particularly where the replacement system must work with present cast iron or
baseboard radiators.
The Runtal
baseboard radiators and the Mitsubishi mini-splits are sleek in their design and are quite nice looking.
Before the scrub-down and after, we took samples by vacuum cleaner from all the likely places--door tops, kitchen cabinets, the
baseboard radiators. The samples were sent to a commercial industrial lab--a company the state man knew about--and they did a professional analysis.
To provide for space heating, the heat captured by a solar thermal collector can be used in a hydronic heating system such as
baseboard radiators or radiant floor heating, in which heated water flows through tubing that is laid within the floor.