Thermal power
The working capacity of the towel warmer - simply put, the amount of heat it receives when working normally. This parameter is only relevant for water models (and for water-based combination devices). For electric heaters, the power consumption is given (see below) with a similar value.
The thermal power is important in light of the fact that the towel rail often plays the role not only of the dryer, but also of the heater for the bathroom. If the ceiling height in such a room is standard 2.5 - 3 m, you can use such a formula to evaluate the effectiveness: on 1 m2 of area at least 100 watts of thermal power is needed. For example, the smallest modern models give out
less than 300 W, this is enough only for the smallest bathrooms (or for use as an auxiliary heating source). The indicator in
300 - 600 W is considered relatively low,
600 - 900 W - average,
- 1200 Wat can exceed the largest thermal power models, greater than larger ones"/list/88/pr-11658/">1200 W.
When choosing on this indicator should take into account two points. Firstly, the thermal power is specified for a certain water temperature (usually of the order of 60 °C or 75 °C); if the temperature is different, the actual capacity of the towel heater will differ from the declared. Therefore, it is worth choosing a device with a certain reserve in power. Secondly,
...in combined models (cf. «Type») the power of the electric heater is added to the thermal power of the water heater, and the overall efficiency of the device will be determined by the sum of these capacities.Centre distance
The distance between the axes of the main pipes connecting the towel rail. This parameter is critical in the selection of water towel rail and its frames into existing pipes. To ensure a neat design after installation, the spacing between the towel rail and the pipe in the wall must be the same. If the figures match, you will not need to use accessories in the manner of plumbing knees, adapters, adapters, etc. The classical dimensions for the interaxial distance are
400 mm,
500 mm and
600 mm.
Number of jumpers
Number of jumpers - horizontal elements - provided in the design of the towel rail. It is on them are placed towels and other things designed to dry; however, there are models in which not every jumper is suitable for this. The fact is that horizontal elements can be placed in groups, inside which the distance between them is so small that it is very difficult, if not impossible, to place a towel there. In such groups, only the upper bridge supports, and the rest play the role of additional heating elements, increasing the heating area and, accordingly, the efficiency of drying the fabric. This feature is quite common in models with more than 10 jumpers.
It can be said that, in theory, the more jumpers - the more things can be hung on the towel rail; however, in practice, this moment largely depends on the design of a particular model, And the more horizontal elements there are, the more likely they are to be grouped. Also, it is worth paying attention to the width of the towel rail, according to this criterion you can conventionally divide them into
broad and
narrow.
