How To Install Geyser Blanket

Most modern geysers benefit from a proficient insulation. However, you can still improve your geyser'southward free energy efficiency by installing a geyser blanket and insulating your pipes.

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Why insulating / not insulating your geyser and pipes?

Insulating your geyser and pipes will allow you to reduce the heat loss and brand your water organization more efficient.

Most modern heaters already have a skilful insulation as they comply with the SANS 10400-XA regulation and with other international norms when they are imported. Insulating your geyser and pipes on this type of geyser will allow you to save at least 300 kWh/year depending on the electric current efficiency of your system (a standard geyser loses about 400 to 500 kWh/year in heat loss and you tin can look to drop this number to ninety kWh/year with a adept insulation. Source : Saskatchewan Research Council). If the geyser is old, the saving can be more important. This represents a saving of about R200 per year if we only accept into account the efficiency of your water system. A geyser blanket toll nigh R200, so you simply need i year to pay back your installation.

However, you must also annotation that this heat loss might participate to heating your home, especially if your geyser is located in a living expanse such as the kitchen or bathroom. In some countries, the pipes and geyser locations are usually designed to serve this purpose, especially in winter time. In South Africa, this is inappreciably the case, and your geyser is more than likely to drain your electricity consumption to warm up your garage rather than your sleeping accommodation. This potential benefit tin can also exist an inconvenient in summer time when the main challenge is likewise cool downward your home efficiently. For this reason, you might still desire to insulate your geyser even if it is located inside your house. Just take this into account when making a decision to insulate or not your geyser and pipes.

How to choose the right blanket and piping insulation?

For the geyser blanket, you must look at the R-value that is an indicator of thermal resistance (it represents the power of a material to resist the transfer of oestrus). The minimum value required past the legislation is 1.00 simply the higher the value, the better. The R-value depends mostly of the type of cloth used, and then don't buy the thickest blanket yous tin find without looking further at its thermal properties. Skilful geyser blankets usually have a R-value of 1.25 or more.

For the pipes, you can find two insulation methods. The first method consists in using the aforementioned material than the geyser blanket. If you lot go for this method, make certain that you buy a coating that is much bigger than your geyser to secure some unused scraps. The second method consist in using pre-formed piping sections that tin can be snapped over the pipes. You lot can buy these pipe sections separately or buy an insulation pack that includes the blanket and the pipe sections.

You have a large option of distributors for this type of equipment. Here are some places you tin can expect at:

Eskom's Geyser coating distributor listing
Sustainable.co.za
Geyserduvet.co.za
Isover.co.za
etc.

How to install you geyser coating and pipe insulation?

When you purchase a geyser coating and pipe insulation, check with your supplier if they provide the installation. A lot of them do. Otherwise, you can exercise the installation yourself, it's not that complicated. Here is a video from Eskom explaining how to install your coating and pipage snaps: