We have a small house in the country, it has been standing on the site for more than 40 years. The house was built from timber, the most affordable material at that time. Sheathed with clapboard on the outside, and inside, fiberboard is nailed to the floor and walls, and the ceiling is trimmed with PVC panels. The house was conceived as a summer house, so it was not much insulated. A small layer of expanded clay is poured on the roof, the slope of the roof is wooden, and roofing paper and a metal profile lie on top. The concrete foundation was brought under the house after the original backfill foundation had collapsed. Single-frame windows with vents for ventilation. On the veranda, as expected, large windows
Our dacha is located on the banks of the reservoir, and although the house on the site is light, it has everything you need for a comfortable stay in the warm season. The useful area of the house is 35 sq.m., divided into a living veranda and a room.
Mid September. Most of the harvest has already been harvested. We collected greens, potatoes, carrots, the beds are almost empty. It remains to remove only the cabbage.
The sun still shines well during the day, the air warms up to plus 18 degrees, but at night the temperature is already below 10 degrees. Getting up in the morning and going outside is uncomfortable. Therefore, we do not spend the night at the dacha, but arrive during the day to perform the necessary work.
In order to be able to calmly change into work clothes, not be distracted by the furnace in the house and feel comfortable, we decided to test the convection-type electric heater of the brand Ballu for later use.
On the control unit of the heater, you can select the operating mode suitable for this season. We selected the “Comfortable” mode, and set the power to the minimum using the control buttons, one division on the power indicator lights up. This is clearly seen in the photo below. Temperature 25 degrees, USER mode.
Left the heater on all night. The next day we arrived at the cottage. The thermometer confidently showed plus 22, and this is quite a comfortable temperature not only for changing clothes, but also for relaxing. It took only 1,8 kW to maintain the desired heat in the room, which is an acceptable consumption of electricity for heating.
At this stage, our new convection-type electric heater of the brand Ballu meets our expectations. Testing will continue at lower temperatures.