Purpose of the collector for heating: what are they used for, what are they

Increasingly, when building country houses, builders are starting to use collector circuits for heating. This is due to the fact that any heating system of a modern house is quite complex and ramified. The length of the same pipes for the transfer of coolant may well not reach one hundred meters. Of course, in such conditions, effective heating becomes especially important.

Varieties and functions

In ordinary living rooms, a comfortable temperature is maintained, and therefore the task of the collector for heating is to regulate the amount of coolant in the system and ensure its normal circulation in it. They are made of quality steel, brass and plastic.

Provided that the system is correctly installed, additional devices can easily be connected to it, which automatically makes it much more functional (in comparison with traditional devices). It should be noted that when buying a collector for heating, you need to know at least the general functions that are typical for all models:

• Uniform distribution of the coolant in the system;
• Control of its quantity and operating temperature;
• Regulation of pressure in the system and prevention of its failure;
• Maintaining the set temperature in all heated rooms;
• In addition, the task of the collector for heating is to maintain a coherent operation of all elements of the heating circuit.

As a rule, all modern manufacturers provide all necessary equipment with them, so you will have to worry only about its proper installation.

Systems of warm water floor

The peculiarity of such a system is that it must necessarily be equipped with additional shut-off valves. Taking into account that each heating collector has its own withdrawal, this scheme gives a lot of advantages. In particular, if leakage is detected, the damaged circuit can easily be disconnected from the rest of the system. All the others will work in the normal mode.

It is the regulators that are responsible for the even distribution of water along the contour, ensuring uniform heating of the floor throughout its area. However, almost any collector of the heating system can be used for these functions, which makes them multi-functional devices. But when buying such equipment for systems of warm water floor, you need to take into account a lot of other factors:

• From which the body is made;
• What connection is used;
• The maximum pressure in the system that the collector can withstand;
• Maximum operating temperature.

Radiator heating

All collectors for this kind of heating systems are attractive in appearance and compact. In addition, easy connection of the heating collector facilitates not only the general installation of the system, but also the repair of damaged areas. When connecting radiators, it is preferable to use the bottom piping scheme.

This is the most common and simple option. In the case of the use of the collector circuit, it is easy to link even different heating devices that differ in operating pressure . In addition, all pipes in this case are easily concealed in the decorative elements of the floor.