Electrical appliances have long entered our lives and occupied a separate niche. Creating comfortable conditions for visiting the bathroom is not difficult. Electric towels, a clothes dryer have long been indispensable attributes of the bathroom. There is a wide range of modern equipment for latrines. Electric hand dryers are used in washrooms in crowded places. These are restaurants, cafes, pubs, cinemas, shopping centers, large offices.
Important device parameters
Significant criteria for an electric hand dryer include:
- Machine performance. The process itself should take little time, which is important with a large flow of visitors.
- Reliability. This setting is required because the appliances are in public places and are used frequently.
- Frugality. The automatic switch-off of the hand dryer reduces the cost ofelectricity. The device does not require consumables (paper towels or napkins). The device is unpretentious in operation, therefore it does not need frequent maintenance.
- Hygiene. During operation of the dryer, there is no direct contact of hands with the device.
Technical indicators of electric hand dryers
When choosing a device, you should pay attention to the following characteristics:
- Power. This figure varies from 1 to 2.7 kW. The power of the device affects the drying speed, the higher it is, the faster the process goes. Do not forget that the power consumption is higher for more powerful appliances.
- Level of produced noise. The standard range of this indicator is from 55 to 85 dB. The less noise, the more pleasant it is to use the appliance.
- Fan performance ranges from 15 to 72 liters per second - affects the rate of water drying.
Types of electric hand dryers
A wide range of appliances allows you to make a choice to your liking. Hand dryers differ in the following parameters:
- Type of execution. There are open (warm air comes out from below) and closed models (hands must be placed in a special recess). Electric dryers with a niche are convenient in that water from hands does not scatter around the room. Open devices are mainly popular due to their lower cost.
- Case material. They are made from plastic or steel. Plastic electric dryers forhands are used for houses or apartments, small office. Due to the strength of the material, steel is recommended to be used in rooms with high traffic of people.
- Instrument safety. There are automatic and mechanical hand dryers. The first work by bringing hands to the device. There are dryers with a timer that turns off after 10-30 seconds. after switching on, and devices that work by bringing hands to the warm air inlet. To operate mechanical dryers, you must use the on / off button of the device. Mostly they choose devices with auto-off, because of the protection against overheating and the hygiene of the device.
Today, a small bathroom space is not a problem. The compactness of devices used in everyday life saves space for other useful products or appliances. It can be a clothes dryer, a washing machine, a dirty laundry basket.
