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TowelRail

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Heated Towel Rails

Consider putting towel rails in the heads and berths, if you have the capacity.

Heated towel rails keep wet towels off the floor, dry out towels, reduce humidity and contribute to heating in the winter. They are available for hot water heating, ACAlternating current or in combination. If you use hot water heating, a combination type will give you the best of both worlds. In the summer, you can use AC for local drying while in winter the towel rails can be switched to the hot-water furnace, thus reducing the AC load. Of course, if you use forced-air heating, then you will want only an AC towel rail.

Towel rails come in many shapes and sizes: towel-radiators; clotheshorse towel; wall-, corner- or floor-mounted rails; and ladders in traditional, modern and Art Deco styles. Combination electric towel rails and room heaters are also available.

Electric towel rails consume around 65 Watts (0.065 kWhKiloWatt hour) per unit. (See also ElectricalCapacityAC).