The Dynamic Central Heating Infrastructure

A plug and play central heating system could consist of a water heater, manifolds, hoses and radiators or convectors. All these elements should have standardized connectors. These connectors should have valves build in, so you can connect and disconnect them without losing water. This is called the "hot swap" ability.

Installing the central heating them would involve placing the water heater, plugging in two manifolds, running the hoses through ducts, plugging in the appliances, filling en off you go.

____Heater____

The next picture shows how my own central water heater looks like. At this apparatus a lot of wires, pipes, ducts, etc. have to be connected.

All have their own connection technology. Some have to be screwed, some fitted, other bolted. In the plug and play system, there will of course only be one connection technology: Plugging in.

This means the connection side of the water heater should look like the back side of my computer: The only thing you want to see are standardized plug-it-in type connectors.

Connecting a computer, even a fully loaded one like mine, only takes one minute. To connect a standard water heater takes several hours. The plug and play water heater should only take a few minutes to connect. You would just plug in your:

water hoses
gas hose
air hose
exhaust hose
thermostat cable (if not by remote control)
220V cable
sewer hose

Sorry, no picture of a plug and play water heater, has yet to be invented.

____Appliances____

The plug and play connector for the radiator exists and is sold in Japan. This one below is probably the only one in Holland. It is installed in the "apartment of the future" in Eindhoven.

The connector and outlet both have valves. So no water is lost.

In summer, you just put your radiators in the attic. Very much plug and play and hot swap

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