Replacing Wall Thermostat For Electric Baseboard Heater

Line voltage control for 120 208 or 240 volt electric baseboard and wall heaterseasily replaces most line voltage wall mounted thermostats controls up to 5 280 watts at 240 volts or 2 640 watts at 120 volts.

Replacing wall thermostat for electric baseboard heater.

Mount wall thermostats used with a baseboard heater across the room from the heater. Surface mounted wall heaters and recessed wall heaters. Low voltage thermostats designed for gas oil or heat pumps won t work and are extremely dangerous on a high voltage system. Electric wall heaters come in two styles.

The recessed heaters are the most. If you have two or more heaters in a large room place the thermostat in a central location. The use of an electric baseboard heater thermostat makes it possible to drastically cut down on costs of heating. Many apartments are using electric baseboard heaters for heat in apartments.

Thomas with cadet tech support shows you how to install a double pole wall thermostat on a 240 volt electric baseboard heater. Replacing them is different but no harder than replacing a furnace thermostat. How to replace baseboard heaters with electric wall heaters. Unlike the low voltage thermostats that control central heating and air conditioning systems electric baseboard heaters use line voltage thermostats that are installed as part of the full voltage circuit powering the heater.

Normally these thermostats function at the same level of voltage as is used by the heater though there are also thermostats that operate on low voltage which are made for use with oil gas and heat pumps. Many apartments are using electric baseboard heaters for heat in apartments. Remove those old dangerous baseboard heaters that are notorious for causing housefires. Step by step tutorial instructions on how to remove baseboard heaters.

It s easiest to mount a thermostat used with a wall heater in the same stud cavity on the opposite side of the stud about five feet above the floor. Here is how to hook up a 240 volt one.