Install Baseboard Heater With Wall Thermostat

Route remaining thermostat wire marked t1 to the baseboard heater.

Install baseboard heater with wall thermostat.

Check out our voltage blog pos. 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. 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.

Electric baseboard heater wiring how to install baseboard heaters the diagram on the left illustrates two typical wiring scenarios for baseboard heaters with wall mounted single pole thermostats. If you have two or more heaters in a large room place the thermostat in a central location. An existing wall mounted thermostat can be installed or wired to a baseboard heater for easier adjustment access. The thermostat may be attached to an external wall or to the heater itself.

Double pole wall thermostat route supply wires to the thermostat wiring box if not already present. They are typically mounted at the same height as wall switches. A new line voltage thermostat will need to be connected as part of the installation of the new baseboard heater. Some baseboard heaters have thermostat units built into the heaters and require no wall thermostat.

The baseboard heater thermostat helps you regulate the temperature in the room that contains the heater. Single pole thermostats may be used with either 120 volt or 240 volt heaters while double pole thermostats only control 240 volt heaters. Here is how to hook up a 240 volt one. Thermostats for baseboard heaters can go anywhere in the room but tend to give the most accurate reading when located on an interior wall and away from other heat sources.

A thermostat mounted at either end of the baseboard heater provides temperature control however a wall mounted thermostat will be more efficient and may control more that one heating unit depending on the calculated load of all units and the load capacity of the wall thermostat. Many apartments are using electric baseboard heaters for heat in apartments. Route remaining supply and ground wire to the baseboard heater. Either way connecting a thermostat is a relatively straightforward process that most people can complete less than 1 2 hour.

Mount wall thermostats used with a baseboard heater across the room from the heater.