Wire 2 Electric Baseboard Heaters One Thermostat

Thomas with cadet tech support shows you how to install a double pole wall thermostat on a 240 volt electric baseboard heater.

Wire 2 electric baseboard heaters one thermostat.

Frank is confused about series and parallel wiring. Connect one supply wire to one thermostat wire marked l1. But series and parallel will not give the same. I need to know what black and white wires connect to the source and the black and red wires that connect to the heater.

Wiring a baseboard heater thermostat electrical question 1. He wants to connect a small and a large baseboard heater to one thermostat and isn t sure how to go about it although physically the wires will run from the thermostat to one of the baseboards and then on to the other baseboard the way they are connected could be either series or parallel. As you already know there are different types of thermostats serving different types of heating cooling systems. Connect the wires in the same fashion to the second baseboard heater.

Some thermostats will have 4 wires coming out of its back while some others will be having 5 wires or even 8 wires. In the heater you will have two wires. I have a hhbt 2 thermostat that is for a 220 volt baseboard heater. Connect these wires directly one each to the two wires going to the heating element.

Check out our voltage blog pos. Run a new length of 12 2 with ground romex back to the heater. How do i wire a baseboard heater and thermostat. This diagram from the baseboard owner s guide shows how to correctly wire multiple baseboard heaters to one thermostat.

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. Reroute the power cable from the baseboard heater to the wall cutout where the thermostat will be located. Double pole wall thermostat route supply wires to the thermostat wiring box if not already present. If we put it simply a 2 wire thermostat is one which has only 2 wires coming out of its backside.

Route remaining supply and ground wire to the baseboard heater. The thermostat can be mounted directly on the heater itself or it can be mounted on the wall so that the circuit wiring passes through the thermostat first on the way to. You should then have 2 supply wires from the panel and 2 wires from the thermostat. There will only be one 10 gauge romex in the third baseboard heater.

Sometimes we get calls from people who want to know if they can wire multiple heaters to one thermostat. Be sure all three heaters have the bare copper wire attached to the green screw on the metal frame of the heater.