Install Baseboard Heater With Wall Thermostat

Route remaining supply and ground wire to the baseboard heater.

Install baseboard heater with wall thermostat.

A new line voltage thermostat will need to be connected as part of the installation of the new baseboard heater. Many apartments are using electric baseboard heaters for heat in apartments. 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. If you have two or more heaters in a large room place the thermostat in a central location.

Either way connecting a thermostat is a relatively straightforward process that most people can complete less than 1 2 hour. 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. Mount wall thermostats used with a baseboard heater across the room from the heater. The baseboard heater thermostat helps you regulate the temperature in the room that contains the heater.

The thermostat may be attached to an external wall or to the heater itself. Here is how to hook up a 240 volt one. 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 the baseboard heater. Careful attention to specific wiring connections will result in a successful.

Route remaining thermostat wire marked t1 to the baseboard heater. Many apartments are using electric baseboard heaters for heat in apartments. Follow the installation instructions above for mounting and wiring your baseboard heater and you re all set. They are typically mounted at the same height as wall switches.

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. Single pole thermostats may be used with either 120 volt or 240 volt heaters while double pole thermostats only control 240 volt heaters. Double pole wall thermostat route supply wires to the thermostat wiring box if not already present. Thomas with cadet tech support shows you how to install a double pole wall thermostat on a 240 volt electric baseboard heater.

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.