Baseboard Heat - What did I do wrong
#1
Baseboard Heat - What did I do wrong
ok here's the story.
i have a dedicated 220 line installed and have it running from the panel to a room wall thermostat and then to that rooms heater, all is good.
Ran a line from that rooms wall thermostat to another wall thermostat in an other room and then to that rooms heater, all is good.
last night i added another heater, wired from the last rooms wall thermostat to this last heater but used an on-board thermostat as i don't have access to put in another wall thermostat.
Problem is the last wall thermostat is controlling the power to the last heater with the on-board thermostat. when it shuts off it shuts off the power to the last heater installed on the circuit.
all my thermostats are single pole, wall and on-board
what's wrong here and how do i fix it?
thanks
i have a dedicated 220 line installed and have it running from the panel to a room wall thermostat and then to that rooms heater, all is good.
Ran a line from that rooms wall thermostat to another wall thermostat in an other room and then to that rooms heater, all is good.
last night i added another heater, wired from the last rooms wall thermostat to this last heater but used an on-board thermostat as i don't have access to put in another wall thermostat.
Problem is the last wall thermostat is controlling the power to the last heater with the on-board thermostat. when it shuts off it shuts off the power to the last heater installed on the circuit.
all my thermostats are single pole, wall and on-board
what's wrong here and how do i fix it?
thanks
#2
Somehow you have connected the last heater (the one with the built-in stat) to the switched side of the stat in the previous room. You need to move that connection to the incoming side of the stat.
I am a bit confused when you say the stats are single-pole. Since both legs of 240V are hot, shouldn't you be using double-pole stats?
I defer to others on this, so if I am missing something, let me know.
I am a bit confused when you say the stats are single-pole. Since both legs of 240V are hot, shouldn't you be using double-pole stats?
I defer to others on this, so if I am missing something, let me know.
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I would question running all of these heaters off of one circuit. What are the current requirements for each of the heaters? What is the breaker sized at? What size wire was used on each of the feeds? Are there only 2 wires on the thermostat or 4? WHo installed the first heater?
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There are both single pole t-stats and double pole t-stats. By using single pole, you are only disconnecting one hot leg of the heater. I recommend using double pole t-stats.
No, Andrew you are not missing anything about the t-stats.
No, Andrew you are not missing anything about the t-stats.
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Originally Posted by bob100
There are both single pole t-stats and double pole t-stats. By using single pole, you are only disconnecting one hot leg of the heater. I recommend using double pole t-stats.
No, Andrew you are not missing anything about the t-stats.
No, Andrew you are not missing anything about the t-stats.