Ive wired in the baseboards and all is in order... except that they dont work. after checking the wireing and making sure that I have 110 on each hot line, an electrician has told me that my problem lies in my panel. He suggested that because most panels are two cycle (two phase ?) and that baseboard heaters need 2cycle, to fix my problem I should move my 30amp 2 pole breaker up a half position in my panel. the problem is that I have an old panel and al the breakers come in sets of two so I cant move it up half a slot unless I find two single breakers somewhere. Can anyone tell me if this is right ?

I am looking to buy a new house and in the inspection we noted some moisture in the main panel. Its not soaked, just what appears to me to be some condensation buildup but I can't figure out from where. Long story short I am going to go back and look at it today and get some ideas about things while we negotiate on the house and I want some ideas of what could be causing this. My fancy drawings here show the setup of the house. The panel is in an unfinished part of the basement. I removed the access plate where the elbow is outside and it was dry as a bone in there so I don't think its rain water coming from the meter. The main service lines also apeared dry and the main breaker wasn't wet or corroded so I don't think its coming in under the insulation of the wires. Could air be coming in and causing the condensation? Any ideas on what to look for in particular when I am there today and what can be done about it? I'm not new to electrical work, but I am not up on construction code and obviously don't know what causes condensation in a panel. So any tips short of "hire an electrician" would be greatly appriciated. Right now I am trying to get a rough idea of what is going and and what needs to be done to it before I pay someone to come in as I am hoping to convince the current owner to fix it on his dime. [IMG]http://www.haughs.net/gallery/d/11542-2/electrical.JPG[/IMG] Blue dots show condensation: [IMG]http://www.haughs.net/gallery/d/11545-2/box.JPG[/IMG]