Installing electric Space Heater - do I need heat resist. Wire?

I have a garage electric heater (without thermostat) which I want to wire to a thermostat. The heater is rated 240 volt, 5000 Watt. First, can you suggest any particular thermostat that will handle this line load (I've only been able to find ones that handle up to approx. 3800 Watts) and, lastly,...

What size fuses do I use for a 480 volt space heater with it own fan that draws 24 amps

I'm installing a new 5 wire progammable Hunter Thermostat. I have all but one of my wires accounted for. I RH and RC jumped together with are, W2 to W, why to why, and G to G. I do not need the "C" common blue wire as the new unit is battery operated, so I have this wire taped off. I have an...

I'm hoping someone can help with this question. We are installing an electric wall furnace, 240 volt, 38 amp, 9.2kwh. I was told by the guy at the hardware store to use size 8 wire. The instructions (?) that come with the unit don't sat anywhere what size is to be used! Is size 8 wire correct?...

My wife and I just bought a house and I was thrilled when I saw that the outside unit was a heat pump (a Goodman ck36-1b model, to be exact). Well, today was the first day that we were to run the heat, and I noticed that the furnace kicked on immediately. "Strange," I thought, "doesn't the...