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Thermostat and electrical baseboard wiring

Asked Nov 22, 2005, 12:08 PM — 3 Answers
Hi,

I just installed 2 thermostat and 2 baseboards but none are heating... I wonder if my wiring is ok. I have 120 on both wires in the baseboard but no heat at all... Here is a diagram of my wiring. The wiring in my baseboard is ok. On one side, I have 2 wires linked with a wirenut and on the other side, I have both wires connected and the ground as well...

What drives me crazy is whether I turn on or off the thermostat, I always have 120 volts on both wires in the baseboard but no heat...

Thanks in advance.
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Nov 22, 2005, 04:02 PM
Do you have 240 volts across the 2 terminals of the heaters? You must feed the circuit from a double pole breaker that connects to both legs of the incoming power.
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Nov 22, 2005, 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by rastanxp
Hi,

I just installed 2 thermostat and 2 baseboards but none are heating... I wonder if my wiring is ok. I have 120 on both wires in the baseboard but no heat at all... Here is a diagram of my wiring. The wiring in my baseboard is ok. On one side, I have 2 wires linked with a wirenut and on the other side, I have both wires connected and the ground as well...

What drives me crazy is whether I turn on or off the thermostat, I always have 120 volts on both wires in the baseboard but no heat...

Thanks in advance.
the breakers....are they fullsize breaker or half breaker.( measure between the 2 hot,if it 0v it half breaker, fullsize ~ 210v)........ Look back on this board , resently there is 1 post that have the solution to you problem
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May 15, 2008, 09:05 PM
The information you guys gave is very important and enlightening ,just want to say thanks and keep up the good works up.
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