I am going to be hooking up a 240 volt baseboard heater. Does it need to be on its own dedicated circuit to the fuse box and on its own fuse or can I take the power from a switch or receptacle elsewhere near by

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Originally Posted by sawsome

I am going to be hooking up a 240 volt baseboard heater. Does it need to be on its own dedicated circuit to the fuse box and on its own fuse

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Not by design or code, no.
There are some rules as to how many/much and what size circuit though.

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Originally Posted by sawsome

....or can I take the power from a switch or recepticle elsewhere near by

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This is most likely a very bad idea.
If you can find a 120v BB heater it will most likely overload an existing circuit.