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    keyresource56 Posts: 5, Reputation: 2
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    Sep 2, 2008, 10:35 AM
    Baseboard Heater Life
    Do Baseboard heaters become less efficient overtime? Should they be replaced before
    Failure or left and changed at failure?
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    Sep 2, 2008, 05:51 PM
    I've had them in 3 different houses over 30+ years and I have never had one go bad. That doesn't mean they won't go bad but that is my experience. I have had some rust in a couple of instances, but I just repainted them with high temp paint.
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    Sep 2, 2008, 06:17 PM
    I've seen many go bad. From my experience they do not degrade in performance, they just die.
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    Sep 5, 2008, 08:44 AM
    Thanks guys, it seems your answers confirm my own beliefs that they are either working or not.
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