240 volt heater

tenxshot Posts: 1, Reputation: 1

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Aug 6, 2009, 06:29 PM

240 volt heater

240 volt heater, can I control this with a 120 volt line T-stat?

letmetellu Posts: 3,151, Reputation: 317

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Aug 6, 2009, 07:08 PM

You can but unles you used a relay you would only be breaking one side of your 240 volts.

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