How to Install a 240 Volt, 30 amp Heater 

Dude your code still works 3 years later. I was looking at these as an option instead of a wood burner for a 2 stall garage.. I was watching videos trying to see what to do. Well I said if his code works ill order it now. Well it worked. Lol. Thanks man. That 30 bucks basically paid for the 3 year replacement plan and shipping

That ground does not belong on the neutral buss. A sub-panel must have a separate ground buss from the neutral buss. Sub-panel neutral buss is not to be grounded to the box. The only place neutral and ground wires meet is at the main service panel. The little jumper that comes with the panel is not used on a sub-panel. Love your channel and enthusiasm!

SCORE!!! I have been looking for a heater for my work shop! This is freaking AWESOME! Thank you, thank you for the video.....

Well, I certainly learned more than a few things from this video. I think you are warmer in your non-insultated shed than I am in my insulated basement. Very entertaining while imparting good information. Well done! Now take a break and enjoy Christmas and New Years and we all look forward to your next video in the New Year.

New Subscriber here: Michael, after bumping into your first video, I HAD to watch the rest. Love, love, LOVE what you're doing. You make it fun, interesting, educational and humorous all at the same time. I've gone back and watched all 14 videos and they all have something interesting. I'm like so many others out there thinking about concrete counter tops and hesitant to try it. You've helped me gain the confidence to tackle it next spring. I think I'll start with some smaller projects just to get a better feel for it first. I especially loved the Q&A video you did because it answered a lot of questions I had myself. I'm amazed at how fast your channel has grown in such a short period of time, but I'm thrilled for you because you certainly deserve it. Can't wait to see what you have in store for us for 2020.

A great and detailed description video for installing garage heater and 240v receptacle. I was wondering about use of different type of wires and you well explained the use of different wires and their connection methods. I have all stuff ready and was going to install in few days but I found your video and it's gonna be a great help for me now. Thanks

I am so excited for you! I remember how last year you had to wait a while after your 1st video because of your nasty weather. This is going to be a great winter (if your snow blower can clear a path for you to your workshop). Merry Christmas Mike.

Hi Micheal , Love your videos, One point I would like to make is in any sub panel the neutral and ground should be separate, so separate neutral and ground bus bars. Hope this helps.

What can I say that hasn't already been said. The main thing is increase your supply line from the house. Great Video as always, and keep up the good work.

I did electrical work for 15 years, everything u did looked good to me for someone who is doing DIY 👍

Very educational, surely helped me!!! Thank you so much, I subscribed

LOL, I'm so glad we didn't have to change the name of the channel to Michael Burns... ;) Merry Christmas to you & yours, Mike!

Hey Michael! Great video. One point I would like to make about fire protection. The extinguisher you have in your shed is not adequate for what you want to protect. The extinguisher you showed appears to be a 5B:C extinguisher. You should replace it with an extinguisher rated at least 2A:10:B:C. An A rated extinguisher will better protect against flammable materials such as paper, wood, saw dust, etc. The B rating only protects against flammable liquids and will not work as well on an A rated fire. An extinguisher with a C rating ensures you will not be electrocuted if activated toward a live electrical circuit. Look for an ABC fire extinguisher with a minimum 2A:10:B:C rating.

I'm sure you know man but if you insulate this walls the heat will stay in much better. Lol. Great video man, I love watching your projects. I'm a general contractor

I was just looking at this heater online!Thank you good sir for always coming through with amazing content.

Nice vid, keep up the good work, and have a great Christmas

Great job!!! It's nice going to pick one up.... Thanks for posting....

I just bought the same heater before I saw the video. Tip on using the white as hot for 220, 221 whatever it takes. Good practice to put electrical tape on the white in the outlet box and in the panel to signify that it’s not a neutral.

We put more heat in our shed. We moved to Arizona... Love your vids Michael. Merry Christmas!

Well there goes the electric bill. LOL Merry Christmas to you and your family. Great video as always. :)

Idk about your codes in your state but in my state a sub panel box has to be grounded in the earth 8 ft just like the main panel box if the box is in a seperate building off the main. Also with a subpanel box your neutrals are supposed to go on the bus bar with the insulator behind it and the grounds are supposed to go on a seperate bus bar directly screwed to box. The green bonding screw not installed as well. That is my state though your codes are probably different. I love your videos and subscribed.

Great video... might come in handy. I learned a lot

Nice job brother

Awesome 👏 work

Michaels blowing hot air ! Pun intended . Merry Christmas. Thanks for the video

Honestly, I was an electrician till a few months ago and I can tell you that your instructions were pretty good. The only thing I would add is make sure the breaker is off before you turn on the main breaker. Also testing the panel prior to starting work to make sure the power was off. All that being said, running that heater, the tablesaw and a light, you may be getting really close to overloading that 10-3 feeding your panel. May want to consider upgrading to a 50 amp panel. Great job and I look forward to your next video!

It's interesting how the electrical standards differ depending on where you are from. Here in Czech republic you will never find a naked wire (even though it's ground) and also you cannot switch colours at all. We use 230V as standard voltage and 380V as the heavy duty one but it's basically all connected the same way

Great for my tiny house build

Hi bro! All good, excellent video, Just wrap a lil black tape on da neutral, cause its hot now.

I got the overhead ventless natural gas infrared heater in my shop. That bad boy will chase you out and hardly run up your gas bill much at all.. just felt like throwing that in there lol

Not a licensed electrician, but I think you should have wrapped the white wire in the box with electrical tape to notate that it was no longer a common. Otherwise looked good to me.

Great video. Is there any difference between low and high settings for noise levels. Thanks.

There are comments, correctly stating, you need to do a load assessment before adding the heater. As an electrician, I do not open and work in a hot panels, nor do I leave it opened for accidental contact. It seems your feeder is undersized to run all equipment. The white wire needs to be redesigned as a hot wire, preferably red in color. NEC is very specific regarding this.

Good video. I have always used a larger catalytic propane heater. Insulating the shed in Michigan might be a wise decision.

Is it better to install it near the floor? Because the hot air goes up...

First off .... I am from the UK (240/415v) ;0) The only things I would call up are 1. Not checking the board is dead before you work on it! 2. It looks like you had a tad too much cable at your socket (receptacle) Having enough to allow you to pull the socket and get to the connections is enough anything more means you get your socket self heating! One thing I would recommend is to put your hand on the plug after the heater has been running a while just to check weather you are going to need your fire extinguisher ;0) Working out your actual load is simple enough if you can do basic maths. Power = Volts times Current so transposed you get Current = Power over Voltage .... 4800W divided by 240V = 20A (I suspect the actual load quoted was just the heater so you need to add your fan load in too!

Can you tell us how to make concrete white counter tops? And where to get the materials? Thanks!

Definitely need an upgrade to your shed. Going to be pulling too many amps on that 10 gauge feed, also you should have the grounds and neutrals separate in the box with a ground rod for the shed, love you vids! Concrete is your calling lol

Does the fan switch between high and low? Or do you get to pick the fan speed?

Hi Michael, wondering what size breaker in tou main panel Fred’s the sub panel in the shed?

Hi Michael, What happen to the settings of the heater during a power outage? Will it lose its setting? Thanks. Ben

Hey Michael, nice video! Are you planning on insulating you Man Shed? That would be a great video too. Merry Christmas to you and yours!🎄 DC

Nice Deal👍

I love how you can see his breath... time fore heat!

I have a 240v/4000 watt wall heater but has no ground. Trying to figure out house to wire it to the box using 10ga wiring

Im looking into getting one for my garage i live in clarkston and like you said Michigan winters are cold but just wait its supposed to get 40 below in jan and the record low for mich is 51 below in1934

How about a shed/tool tour?

Hi Michael, All my powe in my trailer is 480v how can I plug this unit to make it work with 480v power.

I'm a licensed electrician/electrical engineer. You did fine on the wiring. But with that heater running, you've almost maxed out what you can run in that shed. You're going to need a bigger sub panel and breaker running it. Check with your local service provider to see what service you have to the main panel and adjust accordingly to fit your power needs. I had to run a complete separate 200 amp service to my shop.

Hey Michael., just wanted to say I noticed how many subscribers you have already. Seems like yesterday I watched your first video you made. Think it was a concrete bench or something. Love the heater which I will consider because I'm in the middle of insulating my metal garage. (Carport type) I couldn't help but notice the guitar bodies hanging on the wall. Are you a Luthier too?

Your awesome

Heeeeyyyy Michael! 😃You make it hot in there! 🔥

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How is it working this far

Not gonna separate grounds from neutrals in the sub-panel? That’s a no no. Also cant have neutral wires landed with ground wires under the same screw.

Hi I ran 10 guage 10-3 (three wires plus the ground) from my breaker to my receptacle, which is same as yours for heater. Can I cap the white wire on both ends and not use it? So I can still use this 10 gauge? Thanks

Looking for links for heater discount and cool casing cutter.

Not to nit pick, I would have put a meter to the fuse box before and after the power was cut just to be sure there was no power. Just saying...

Michael what size wire do you run from your house to your shed. I have a shed. I have plenty of room in my breaker box in my house. I have conduit running from my house to my shed ... but am still researching what wire to run from my house to the shed

Next on Michael Builds he spray foams the interior of the man shed.

I live in Florida so I don't need heat like that but I want to know if your can toast marshmallows with that thing? I use to live in a cold state so I know how you feel. Anyway Happy Christmas to you and your family.

Thanks for the video. How does this compare to, say, a kerosene or propane heater? I was shopping the flea market for a kerosene heater when I saw this exact 240v “garage heater,” but Berko-branded. It also seems to be sold as “Qmark.” I need something for my drafty workshop after getting displaced by an EF4 tornado but technically the lease says I can’t do anything with 240v. Then again, it also says I can’t stay there, so I’m just gonna have to ignore the lease for now. They actually have a standard 15 amp outlet connected to 240v which I didn’t realize until it blew up one of my work lights. That’s right: the shop didn’t even have lighting. What’s worse is that all the 120v outlets are on the same circuit and the maximum 120v space heater won’t cut it. Plugging in two will only blow the breaker and plugging in even one means I can’t plug in any of my tools… which was the original intent when leasing the workshop (obviously). I swapped in the proper 240v receptacle with the sideways blade to prevent it from happening again so I’m technically already messing with 240v in violation of the lease. ;) Maybe now I can make a pigtail to plug this in without doing any rewiring they can trace to me. I already did that to plug in my twin bro’s Chevy Volt, which I could’ve done without a pigtail if I didn’t swap the receptacle. The Volt’s 120v portable EVSE “charger” secretly supports 240v and it has been the only way to get warm at night (sleep in the car, plugged in with the heat on). Note: Not every Volt included this same EVSE. Yeah, my Corolla was carried off and crushed in the same tornado so we’re down to just the Volt.

You mistakenly referred to the 14/2 as a low voltage. You meant to say that 14awg is the smallest gauge permissible by code in residential installs ( usually lighting only) because it is rated at 15 amp.Lower current draw. The neutral that was used as your second hot leg is permissible, just place red tape on it and make sure it does go to the red leg in your breaker panel.Yes, it is a breaker panel, not a fuse box. Separate your grounds from your neutrals in that sub panel.There are technical reasons why we only bond them at the main panel.Make sure the neutral bar in your sub is isolated by special standoffs. Add a grounding bar to that panel. It is not nec code compliant to bond neutral anywhere else except at main panel. I mean all this with good intentions to help you.

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i bough this heater with out knowing it’s a 240 v and i’m young so i would not be able to install all of that any other suggestions ?

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I have this and it does work great although I can’t get the thermostat to turn the fan off so in order to keep my feeder rats (for my snakes) warm it runs 24/7 and kills my electric bill. The heat will turn off with the thermostat but not the fan. Is this just mine being broke or has anyone else had this issue??

It's hot and loud.

How big is your shop? thanks

As a retired electrician one and all should know not to drill holes beyond the center of any 2x4 or 2x6 incase of screws coming through from the outside on the inside one would mount wire protection plates so wires could not be damaged after interior has been closed but the 12 gauge wires in this video are running the risk of being damaged because they are passing through past the center point of the stud therefore it becomes a liability on you're part if it burns down after you sell said place now that you have shown it in your video I get what you're doing to be helpful but the safety protocols for even you're protection are missing if even you forget or and a son or daughter or any family member adds something to the outside of your shed please be extremely cautious or redo said wiring even for the heater it was also not done correctly be safe take care :)

Maybe it’s hard to see in the video but it looks a tad close to the electrical box

Now you can install a 12-14000 btu A/C unit. Just have to find one that uses 30amp 240v.

I hope the unit isn't blowing heat on that 220 outlet. Plz check it. Be safe.

The NEMA 6-30R receptacle should be installed centered in a 4-11/16 electrical box. The installation as shown is not according to the electrical code in North America., as far as I know.

White wire must be taped when not employed as a neutral. 4-030 1) (Canada)

I'm not an electrician and I'm not saying you did it wrong but I prefer to see a service loop inside the box. The way you have it run, there is no slack to make adjustments (when/if needed).

"if you want to watch me burn down my shed or electrocute myself, then this video is for you!" 🤣

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Code didn't work for hardwired unit.

Not an electrician here. But knowing You tube, there is absolutely no way I would show anybody how to do anything with electricity.

Nice installation, but no option for us europeans.. with our "green deal" energy prices this thing would blow my savings account in no time! 😢

Mike great videos very informative. But watch those shiny rings near them electric panels!LOL We all the stories about the guy that got his fingers melted to nub.thanks

Bare staples to hold wire?

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No way you're in Michigan I'm in Toledo

So when you get that heater going maybe you could do a little strip dance ya know pg rated strip ...you can leave your hat on

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Is there really people that don't like the sound of styrofoam?

He is wrong in his explanation of wires. Ignore. Also dont run your staples so tight to your sheathing .