Hi Alex, thanks for the video. I have a wall thermostat that controls a unit on each side of the living room wall. Your information will help me start research at the wall thermostat and work towards the one heater that is not working. Thanks again..
Good job, Alex! Do you have a presentation that covers 2 - 2,000 watt heaters hooked up together? On one of my sets of two heaters, one heater has stopped working. My heaters are about 9 or 10 years old. Thanks.
Hi Alex. Thanks for the video. I hope you can help me. I have 3 240 volt electric baseboard heaters running off of one thermostat. All 3 of them work in terms of providing heat, however 1 of them make a buzzing noise when its on. Note, it is not a constant buzzing, The buzzing is intermittent. About every 5 seconds exactly the heater buzzes for about 13 seconds and then is quiet for 5 seconds and then starts again and buzzes for 13 seconds and then stops again. Have you seen this before and do you know what I can do to fix it? Thank you!
Hey Alex, thanks for the video. I have a “rm162” heater that isn’t resetting. I haven’t tested with a voltage meter yet but is it possible that a fuse in the actual heater went bad or maybe it just needs a new reset button?
I have 15 of these in my house and I cannot believe you didn’t bring up or talk about the only reason every single one of mine break every time The thermal cut off switch sticks on cutting the power off over and over again. It gets old and then flips on, even though it’s not too hot. And then it stays on. These switches are junk and ruined these heaters. It is the only part on the heater other than the heater element that is extremely necessary to talk about you could do a whole video on this switch along.
Hello , Those voltage pens are awesome but dangerous. Always use a voltmeter. If it reads hot, It might be hot. Or it might be reading the wires behind the baseboard? Or maybe the setting is for 24 volts and not 120. ? It might be static. It can't be hot because the metal of baseboard is attached to neutral. It would be a short. Just for fun put one lead of multimeter on a neutral on a nearby receptacle. The other lead to the baseboard metal. If it read voltage then the baseboard is not grounded and the metal might be hot. Let me know what you find out. Peace!!
Not always the issue, breaker could be the issue remove the breaker look at tips to power breaker if getting weird readings,if getting higher readings your breaker is bad replace it...do a ground test with continuity with wirring remember , don't do this if your not comfortable doing it safty, safty, safty...Your contact points on breaker are scorched replace the breakeŕ.
Hello Stanley. Im with you I love this voltage pen for fast troubleshooting. In depth troubleshooting you need to use the volt meter. Thanks for your comment.
