Installing Electric Baseboard Heater. DIY 

Glad it helped!

When i made the video i was just trying to show the wiring of the baseboard. I figured most attempting this would already know how to wire it into the panel. 🙁

You missed the whole point. This video is about replacing an existing baseboard unit, so existing wiring to the fuse box should still be good. His comment was a safety check. Turn off related breaker and confirm there is no current, using a tester, that was all.

I normally do too. Especially with outlets and other things. I also try to give myself plenty of wire to deal with. I have seen many people try to save copper and cut it as short as they can and any times give themselves problems later. Nothing wrong with giving yourself a good inch or two more wire than you need to leave in the outlet boxes. I also give plenty in the panel and loop it down and back up to the breakers. I'll have to make a video showing it too since I see people really putting the min that they can and will have many issues later if anything needs to be moved in the panel making it where you don't have enough wire to move things around where needed.

Sounds great!

Glad to hear that lol. I was worried it would go up

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There isn't too many steps. Just cut the top black wire in the baseboard and hook them up to the black wires on the thermostat, then hook the two red wires to the two hot wires coming in. I explained it but having troubles understanding what I'm leaving out in the video?

@@thatslumlordlifeleaving out running 220 volts to the heater, gauge of wire, do you use 12/2 or 12/3, what size breaker.

@@thatslumlordlife I saw you capped the white, so its a 12/3, is that something that can be done?

@@paullinntrapgod I use 12/3 but the white wire isn't used. I cap it still just encase later when someone else is ever messing around in the panel that it will be capped if it ever got power through it. Most are going to use 12/2 wire.

Only if that outlet is the only one hooked up to the same wire going to the panel. Most outlets have 2-3 running together. Also sometimes other things could also be used off that line such as lights. When hooking up the 240v into the box everything connected to that line is now 240v and could cause issues that will/could result in a fire. So doing so you will need to make sure nothing else is on that line. I seen some older homes have most everything in the house on just a few wires going into the box so theirs very good chance it has other outlets with that same one. If it is the only line, you can make it 240v buy using the white wire as another hot wire. both the black and white will be going into the double pole beaker. There will be no neutral wire being used. 240 will heat a whole room, I sometimes use one to heat large room, still depending on the length of the heater. Hopefully this helps, make sure nothing else is on that line when you change it to 240v and make sure to use wire nuts. :)

Every year when they are first turned on they put out a weird smell. New ones also do it. People that haven't ever had baseboard heating normally call about it when they first turn the heat on. It should go away after the first day or two using them. (or at least you get used to it and can't smell it anymore) But I would have to say, some do smell more than others. If the smell doesn't go away and it's a issue then it wouldn't hurt to try. (since they aren't super expensive)

This was slow and efficient! All I did here was mount the baseboard to two studs in the wall and hook up two wires!

Some guys love to prove themselves by how quick they can go. I do drywall and it's no different, I also patch A LOT of holes from show offs.

Not enough information, check the wiring and make sure wire nuts are on good and that it's not getting shorted out anywhere with a loose connection or wiring coming in contact with the baseboard?

I think that 14/2 wire is a little thin. I used 12 gauge. If they are all single pole you shouldn't have any problems running them together. 2x15 amp breakers you mention makes me think it's double pole and would get 30 amp double pole breakers for it.

Absolutely NOT the circuit breaker protects the wire and a 30 amp 2 pole breaker will allow more current through to his 14 gauge wire than it rated for . It's all about the AMPS , a simple calculation will determine total current draw . Total power is 1000w plus 750w equals 1750w and is a straight resistive load . OHMS law states 1750W divided by 240V equals 7.2AMPS . Once total amperage is found wire size can be determined , though number 12 is desirable , 14 guage will work SAFELY and should be protected with a 2 pole 15A , If using number 12 wire a 2 pole 20A

go with 12/2 20 amp breaker.

electric baseboard is a continious load ...125% rule applies on wire and breaker sizing

No difference on what side to hook up that i know of.

Im confused on what you're describing, the heater itself should have 2 black wires coming from it, your Romex coming from the wall may have a black, ground & a white wire, but no red wire .. your white wire more then likely is another hot conductor, I would advise you to get an electrician to look at this because your aren't sure what you're doing

No, the heater are either 120 or 220. I don't believe they are safe to use for volts they were not made for.

@@thatslumlordlife ok thanks

You will have to find the wires in your box and figure out how they have them hooked up.

The heaters do not come with thermostats. I give them all their own in case you dont need to use some but they can all be wired to one.

I put another video up that might help better? Both these videos are for 220 amp heaters. Make sure you are looking at the right instructions. I show the instructions a little better in the newer video. Hopefully it helps. studio.ru-vid.comgBY5sVXi-gw/edit

I didn't cap it or strip the wire. Did not hook it up anywhere. The neutral wire isn't need, I just use 12/3 just to keep the colors more color coded. I don't like having a white wire used as a hot wire unless I have too! lol If a 12/2 wire was already there then It would have been used. :)

double pole 30 amp breaker.

Normally being left handed sucks.... then I have hundreds of comments saying i'm doing something wrong or using something wrong.... It's like I'm left handed. bahaha Like wire nuts sometimes I twist the other way... who cares, It's tight!! :)

No need for the box since it's wired inside the baseboard heater. Correct. Only time you need a box is when your splicing wires together and not doing it inside the closed baseboard heater.

Great, now I’m sure what I’m doing is correct. Thank you

Yes.

Menards and lowes have them. They also have a few different types. Digital programmable ones.

That SlumLord Life thankyou so mouch you are very kind..

I'll have to make another video on this, you can also use wall mounted thermostat and all baseboard heaters on the same thermostat. Also have lock boxes for wall mounted ones. I don't like them all hooked too the same thermostat though due to some areas will be heated and others will only be heated when the room is in use.

12/2 will work, I like running 12/3 to items like this to keep color coded in the box.

@@thatslumlordlife its actually code to do that but can be done with a sharpie or as I prefer heat shrink tube can get in black red and other colors but if the 12/3 is already there no sense in removing it now

Yep he is burning that bitch down

Outlet as in a plug-in? No outlet. It's directly wired to baseboard heater.

thank you

If it's grounded there is no wrong direction. Just something that works for you.

@@vipergaming6965 It's not wrong but it is more efficient to do it that way.

Most people will have to run a wire all the way to their electric panel. Wiring in houses is normally 120V and this is 220V. If you would happen to have a wire there that has no other outlets off the same wire you can use it and make it 220V. I was trying to make this video for just wiring the baseboard heater up only! Putting in wiring will be different for everyone depending on how they want it ran. Places that don't have basements or crawl spaces will take a lot more work to run wire if you don't want it seen.

Just get one of those Bluetooth wireless heaters.... And don't ever touch electrical. For everyone's safety sake

no, there isn't a plug in. the wall plug would have to be 240 since this is a 240 heater. If your outlet is 240 outlet you could.

A ground wire that is ran to the panel that is then ran to a ground pole in the ground? There is a ground wire that is part of the 12-2 or 12-3 wiring.

It's called base molding. Can be used for door and floor... Sometimes it just takes a little bit of common sense to figure out that it's the same thing!! lol

Ha ha ha

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@@ronaldhoward4215 slumlord style.

If you don’t know what he was doing then either hire someone who does or get life insurance before you play with electricity fool!!!! Seemed pretty straightforward to me!

Menards and Lowe's both have them. I think most home improvement stores should also. Amazon even has them.

Its only two wires being hooked up, maybe it just looks like im rushing? Two wires and just mounting it to the wall. The trim is barely two inches high so its easier to just mount it above trim and it doesnt change anything of how the baseboard heater works.

That might come as a shock to some people!

Dude I test and retest the wire every time I reach in even after locating and flipping the breaker. It just takes getting zapped once or twice

Doesnt change operation of the heater. I like it better this way.

@@joshrice2057 actually they call them electric baseboard heaters in Home Depot. But I get your point.

@@joshrice2057 no they don't mount to baseboards. They mount to the walls and the baseboards are butted into them. That's the way it's been in every house that's been build in my 45 years of construction experience. You're confusing the term "baseboard" heater.

It works, the baseboards are the small baseboard type trim, not large enough to mount to the baseboard like you see older homes. Why cut the baseboard out when you can simply raise it up above it!?

It's only 3 wires. This video is from several years ago. I put up a different one that might help better? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gBY5sVXi-gw.html

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There's a calculation to heating, 1 heater is not going to heat 1 level of your home .. you have to do a load calculation for the square footage of the room

Sounds like you need insulation. if it doesn't hold the heat they will constantly run.

Lol u must keep ur heater on all day and night

I explained it when i was showing the wiring and then did it. This video was just for the wiring and didn't think people were having problems screwing screws to the wall mounting it.....

yes, it's a 240 amp heater. I have them on double pole 30 amp breakers. I don't think the 120 amp heaters heat that well.

@@pacman_zero4253 use 12 gauge.

@@pacman_zero4253 I try to put 200 amp panels in when i can so i always have plenty of slots!

@@thatslumlordlife where are you located that code allows 12 gauge wire on a 30 amp breaker I've always heard 15a/14g 20a/12g 30a/10g 40a/8g 60a/6g...

@@timjohnson6864 You are right, however the 20 amps breakers trip often. Everyone seems to use 30 amps for the 240 heaters so that is what I used. Now that you mention it, i looked it up and for 30 amps they are saying to use 10g wire. I had a couple units that had 120 heaters and they don't heat as well in cold winters so I put 240 heaters in and they kept tripping on the 20 amp breakers which is the reason I'm using 30 amps. Maybe should have put in 10g wire. Will in the future! thanks!

I run anything with two hot wires this way. You don't have too but it's good practice to keep electric wiring color coded. White wire is a neutral wire. I did state that most people will be using the white neutral wire as a hot.

There isn't too many steps. Just cut the top black wire in the baseboard and hook them up to the black wires on the thermostat, then hook the two red wires to the two hot wires coming in. I explained it but having troubles understanding what I'm leaving out in the video? I recorded the whole process.

Yeah you recorded the “whole thing” and used your screwdriver out of sight of the camera between :57-2:23. Then you did stuff off-camera. If you want to succeed in the DIY video world, these are really basic functions- explain EVERYTHING you are doing ON CAMERA. Otherwise people will look elsewhere

@@darylgreaser591 I was just screwing the screw into the other side like I did the left side. This video I was trying to make more for the wiring of the baseboard. I felt mounting it to the wall with screws was pretty straight forward but I did just start making the video for the projects I do and will get better and breaking it down barney style since it does seem people are also wanting to know a lot of the stuff I felt was pretty basic. It really is just screwing it to the walls on studs and wiring up a couple wires.

That SlumLord Life hey I realize that but yes, if you are doing *anything* in the video, people want to know what it is. I use RU-vid for car repair instruction too, and the *best* videos are where *everything* is explained and done on-camera. Cheers

May want to read it again and watch again.

It's not a fire hazard. Explain why?

When temps get down in -10 degrees here in iowa you will want thw 240 amps! Haha the 120 amps do not put out and heat as well as the 240 amps! You can use 120 or 240, this video is on installing a 240 however! Haha

Please elaborate.....? haha

You mount it to the wall and you hook up the two hot wires and ground wire to the thermostat and then thermostat to the heater. They are that simple to hook up so there isn't much to show or explain. I showed how to hook it up.

Also if you have any questions ask and I'll try and answer them.

Sorry it's taken so long to get back to you, just now seeing the comment. Wire size is 12 and I used a double pole 30 amp breaker.

It's hard being able to work and get the camera in there too. 🙁

It's also only four wires. Black wires hook up to black wires, red wires hook up to hot wires coming it. So it doesnt take long to do and I explain what I'm doing as I'm doing it. Some people may have to watch it a few times.

There is only two hot wires and a neutral. Not much to show!

Yeah, I don't have a camera person and I'm working so it's really hard to get the camera where people can see and as I work. 😞