Thermostat Baseboard Heater Wiring

Baseboard heater electric wiring a typical circuit is installed to the location where the baseboard heater will be installed.

Thermostat baseboard heater wiring.

It operates much the same way as a dimmer switch providing variable control to a light fixture. Route remaining thermostat wire marked t1 to the baseboard heater. Route supply wires to the thermostat wiring box if not already present. Route remaining supply and ground wire to the baseboard heater.

A circuit is usually composed by several components. The wiring should be installed into the baseboard heater using a protective bushing or cable connector. A 30 amp circuit such as this might be found in older installations for clothes dryers and perhaps a kitchen cooking range too. A line voltage thermostat for a baseboard heater is really just a variable switch installed along the electrical circuit that runs from the circuit breaker panel to the baseboard heater.