Thermostat Baseboard Heater Wiring

A 30 amp circuit such as this might be found in older installations for clothes dryers and perhaps a kitchen cooking range too.

Thermostat baseboard heater wiring.

Basic line voltage thermostats use simple dial controls but there are also more sophisticated electronic programmable models. Baseboard heater wiring is one of the photos we found on the internet from reliable resources. Route supply wires to the thermostat wiring box if not already present. Route remaining supply and ground wire to the baseboard heater.

It operates much the same way as a dimmer switch providing variable control to a light fixture. The wiring should be installed into the baseboard heater using a protective bushing or cable connector. 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. Route remaining thermostat wire marked t1 to the baseboard heater.