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Trade: Builder/Designer
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Location: Wisconsin
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Wall Heaters
I would like to install a Cadet wall heater in a attic that I turned into a
library room.This room is 4 floors up from the basement so getting a 240 run from the panel to this room would be next to impossible.The Cadet wall heater is 120 volt and their is 14/2 wire run into the room.Can this 120 volt heater get hooked up to the 14/2 run? Any suggestions on how to do this. |
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Fentoozler
Trade: Professional Pie and Pastry Taster
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Re: Wall Heaters
How many watts is the heater?
What else is on this 14/2?
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Re: Wall Heaters
the heater is a 1000 watts.
there is 5 outlets and 5 can lights |
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Fentoozler
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Re: Wall Heaters
I'd get another circuit up there....pipe it up the outside/in a stairwell if you have to.
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Re: Wall Heaters
If you put 6 x 23 watt flourescents in the cans and run the heater you have a whopping 2 amps to play with. Maybe you can run a stereo if your lucky. Even better if you have a Federal Pacific panel you could run several heaters I'm guessing. Good luck I would'nt do it. I'd just run a new dedicated line up there for the heater and be done with it.
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Re: Wall Heaters
I think that gives you 8.33 amps just for heater, now find out the wattage on each can light, and what loads on those receptacles, and you'll know if you can or not. Not worth the trouble of resetting breaker all the time or be limited to what you can run. Try to put 1 or 2 new circuits up there.
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Master Electrician
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Re: Wall Heaters
Seriously, you should'nt do that. Those other rec. are carrying all that load and if you have 1 loose connection somewhere along the line your place could go up in smoke. I've fixed at least 50 burnt/crispy rec. that were fried due to space heaters. Look for a plumbing pipe and try dropping a chain or you can always pop out of panel area and run a conduit outside then pop in somewhere. If your darned and determined not to run a new one at least put an arc fault on that circuit.
Good Luck Wall Heaters are no laughing matter! |
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Re: Wall Heaters
Bubbles is correct, space heaters cause lots of problems. Lots of people plug there 1k watt heaters into 15a branch circuits and we see lots of problems from it. If the house was well wired and northing else is on the circuit your space heater will run fine. If your going to run 300 watts in lights and your computer and your space heater, there is going to be problems.
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Re: Wall HeatersQuote:
What i wouldn't recommend is adding to an electrical circuit that you not even 100% sure what's on it. It is entirely possible that other electrical devices are on that circuit that your not aware of. I'm also wondering why you think you need a 240V circuit brought up for a 120V heater ... Are you planning to put more items in the room if you had more power for them? Last edited by Immanuel; 10-16-2009 at 01:22 PM. |
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