Adding Thermostat To Baseboard Heater

The thermostat can be mounted directly on the heater itself or it can be mounted on the wall so that the circuit wiring passes through the thermostat first on the way to the baseboard heater.

Adding thermostat to baseboard heater.

Connect the remaining thermostat wire typically marked t1 or load to the same color supply wire feeding the baseboard heater. You can install a thermostat on the baseboard heater itself. How to install a wall mounted thermostat to a baseboard heater 1. Without touching any of the wires.

Many heaters come with a kit that allows you to install the thermostat at one end of the heater body. Make the connections at the thermostat. Take the cover off the thermostat and remove the screws that attach it to the junction box. Pull a cable from the thermostat location to the heater.

Label and disconnect wires. Some thermostat models require you to. Connect the new cable to the heater. But installing a smart thermostat that is not designed for compatibility with baseboard heating requires added hardware a relay in this case.

Instead of doing the extra and quite dangerous work consider an option that s already designed for baseboard heating. Typically this is marked l1 or line step 8. Disconnect the existing cable from the heater and remove the cable. Slide the wall mounted thermostat from its mounting plate on the wall.

Using a wire connector connect the hot supply wire to the thermostat wires. Turn the circuit breaker off at the main electrical panel that supplies power to the existing baseboard heater and. How to do it.