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Sat, Mar 24, 12 at 5:45
| I use a wood range to heat my cape cod house (21'x32'), cook and heat my water.
I need a back-up heating to satisfy the insurance and to keep the plumbing from freezing for the unexpected case. I did not use any back-up heat in the past 10 years so my requirements are minimal. Few years ago I installed a 10000 Btus output (3kW) second-hand propane space heater with balanced flue and piezo start hooked on a couple of 20 lbs propane cylinders with an automatic switch. It works but needs checking, is slowly rusting away, makes a hole in the wall and has never been used. I am thinking of replacing it with a few electric baseboard heaters. I have a 100A electrical service and won't change that. If the baseboard heaters kick in they will be the only load beside the small fridge and freezer I have in the house. I cook on propane in the summer. What size baseboard heaters should I use and how many? |
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- Posted by tigerdunes (My Page) on Sat, Mar 24, 12 at 6:47
| The baseboard heaters should be placed on separate circuits. How many open circuits do you have and what size? IMO |
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- Posted by commonground (My Page) on Sat, Mar 24, 12 at 7:02
| Each heater on a dedicated 240V/20A circuit? My panel has 2x 40A fuses, one of them is free, the other powers the workshop and 10x 20A fuses 2 of them are free. I guess I could wire 3 or 4 1.5kW heaters on the 40A fuse, could I? |
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| "Each heater on a dedicated 240V/20A circuit? " Not uncommon at all. |
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