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.

Instead of doing the extra and quite dangerous work consider an option that s already designed for baseboard heating. Slide the wall mounted thermostat from its mounting plate on the wall. Some thermostat models require you to. Typically this is marked l1 or line step 8.

Make the connections at the thermostat. Using a wire connector connect the hot supply wire to the thermostat wires. Disconnect the existing cable from the heater and remove the cable. Installing a compatible smart thermostat is quick and easy.

How to do it. Label and disconnect wires. You can install a thermostat on the baseboard heater itself. Without touching any of the wires.

Connect the remaining thermostat wire typically marked t1 or load to the same color supply wire feeding the baseboard heater. While this type of installation is easiest since it does not involve opening up walls it is considered to be inferior to installing the thermostat on the wall. How to install a wall mounted thermostat to a baseboard heater 1. Connect the new cable to the heater.

Many heaters come with a kit that allows you to install the thermostat at one end of the heater body. Take the cover off the thermostat and remove the screws that attach it to the junction box. But installing a smart thermostat that is not designed for compatibility with baseboard heating requires added hardware a relay in this case.