Electric heating/wiring question

[frazwood]

I wouldn't use that style heater. When the fan fails and it will you have a big problem. You have a heating element relying on a fan to cool it.

Being mounted inside the wall makes matters worse. I just don't like them at all.

I'd mount the electric baseboard. It'll heat the room just as well or better because you can mount them where they belong and with the correct wattage for the room. If you can afford only one circuit then up the wire size and the appropriate breaker to protect the wire.

Good point about the fan failing; I'll keep that in mind. Thanks!

The problem with baseboard heaters is that they take up a good amount of wall space and in this case... it'll be a bedroom and we'd like to put a bed in the location where a baseboard heater would go. In fact, I'd really like to take out the baseboard heaters that I have already, although in that room... I'll be putting in a LP-fueled heating stove.

[Whoaru99]

Don't most heaters with fans have a thermal switch or a flow switch to cut off the element if the fan fails?

A bit different beast, but I think the electric plenum heaters in my house may have flow switches so they won't turn on the element if there isn't enough air flow.

[ncesi]

You are correct. Most of the blower style heaters have a thermal switch that will keep the fan from running until the heater elements have begun to heat to a set temp then the fan will come on. Most of the time it is this device that fails not the blower or elements. Some heater manufactures give you the choice of having that thermal device or not. The only difference is that once the thermostat calls for heat you may blow some cooler air until the elements come up to full temp. this would not b as good in say a bathroom but hardly noticeable in other areas of the home or cabin.