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No power to Thermostat + Electric baseboard heater Slain 11-06-2007
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Posted by on November 8, 2007, 3:42 pm

>.p.jm@see_my_sig_for_address.com wrote:
>> On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 16:57:09 -0500, "Bob Pietrangelo"
>>
>>> Electrci Baseboard 220V
>>> Lightbulb 110V
>>> Zapped Fingers Funny
>>> Burnt Down House a crying shame
>>> Service call to an electrician or HVAC company maybe 100 bux
>>
>> That's why you need the 250 watt bulb.
>>
>
>Instead of Popcorn, will Trail Mix do?

        Only if it's the kind with no peanuts.


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Posted by =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Tekkie=AE?= on November 8, 2007, 9:26 pm
Zyp posted for all of us...

> .p.jm@see_my_sig_for_address.com wrote:
> > On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 16:57:09 -0500, "Bob Pietrangelo"
> >
> >> Electrci Baseboard 220V
> >> Lightbulb 110V
> >> Zapped Fingers Funny
> >> Burnt Down House a crying shame
> >> Service call to an electrician or HVAC company maybe 100 bux
> >
> > That's why you need the 250 watt bulb.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Click here every day to feed an animal that needs you today !!!
> > http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/
> >
> > Paul ( pjm @ pobox . com ) - remove spaces to email me
> > 'Some days, it's just not worth chewing through the restraints.'
> > 'With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine.'
> > HVAC/R program for Palm PDA's
> > Free demo now available online http://pmilligan.net/palm/
>
> Instead of Popcorn, will Trail Mix do?
>
>
I think somebody snuck Troll Mix in because the rodents and parasites infest
this place...
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Posted by Ken on November 6, 2007, 5:46 pm
Slain wrote:
> I have a electric baseboard heater in my bathroom which does not work.
> I just bought this house, so no idea if it ever did. I opened up the
> thermostat and checked to see if the thermostat received any power at
> all. It seems there is no electricity flowing to the thermostat
> connection and hence the electric baseboard. ( Iused a electric bulb
> set to complete the circuit )
>
> Since the wires are behind the wall, is there any way to check where
> the fault might be? All other lights etc in the bathroom work fine.
>
> I don't see that anything has tripped.
>
> Thanks
>

        I am not sure how you checked for voltage at the thermostat, but you
should use a volt meter. The voltage should be approximately 24v AC.
If you do not know how to do this, call someone who does.

Posted by Stormin Mormon on November 7, 2007, 7:49 am
The electric baseboard heaters I've worked on have used line voltage
thermostats to break the power to one side of the filament heater. That
would be 220 volts.

If you do not know how to write advice, call someone who does.

He says he used an electric bulb set to complete the circuit. If you do not
know how to read, call someone who does.

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I am not sure how you checked for voltage at the thermostat, but you
should use a volt meter. The voltage should be approximately 24v AC.
If you do not know how to do this, call someone who does.



Posted by Ken on November 7, 2007, 8:31 am
Stormin Mormon wrote:
> The electric baseboard heaters I've worked on have used line voltage
> thermostats to break the power to one side of the filament heater. That
> would be 220 volts.
>
> If you do not know how to write advice, call someone who does.

        I misinterpreted his comment by thinking the thermostat was controlling
a relay which in turn controlled the voltage for the heater. Sorry for
the mistake. I hope you apply the same criteria to ALL the other
misleading comments in this news group.

        As for your comment about writing advice however, I suggest you read
the comments by the so called "Pros." Not only are many of them vulgar
and go out of their way to ridicule a valid question, but some actually
try to cause damage to the writer's property. Although my comment may
not have been helpful or even apply, at least I did not purposely try to
do harm.


>
> He says he used an electric bulb set to complete the circuit. If you do not
> know how to read, call someone who does.
>

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