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Posted by N8N on November 6, 2007, 4:46 pm
> 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
If it's a baseboard heater, it may be on its own 240V circuit. thus
be careful, either get a 240V bulb for your test light (they do exist;
I used to have one although I think it finally broke after 5 or 6
moves, need to get another... was a shame, too, I got it from my
grandfather and it was so old it actually said "Mazda" on it...) or
use a multimeter set to the appropriate range. look in your breaker
panel for a 240V breaker (two poles) that may have tripped. Need I
say be careful not to touch any wires that may be hot, 240V kills you
twice as dead as 120 :)
nate
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