Electric Baseboard Wiring Question

03-02-2011, 11:04 AM	#1
sonicdoom Newbie   Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 1	Electric Baseboard Wiring Question Hi, I'm finishing my basment and I'm wring electric baseboard heat. I will have a 8ft 2000Watt heater in 2 rooms, each room will have a thermostate. Can I wire these in parallel so I can save a breaker space? Or do I need to have 2 fuses? Thanks,

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03-02-2011, 11:29 AM	#2
DetroitEE Member   Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 41	Electric Baseboard Wiring Question Quote: Originally Posted by sonicdoom Hi, I'm finishing my basment and I'm wring electric baseboard heat. I will have a 8ft 2000Watt heater in 2 rooms, each room will have a thermostate. Can I wire these in parallel so I can save a breaker space? Or do I need to have 2 fuses? Thanks, I'm assuming this is a 240 volt heater? You will need at least two spaces in your panel regardless. If it's 240 volts, and you want to put them on the same circuit, you'll need a 30 amp, 2 pole circuit with 10/2 wire. Last edited by DetroitEE; 03-02-2011 at 11:36 AM.