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| jwatson20 |
Hello, I am attempting to wire up a Electrical space heater in my garage. I just bought a Fahrenheat 5000 W @ 240v space heater from northerntools.com to keep me warm in the winter while I attemp to make furniture. I don't want to orphan my children so I thought I would post here and if all else fails, hire a electrician. The manual is of course junk. It states "connect the wire to the power terminal block located in the base of the heater". Then it has a diagram with a black(hot) wire connecting to the power terminal block, a white(neutral?) wire connecting to the other pole on the terminal block and a green connecting to the ground screw. My question is, will this give the heater 240v? I hooked up my 240v dust collector with two hots coming off of a double-pole breaker and then the ground and neutral connected to the ground. I assumed each hot carries 115v? or can one hot carrie 240v? |
| kbsparky | quote: You have some serious issues with proper voltage and grounding, so yes, I would suggest you call an electrician with this one. 
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| Electricman | Ok, 1st thing This heater, is it manuf. by Marley? I looked on their site and the instructions (page 3) make perfect sense to me. This white wire that you speak of is this the wire that you will be supplying? 10/2 nmb? |
| jwatson20 | Electricman, I am using 10/3 mnb in a flexible conduit. You are correct, it is from marley. The heater will be located about 5-6 feet from the panel, so it is a pretty short run. I do not profess to be an electrician, just trying to learn and this job seemed pretty straight forward. I have 8 open slots in my panel. I shut the main breaker off before wiring. I currently have a 240 plug I set up to run a 2hp dust collector. I wired that and have not had any problems. Again, the receptical box is right next to the panel, about two feet. It is on a 20amp breaker with two hots, a neutral and a ground going to the outlet. I guess it is pretty elementary, I was under the impression that to get to 230v you used two 115v wires. Apparently, that is not always the case and 230 or 240 can run through one wire. Electricman, Thanks for your response. |
| Scott Vickrey | Jeff Sorry, this topic is locked and marked for removal because of it's DIY theme and the liability it causes the site to assume. |