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Electric Baseboard HeatThermostat

EBEBRATT-Ed
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i am looking for an electric baseboard heat thermostat, programmable, either 7 day or 5/2 day. All the ones I have seen are 2 wire single pole. The existing stat is two pole and I beleive that these thermostats are supposed to have a positive off position. So does a two pole programmable with a positive off exist??
thanks for the help,
Ed
thanks for the help,
Ed
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TRIAC based stats
Typically wire into one leg of the power feeding a 240V baseboard strip. The other leg is wired to the supply. Since it is a series circuit, this gives the stat complete control. Circuit protection is still on both poles.0 -
HoneywellAube
I believe Honeywell / Aube t-stats break both poles. They also have a nice vacation mode that can be controlled remotely.
Swei is correct that many t-stats used are single pole and the turn off the heaters just fine. There are 2 pole models out there. I prefer them"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough"
Albert Einstein0 -
T-Stat.
ALWAYS use 2 pole for 240 vac stat on electric base heat. The reasoning behind this is if the element shorts out and breaks 1 of both legs, the shorted leg will continue to heat uncontrolled.on the other leg of the 240vac.
Mike T.0
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