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Can I remove electrical from one toe kick heater ?

zkg
zkg Member Posts: 13

hi , I have 7 toe kick heaters - water based w/blower. One of unit’s blower went bed. Can k remove the electrical/power from that unit and rest 6 unit will work ?

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  • If there is just one set of wires (black, white, green) going into the unit yes. If two sets of wires, still yes; you just have to disconnect the connections powering the unit you no longer want. Hope this makes sense.

    8.33 lbs./gal. x 60 min./hr. x 20°ΔT = 10,000 BTU's/hour

    Two btu per sq ft for degree difference for a slab
  • zkg
    zkg Member Posts: 13

    makes sense … ty. Is electrical daisy chained (same as hot water loop ) since it’s on same breaker ? If so how do I make sure electricity is feed to other units ?

  • Your toekick heater will have its own wires that get connected to incoming power. Just disconnect those wires and that unit alone will no longer work.

    8.33 lbs./gal. x 60 min./hr. x 20°ΔT = 10,000 BTU's/hour

    Two btu per sq ft for degree difference for a slab
  • Jamie Hall
    Jamie Hall Member Posts: 24,732

    You're going to have to figure out how they are wired. They won;t be in series, but it's quite possible that the power to one is fed through a junction box on another one. You may have t do some real sleuthing t figure out what feeds what.

    And, while you doing that — remember that that's 120 volts and it is not something to be casual about. Turn off the breaker (or fuse) and make sure that the circuits really are dead. USE A TESTER..

    Br. Jamie, osb
    Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England
    jamplumb
  • zkg
    zkg Member Posts: 13

    Ty Jamie and Alan … this is another unit I can access and wiring pic for your view. If that helps you to give me some guidance.

  • hot_rod
    hot_rod Member Posts: 23,271

    doesn’t it have an on/ off switch? Most do, just turn it off.

    Bob "hot rod" Rohr
    trainer for Caleffi NA
    Living the hydronic dream
  • zkg
    zkg Member Posts: 13

    no on/off. These are for. 1986.

  • doesn’t it have an on/ off switch? Most do, just turn it off. Most just turn on when the water reaches setpoint.

    Take the cover off the wiring box and show us the wires.

    8.33 lbs./gal. x 60 min./hr. x 20°ΔT = 10,000 BTU's/hour

    Two btu per sq ft for degree difference for a slab
  • zkg
    zkg Member Posts: 13

    will do in some time. Ty.

  • zkg
    zkg Member Posts: 13

    and thank you for the guidance.

  • zkg
    zkg Member Posts: 13

    don’t have wiring pic yet , but front pic if you may recognize the units. Ty

  • Karl Reynolds
    Karl Reynolds Member Posts: 67

    Most have a three position switch on the front panel. Up is high speed, middle is off, and down is low speed.

    HomerJSmith
  • HomerJSmith
    HomerJSmith Member Posts: 2,635

    If there are 2 cables going into the unit as your pic shows and you don't have a wall switch above that turns the unit on then do this. Turn the breaker off at the panel, remove the wires from the unit and wire nut the three wires together in each cable. White to white, black to black, and ground (bare) wire to ground wire. Walla!

    If there is only 1 cable going into the unit just remove the cable from the heater and put orange wire nuts on the black, white, and bare wires.

  • zkg
    zkg Member Posts: 13

    Thank you !

  • zkg
    zkg Member Posts: 13

    we remove the power , it seemed to daisey changed. So we tied it with wire nut and it seem to worked.


    Thank you all for your support and help.