Baseboard Electrical Receptacles

The concern is that a cord plugged into the outlet will likely drape down onto the heater.

Baseboard electrical receptacles.

I do not know about the history of sfr in texas but around here when you have receptacles in the baseboard of an old house you are dealing with a house having lath and plaster walls quite often where electricity was added sometime after the house was built. It s either hot or it s not nothing in between. How far offset must the outlets be from the side of the heater. Keep electrical outlets offset above and to the side of vanity sinks not right over the sink left hand sketch below electric baseboard clearance.

Installing baseboard heaters under electrical outlets receptacles is a common point of discussion and confusion. Clearance between electric baseboard heater electrical receptacle 2016 09 18 dennis said. This was done because it was the easiest place to install them and it seemed to be the fashion of the time. Outlets installed above electric baseboard heaters in one or more areas not a recommended and a potentially unsafe practice all manufacturers of electric baseboard heaters prohibit the installation of electrical outlets above the heaters.

Item 225987 model plf2004. Electrical codes typically do not prohibit installing heaters below wall outlets but most heater manufacturers recommend against it. Electric baseboard heaters work by turning a heating element on and off. Im on a limited budget and the last thing i need is to fail.

I am installing electric hydrostatic baseboard heaters which they do not get hot enough to damage or burn anything. When electrification occurred a lot of existing houses had large enough baseboards to place receptacles. Fahrenheat 94 in 240 volt 2000 watt hydronic electric baseboard heater. The electrical resistance baseboard heating equipment is or was listed via ul ansi standard s.

The baseboard was popped off studs drilled cables pulled then holes cut for the boxes.