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Electric Heat - Running Wire

matt_r
16 years ago

I was finishing gutting my wall, and for future heating, I may consider the installation of an electric base board unit, but not sure. To keep my options open, what would you recommend prior to sheetrocking? Run a romex cable across my ceiling joist, down the exterior wall cavity, and leave a small coil to be grabbed later? What do you do, just remember the location and pop a hole in the wall later? Do I need a box of sorts, or just a hole to get the romex out? How is this done? And for a 240 volt heater, I run a #12 - 3 wire romex, correct, and then connect the two hot legs to a 240 breaker?

I also read, that an outlet cannot be above an electric heater...does this also apply to an after the fact installation? Am I require to then remove the outlet if one would exist on that wall above the heater?

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