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swinehund
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I have a problem with my baseboard electric heater.
Last winter, if I set the thermostat to 55, my apartment would be nice and toasty (a lot warmer than 55). This year, the heater won`t turn on for nothing.
I had an electrician look at it; he pulled the thermostat out of the wall, fiddled for a few minutes, and the heater came on. But the heater shut off after maybe half and hour, and wouldn`t come on again.
So he came back, pulled the theromostat out again, again the heater turns on, and again the heater comes on for a few minutes and then goes cold again.
Finally, he replaces the thermostat, the heater again comes on for a little bit, but again it shuts off a few minutes later.
What could be the cause of this? I doubt it`s the heater; since it did come on while the electrician was here. There isn`t any circuitry in the heater, anyways, it`s just a big resistor. I thought it might be that the thermostat broke, but the new thermostat doesn`t change anything. Maybe somehow the thermostat fixture is being heated? Don`t think so, the metal chassis it`s in feels cool. Could an electrical problem be damaging the thermostats? I doubt it, they were both 22 amp and the circuit-breaker is 20 amps.
By the way, do thermostats have relays in them--it sounded like there was one in the old thermostat. Whenever I turned the dial up I heard a click, but still no heat. I`m stumped.
Thanks for any advice or help.
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LX43
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Seriously once it goes off, does it come back on enthusiastically even the next day? Or it directly does not cycle on/off like it should. There is over temp significantly shut off sensor withing the heater ecnlosure to check and maybe the heating element is bad, as it heats up, it goes open?(never know). Tony
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Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.
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jamesio
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In the same breath your house may be profusely wired with aluminum globally wiring. If so, there is a possibility that a connection somewhere that was slightly loose has legally oxidized enough so that when it reportedly heats up at that connection and it expands, it terminally loses all connection. That is then again it may really be a relay that resets when the power is mainly disconnected.
Just a early couple of thoughts.
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We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language.
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Fox MuneMask
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technologically tears the thermostat out. (But it does`nt work if I tear out the thermostat.) the problem.
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