Electrician help needed.

**Proper Bo** · 10-01-2008, 12:24 AM

Ewe have electricity there now?

**Smith** · 10-01-2008, 01:35 AM

Originally Posted by tesco

Originally Posted by Smith

By code the heater should be on its own circuit, wired with number 10 wire. If it says it uses 16 amps when running then you should be using a 20 amp plug with a 20 amp breaker. ( I havnt gone to trade school yet but i know theres some sort of de-rating factor involved in it. Something like, you need 40% more capacity than what it says...) Put a ohm meter on the cord going to the plug and let it run, see what its really drawing. It may say 16 amps when running but when an electric motor starts up it uses more.

You fill a circuit to 80% of it's rating...
That's canadian electrical code anyway, who knows what his local code is....

Yeah I was asking my foreman today what the deal was with that, was going to post it.

How far along are you rossco?