Baseboard heaters under receptacle outlets

[brother]

I know its only a FPN in the NEC, but is there any specific number of how many inches or feet a baseboard heater cannot be placed under a receptacle outlet?? Cant seem to locate any 'specific' number. Is it in the UL??

Ive seen some new heaters installed that seems that the receptacle is about 8 inches above the heater. I think this is wrong, just for the sake of the cord draping over the heater. any help would be appreciated

 

[dwellselectric]

That is only electric baseboard heat and usually you will only find it in manual for the baseboard heat not the NEC.

 

[Dennis Alwon]

That is only electric baseboard heat and usually you will only find it in manual for the baseboard heat not the NEC.

I totally agree here. This is not an NEC issue but rather the directive of the installation instructions that come with electric baseboard heaters.

When I installed BB Heaters 20 years or so ago I used a kit that fit into the first 4 inches of the heater. This cap had a receptacle. You had to provide a 240 as well as a 120 volt circuit.

Here is what it looked like.

 

[brother]

So when the in the instructions say do install under a receptacle outlet, the can be 9 ft above it and it still be in violation??? Thats what most instructions say, there are no specific inches or feet to stay below a receptacle.

 

[480sparky]

.............Here is what it looked like.

Do you have that in white? Decora style? Oh, and TR as well? And ground down?

 

[fishin' electrician]

I haven't done many electric BB heaters, but the last time I did about 5 years ago, I had a new apprentice with me and thought it would be a good idea to teach him about this very circumstance. I could not find anything in the documentation, on the box or on the heater itself that said anything about installing them under receptacles . I checked all the boxes just in case. The apprentice thought I was full of it.

 

[Pierre C Belarge]

I searched online once a few years ago for the same info. There were 2 electric baseboard heating companies that did not have the receptacle placement restriction. I cannot remember which ones though.

 

[Thirst4Knowledge]

Wired a marley heater a while back and it said not to place under receptacle outlet. I think it may have been on the box the heater came in, not really sure where but it was there.

 

[kbsparky]

I searched online once a few years ago for the same info. There were 2 electric baseboard heating companies that did not have the receptacle placement restriction. I cannot remember which ones though.

I think that Intertherm units with the sealed-liquid-filled elements do not have the restriction. They simply don't get hot enough at any one point to be a hazard to cords hanging on the units.